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US 10,505,395 B2Granted
Resonator and resonating method
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSeungchul Jung, Jongpal Kim, Wonseok Lee
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Abstract
A resonator and resonator method are provided. The resonator includes an inductor, a capacitor, and a switch configured to maintain energy in at least one of the inductor and the capacitor for a select period of time and to enable variability of energy in the at least one of the inductor and the capacitor for another period of time, to set a resonating frequency of the inductor and the capacitor.
Claims34
A resonator comprising:
- an inductor;
- a capacitor;
- a switch configured to maintain energy in at least one of the inductor and the capacitor for a select period of time and to enable variability of energy in the at least one of the inductor and the capacitor for another period of time, to set a resonating frequency of the inductor and the capacitor;
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- a controller configured to control the switch to set the resonating frequency based on values of energy characteristics of the at least one of the inductor and the capacitor,
- wherein the controller is configured to perform the control of the switch
- to sense the values of the energy characteristics of the at least one of the inductor and the capacitor with respect to a changing of operating time extents of the switch from at least a first operating time extent to a second operating time extent, and
- to set the resonating frequency with the select period of time being an operating time extent, among the changed operating time extents of the switch, determined to maintain energy characteristic values of the at least one of the inductor and the capacitor at a maximum value among the sensed values of the energy characteristics of the at least one of the inductor and the capacitor.
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A resonator comprising:
- an inductor;
- a capacitor;
- a switch configured to maintain energy in at least one of the inductor and the capacitor for a select period of time and to enable variability of energy in the at least one of the inductor and the capacitor for another period of time, to set a resonating frequency of the inductor and the capacitor;
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- a controller configured to control the switch to set the resonating frequency based on values of energy characteristics of the at least one of the inductor and the capacitor,
- wherein the controller is configured to perform the control of the switch to maintain the values of the energy characteristics of the at least one of the inductor and the capacitor at a maximum value among the values of the energy characteristics of the at least one of the inductor and the capacitor,
- wherein the switch selectively operates according to the select period of time and the other period of time based upon a control signal from the controller, such that the control signal from the controller implementing the select period of time represents that the select period of time, selected from among the varying periods of time, has been determined by the controller to be a period of time that maximizes a resonance matching of an LC circuit, which includes the inductor and the capacitor, of the resonator and another LC circuit of an exterior resonator that is implementing a wireless power transfer operation between the other LC circuit and the LC circuit of the resonator, and
- wherein the resonator is a mobile electronic device and further comprises the controller, and wherein the switch is a backscattering switch of the LC circuit of the resonator.
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A resonator comprising:
- an inductor;
- a capacitor;
- a switch configured to maintain energy in at least one of the inductor and the capacitor for a select period of time and to enable variability of energy in the at least one of the inductor and the capacitor for another period of time, to set a resonating frequency of the inductor and the capacitor;
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- a controller configured to control the switch to set the resonating frequency based on values of energy characteristics of the at least one of the inductor and the capacitor,
- wherein the controller is configured to perform the control of the switch to maintain the values of the energy characteristics of the at least one of the inductor and the capacitor at a maximum value among the values of the energy characteristics of the at least one of the inductor and the capacitor,
- wherein the switch is a first switch connected in parallel with the inductor and configured to maintain an energy in the inductor for a first select period of time, and
- wherein the resonator further comprises a second switch connected in series with the capacitor and configured to maintain an energy in the capacitor for a second select period of time.
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A resonator method, the method comprising:
- controlling operation of a resonator, to set a resonating frequency of an inductor and a capacitor of the resonator, between at least a maintaining of energy in at least one of the inductor and the capacitor for a select period of time and an enabling of variability of energy in the at least one of the inductor and the capacitor for another period of time;
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- controlling a switch to set the resonating frequency based on values of energy characteristics of the at least one of the inductor and the capacitor,
- wherein the controlling of the switch comprises
- sensing the values of the energy characteristics of the at least one of the inductor and the capacitor with respect to a changing of operating time extents of the switch from at least a first operating time extent to a second operating time extent, and
- setting the resonating frequency with the select period of time as an operating time extent, among the changed operating time extents of the switch, determined as maintaining energy characteristic values of the at least one of the inductor and the capacitor at a maximum value among the sensed values of the energy characteristics of the at least one of the inductor and the capacitor.
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A resonator method, the method comprising:
- controlling operation of a resonator, to set a resonating frequency of an inductor and a capacitor of the resonator, between at least a maintaining of energy in at least one of the inductor and the capacitor for a select period of time and an enabling of variability of energy in the at least one of the inductor and the capacitor for another period of time;
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- controlling a switch to set the resonating frequency based on values of energy characteristics of the at least one of the inductor and the capacitor,
- wherein the controlling of the switch comprises maintaining the values of the energy characteristics of the at least one of the inductor and the capacitor at a maximum value among the values of the energy characteristics of the at least one of the inductor and the capacitor, and
- wherein the controlling of the operation of the resonator to set the resonating frequency includes controlling a first switch connected in parallel with the inductor and to maintain an energy in the inductor for a first select period of time, and controlling a second switch connected in series with the capacitor and to maintain an energy in the capacitor for a second select period of time.
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A resonator comprising:
- an LC circuit having a fixed inductance and capacitance;
- a resonating frequency controlling circuit configured to selectively maintain energy without change in a portion of the LC circuit for various select periods of time to set respective resonating frequencies of the LC circuit,
- wherein the resonating frequency controlling circuit is configured to control a switch to set the resonating frequency based on sensed values of energy characteristics of the at least one of the inductor and the capacitor for different operating time extents of the switch, where the controlling of the switch includes controlling the switch to set the resonating frequency with one of the various select periods of time being an operating time extent, among the different operating time extents of the switch, determined to maintain energy characteristic values of the at least one of the inductor and the capacitor at a determined maximum value among the sensed values of the energy characteristics of the at least one of the inductor and the capacitor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.