Wireless Charging Apparatus and Method
AssigneeNXP B. V.
InventorsAliaksei Vladimirovich Sedzin, Johannes Petrus Maria van Lammeren, Klaas Brink
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Abstract
A charging pad capable of charging a receiver according to a predetermined procedure is disclosed. The charging pad may have a plurality of charging coils and a controller for selecting an appropriate coil for charging the receiver. The receiver communicates with the charging pad via NFC, thereby indicating to the charging pad the appropriate procedure for charging the receiver. The controller then selects the appropriate coil and directs charging according to the appropriate procedure.
Claims7
A method of charging a receiver by a charging pad, said receiver having NFC functionality and being capable of being charged according to a predetermined procedure, and said charging pad being capable of charging according to any of a plurality of different procedures, said method comprising:
- transmitting via NFC information from said receiver to said charging pad about said predetermined procedure;
- causing said charging pad to charge said receiver according to said predetermined procedure.
A charging pad comprising:
- an NFC tag;
- said tag being capable of receiving information from a receiver;
- and a plurality of charging coils.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.