IP Library Granted Patent US 9,899,863
Granted Patent B2
US 9,899,863 · App. 15/076,105 · Granted Feb 20, 2018

Coil module and electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 9,899,863
App. No.
15/076,105
Granted
Feb 20, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A coil module is disposed inside an electronic apparatus and receives prescribed power. The coil module includes a loop coil, a plate-like magnetic body that is disposed on the loop coil, and a conductive member that has prescribed conductivity and is disposed parallel with the plate-like magnetic body and on a surface, opposite to a surface on which the loop coil is disposed, of the magnetic body. The conductive member projects outward relative to at least a portion of a circumferential surface of the magnetic body.

Claims (72)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a substrate;

an electronic component mounted on the substrate;

a shield member including a first conductive member and covering the electronic component; and

a coil module configured to receive power and comprised of:

a loop coil,

a planar magnetic body overlapping the loop coil, and

a second conductive member, which is disposed along a surface of the planar magnetic body and different from the first conductive member,

wherein the planar magnetic body is disposed between the loop coil and the second conductive member, and

the second conductive member protrudes outward from the planar magnetic body across at least a portion of a circumferential part of the planar magnetic body,

wherein at least a part of the first conductive member of the shield member overlaps at least a part of the second conductive member of the coil module, and

the loop coil, the planar magnetic body, and the second conductive member form at least a part of the coil module as a unitary member in the electronic apparatus.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second conductive member is fixed to the planar magnetic body in the coil module.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at least a part of the first conductive member of the shield member overlaps at least a part of the planar magnetic body of the coil module.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the part of the first conductive member of the shield member overlaps the portion of the circumferential part of the planar magnetic body of the coil module.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, in the coil module, the second conductive member protrudes outward from the planar magnetic body to be away from the center of the loop coil across at least the portion of the circumferential part of the planar magnetic body.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, in the coil module, the second conductive member protrudes outward from the planar magnetic body across at least half of the circumferential part of the planar magnetic body.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second conductive member of the coil module is divided into two or more parts.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein conductivity of the second conductive member of the coil module is higher than conductivity of nickel silver.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, in the coil module, the second conductive member has a thickness that is larger than or substantially equal to the second conductive member's skin depth at an operation frequency of the loop coil.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the planar magnetic body of the coil module includes a cut-out portion, and

the second conductive member of the coil module is disposed to overlap at least the cut-out portion of the planar magnetic body.

11. The electronic apparatus according to claim 10 ,

wherein the loop coil of the coil module is formed by winding at least one conductive wire into a loop form, and

the at least one conductive wire of the loop coil is drawn out through the cut-out portion of the planar magnetic body of the coil module.

12. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second conductive member of the coil module is disposed between the first conductive member of the shield member and the planar magnetic body of the coil module.

13. The electronic apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the first conductive member of the shield member is disposed between the substrate and the second conductive member of the coil module.

14. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising,

a battery configured to be charged with the power received by the coil module.

15. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, in the coil module, the second conductive member is fixed to the surface of the planar magnetic body.

16. The electronic apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein, in the coil module, the second conductive member is fixed to the surface of the planar magnetic body with a double-sided adhesive tape.

17. The electronic apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein, in the coil module, the double-sided adhesive tape is disposed between the second conductive member and the surface of the planar magnetic body.

18. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the surface of the planar magnetic body of the coil module is defined as a first surface of the planar magnetic body, and

a second surface of the planar magnetic body is disposed between the first surface of the planar magnetic body and the loop coil of the coil module.

19. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a substrate;

an electronic component mounted on the substrate;

a shield member including a first conductive member and covering the electronic component; and

a coil module configured to receive power and comprised of:

a loop coil,

a planar magnetic body overlapping the loop coil, and

a second conductive member, which is disposed along a surface of the planar magnetic body and different from the first conductive member,

wherein the planar magnetic body is disposed between the loop coil and the second conductive member,

the second conductive member protrudes outward from the planar magnetic body across at least a portion of a circumferential part of the planar magnetic body,

the second conductive member protrudes outward from the planar magnetic body to be away from the center of the loop coil across at least the portion of the circumferential part of the planar magnetic body, and

the second conductive member protrudes outward from the planar magnetic body across at least half of the circumferential part of the planar magnetic body,

wherein the second conductive member of the coil module is disposed between the first conductive member of the shield member and the planar magnetic body of the coil module,

the first conductive member of the shield member is disposed between the substrate and the second conductive member of the coil module,

at least a part of the first conductive member of the shield member overlaps at least a part of the second conductive member of the coil module,

at least a part of the first conductive member of the shield member overlaps at least a part of the planar magnetic body of the coil module and overlaps at least the portion of the circumferential part of the planar magnetic body of the coil module, and

the loop coil, the planar magnetic body, and the second conductive member form at least a part of the coil module as a unitary member in the electronic apparatus.

20. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a substrate;

an electronic component mounted on the substrate;

a shield member including a first conductive member and covering the electronic component;

a coil module configured to receive power; and

a battery configured to be charged with the power received by the coil module,

wherein the coil module is comprised of:

a loop coil,

a planar magnetic body overlapping the loop coil, and

a second conductive member, which is disposed along a surface of the planar magnetic body and different from the first conductive member,

wherein the planar magnetic body is disposed between the loop coil and the second conductive member,

the second conductive member protrudes outward from the planar magnetic body across at least a portion of a circumferential part of the planar magnetic body,

the second conductive member protrudes outward from the planar magnetic body to be away from the center of the loop coil across at least the portion of the circumferential part of the planar magnetic body, and

the second conductive member protrudes outward from the planar magnetic body across at least half of the circumferential part of the planar magnetic body,

wherein the second conductive member of the coil module is disposed between the first conductive member of the shield member and the planar magnetic body of the coil module,

the first conductive member of the shield member is disposed between the substrate and the second conductive member of the coil module,

at least a part of the first conductive member of the shield member overlaps at least a part of the second conductive member of the coil module,

at least a part of the first conductive member of the shield member overlaps at least a part of the planar magnetic body of the coil module and overlaps at least the portion of the circumferential part of the planar magnetic body of the coil module, and

the loop coil, the planar magnetic body, and the second conductive member form at least a part of the coil module as a unitary member in the electronic apparatus.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 048829 FRAME 0921. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Apr 10, 2019
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: SOVEREIGN PEAK VENTURES, LLC
Reel/Frame 048846/0041 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2019
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: SOVEREIGN PEAK VENTURES, LLC
Reel/Frame 048829/0921 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2016
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039551/0064 →