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US 8,941,266 B2Granted
Inductive power transfer system pick-up circuit
AssigneeAuckland Uniservices Limited
InventorJohn Talbot Boys
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Abstract
An IPT pick-up circuit includes a resonant circuit including a pick-up inductor and a tuning capacitance in parallel with the pick-up inductor, a control system to control power transfer to the pick-up circuit and a power conditioning impedance provided in series between the resonant circuit and the control system, selected to provide a required power factor in the resonant circuit.
Claims9
An IPT pick-up circuit comprising:
- a resonant circuit comprising a pick-up inductor and a tuning capacitance in parallel with the pick-up inductor;
- a control system to control power transfer to the pick-up circuit, the control system comprising a rectifier system;
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- a power conditioning impedance comprising an inductive element provided in series between the resonant circuit and the control system, the power conditioning impedance passing alternating current from the resonant circuit to the control system and the power conditioning impedance being selected to provide a required power factor in the resonant circuit, wherein the inductive element provided between the resonant circuit and the rectifier system and wherein the power conditioning impedance comprises a compensatory capacitive element connected between the tuning capactitance and an inductive element to compensate for reactive loading of the rectifier system on the circuit.
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A method of conditioning power induced in an IPT system pick-up, the method comprising:
- providing a power conditioning impedance in series between a resonant circuit of the pick-up and a rectifier of the pick-up;
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- receiving power inductively by the pick-up whereby the power conditioning impedance provides alternating current from the resonant circuit to the rectifier and power factor correction to the resonant circuit to thereby condition the power induced in the pick-up, wherein the step of providing a power conditioning impedance comprises providing an inductive element in series between the resonant circuit and the rectifier and further comprising providing a compensatory capacitance between the resonant circuit of the pick-up and the inductive element to compensate for the reactive loading of the rectifier on the circuit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.