IP Library Granted Patent US 9,509,375
Granted Patent B2
US 9,509,375 · App. 14/147,421 · Granted Nov 29, 2016

Wireless transceiver circuit with reduced area

Inventors: Chang-Kun Park (Seoul, KR); Chang-Hyun Lee (Seoul, KR); Suk-Hyeon Yoon (Seoul, KR); Hyung-Jun Cho (Icheon, KR); Jun-Gi Choi (Icheon, KR); Jin-Ho Yoo (Seoul, KR)
Assignees: SK HYNIX INC.; SOONGSIL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION OF UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION
H04B5/0037H04B5/0031H04B5/0075H04B5/0093H04B5/02H04H40/18H04Q3/00
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Patent No.
US 9,509,375
App. No.
14/147,421
Granted
Nov 29, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless power transmission/reception system includes a wireless power transmission circuit and a wireless power reception circuit. The wireless power transmission circuit includes an oscillator, a DC-AC converter that converts a direct current to an alternating current and is turned on/off in response to a control signal, a power transmission coil that transmits AC power, a signal reception coil, and a signal receiver that transfers the control signal to the DC-AC converter. The wireless power reception circuit includes a power reception coil, a rectifier that converts an alternating current to a direct current and is turned on or off in response to the control signal, an control signal generator that generates the control signal, a signal transmission coil, and a signal transmitter that transmits the control signal through the signal transmission coil.

Claims (27)

1. A wireless transceiver circuit comprising:

a coil having a first terminal and a second terminal; and

a transmission circuit coupled to the first and second terminals,

wherein the transmission circuit comprises:

a first pull-up driver configured to source a current to the first terminal;

a first pull-down driver configured to sink a current from the first terminal;

a second pull-up driver configured to source a current to the second terminal;

a second pull-down driver configured to sink a current from the second terminal; and

a controller, wherein the controller is configured to:

when a first transmission operation is performed, activate the first pull-up driver and the second pull-down driver;

when a second transmission operation is performed, activate the second pull-up driver and the first pull-down driver; and

when a reception operation is performed, activate the first pull-up driver, the first pull-down driver, the second pull-up driver, and the second pull-down driver to supply a bias voltage to the first and second terminals.

2. The wireless transceiver circuit of claim 1 , further comprising:

a reception circuit configured to detect a voltage change across the first terminal and the second terminal, and to restore reception data according to the voltage change.

3. The wireless transceiver circuit of claim 2 , wherein the reception circuit comprises:

a differential amplifier configured to amplify a voltage difference between the first terminal and the second terminal; and

a differential latch configured to restore the reception data based on signals of positive and negative output terminals of the differential amplifier.

4. The wireless transceiver circuit of claim 2 , wherein the reception circuit comprises:

a differential latch configured to latch voltage changes of the first terminal and the second terminal to restore the reception data.

5. The wireless transceiver circuit of claim 4 , wherein the reception circuit further comprises:

a differential amplifier configured to amplify the reception data based on a voltage difference between positive and negative output terminals of the differential latch.

6. The wireless transceiver circuit of claim 1 , wherein the first or second transmission operation is performed when a logic level of a signal to be transmitted changes.

7. The wireless transceiver circuit of claim 1 , wherein:

the first pull-up driver includes a first PMOS transistor for supplying a high voltage to the first terminal in response to a first pull-up driving signal;

the first pull-down driver includes a first NMOS transistor for supplying a low voltage to the first terminal in response to a first pull-down driving signal;

the second pull-up driver includes a second PMOS transistor for supplying the high voltage to the second terminal in response to a second pull-up driving signal; and

the second pull-down driver includes a second NMOS transistor for supplying the low voltage to the second terminal in response to a second pull-down driving signal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2014
From: CHO, HYUNG-JUN; CHOI, JUN-GI; PARK, CHANG-KUN; YOON, SUK-HYEON; YOO, JIN-HO; LEE, CHANG-HYUN
To: SK HYNIX INC.; SOONGSIL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION OF UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION
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Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2013-0091292 · Aug 1, 2013 · national
KR 10-2013-0094350 · Aug 8, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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