IP Library Granted Patent US 11,374,433
Granted Patent B2
US 11,374,433 · App. 17/253,634 · Granted Jun 28, 2022

Method for operating a circuit for generating an electromagnetic field, and circuit

Inventor: Joerg Meyer (Berlin, DE)
Assignee: Molex CVS Dabendorf GmbH
H02J50/12
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Patent No.
US 11,374,433
App. No.
17/253,634
Granted
Jun 28, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a method for operating a circuit for generating an electromagnetic field for inductive energy transmission, wherein an inverter for providing an AC voltage is operated at a first clock frequency, wherein operation at an additional clock frequency is superimposed on the operation at the first clock frequency; and a circuit.

Claims (12)

1. A method for operating a circuit for generating an electromagnetic field for inductive energy transmission, comprising:

operating an inverter for providing an AC voltage at a first clock frequency; and

superimposing a second clock frequency on the inverter, wherein the inverter has a switching element and at least one clock signal for operation of the switching element is generated depending on a base clock signal having the first clock frequency and a modulation signal having the second clock frequency, wherein the switching element is switched at the second clock frequency during a duration in which the base clock signal has a first level.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second clock frequency is higher than the first clock frequency.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the switching element is set to a conductive state via the first level.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein a duty cycle of the modulation signal is varied.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein a duty cycle of the modulation signal is adjusted depending on a desired power.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein an output voltage of the inverter is filtered, wherein a coil structure is charged with the filtered output voltage to generate the electromagnetic field.

7. A circuit for generating an electromagnetic field for inductive energy transmission, comprising

an inverter;

a control device, wherein the control device is configured to operate the inverter at a first clock frequency in order to provide an AC voltage, wherein an additional clock frequency is superimposed on the operation at the first clock frequency; and

a filter circuit, wherein the filter circuit has at least one grounding section which is connected to a reference potential and the filter circuit is designed symmetrically relative to the grounding section, wherein an electrical connection between a DC voltage supply device and a DC voltage terminal of the inverter has no DC-DC converter.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE APPLICATION NUMBER 14/055,125 SHOULD BE CORRECTED TO APPLICATION NUMBER 17/055,125 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 70829 FRAME 479. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Apr 23, 2025
From: MOLEX TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
To: MOLEX, LLC
Reel/Frame 071861/0448 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 14, 2025
From: MOLEX TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
To: MOLEX, LLC
Reel/Frame 070829/0479 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 16, 2023
From: MOLEX CVS DABENDORF GMBH
To: MOLEX TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 063649/0624 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2021
From: MEYER, JOERG
To: MOLEX CVS DABENDORF GMBH
Reel/Frame 057388/0569 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 102018211033.6 · Jul 4, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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