Wired/wireless charging apparatus and circuit
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorJeonghoon YOO
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Abstract
A wired/wireless charging apparatus capable of performing wired charging and wireless charging and a circuit are provided. The wired/wireless charging apparatus includes a body including a wired charging circuit for wired charging, a wireless charging circuit for wireless charging, and a battery mounting space a cover coupled with the body and including a transmission coil generating a magnetic field for the wireless charging, wherein the body and the cover including a contact unit for electrically connecting the transmission coil to the wireless charging circuit.
Claims15
A wired/wireless charging apparatus comprising:
- a body including a wired charging circuit for wired charging, a wireless charging circuit for wireless charging, and a battery mounting space;
- a cover coupled with the body and including a transmission coil generating a magnetic field for the wireless charging,
- wherein the body and the cover includes a contact unit for electrically connecting the transmission coil to the wireless charging circuit.
A wired/wireless charging circuit comprising:
- a power input unit connected to a power supply;
- a voltage down converter down-converting an output voltage of the power input unit;
- a wired charging unit generating a charged current using output power of the voltage down converter;
- a battery contact unit connected to a battery in a wired scheme to transmit the charged current from the wired charging unit to a battery connected in a wired scheme;
- a wireless charging unit converting output power of the power supply into Alternating Current (AC) power;
- a transmission coil generating a magnetic field based on the AC power from the wireless charging unit;
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- a contact unit electrically connecting the transmission coil to the wireless charging unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.