Granted Patent B2

US 12,244,159 · App. 18/473,993 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Inventors: Alberto Peralta (Chicago, IL); Pavel Shostak (San Diego, CA)

Assignee: NuCurrent, Inc.

H02J50/80H02J50/12H02J50/20H04B5/72H04B5/79

Abstract

Claims (41)

1. A wireless power transfer system operatively associated with a wearable electronic device and a wireless charging apparatus, the wireless power transfer system comprising:

a wireless power receiver system operatively associated with the wearable electronic device, the wireless power receiver system comprising:

a receiver antenna configured for (i) coupling with a transmitter antenna operatively associated with the wireless charging apparatus and (ii) receiving alternating current (AC) wireless signals from the transmitter antenna; and

a receiver controller configured to perform one or more of encoding wireless data signals, decoding the wireless data signals, receiving the wireless data signals, or transmitting the wireless data signals; and

a wireless power transmission system operatively associated with the wireless charging apparatus for the wearable electronic device, the wireless power transmission system comprising:

the transmitter antenna configured to (i) couple with the receiver antenna of the wireless power receiver system and (ii) transmit the AC wireless signals to the receiver antenna, the AC wireless signals including wireless power signals and wireless data signals;

a transmission integrated circuit including:

a transmitter controller that is configured to (i) provide a driving signal for driving the transmitter antenna and (ii) perform one or more of encoding the wireless data signals, decoding the wireless data signals, receiving the wireless data signals, or transmitting the wireless data signals; and

a damping circuit that is configured to dampen the AC wireless signals to facilitate transmission of the wireless data signals, wherein the damping circuit includes at least a damping transistor that is configured to receive, from the transmitter controller, a damping signal for switching the damping transistor to control damping to facilitate transmission of the wireless data signals; and

an amplifier including at least one transistor that is configured to receive the driving signal at a gate of the at least one transistor and invert a direct power (DC) input power signal to generate the AC wireless signals.

2. The wireless power transfer system of claim 1 , wherein the damping circuit is in electrical parallel with a drain of the at least one transistor.

3. The wireless power transfer system of claim 1 , wherein the wireless data signals comprise in-band wireless data signals, and wherein the damping circuit is configured to dampen the AC wireless signals during transmission of the wireless data signals thereby reducing one or both of rise or fall times in the wireless data signals, during transmission of the in-band wireless data signals.

4. The wireless power transfer system of claim 3 , wherein the in-band wireless data signals comprise in-band on-off-keying signals.

5. The wireless power transfer system of claim 1 , wherein the damping signal is a substantially opposite signal of the wireless data signals.

6. The wireless power transfer system of claim 1 , wherein the damping circuit further includes a damping resistor that is in electrical series with the damping transistor and is configured to dissipate at least some power from the wireless power signals.

7. The wireless power transfer system of claim 1 , wherein the damping circuit further includes a damping capacitor that is in electrical series with the damping transistor.

8. The wireless power transfer system of claim 1 , wherein the damping circuit further includes a diode that is in electrical series with the damping transistor and is configured to prevent power efficiency loss in the wireless power signals when the damping circuit is not active.

9. The wireless power transfer system of claim 1 , wherein the transmission integrated circuit further includes a memory that is in operative association with the transmitter controller.

10. The wireless power transfer system of claim 1 , wherein the transmission integrated circuit further includes a driver configured for outputting the driving signal.

11. The wireless power transfer system of claim 1 , wherein the transmitter controller provides the damping signal to the damping transistor via a programmable pin of the transmitter controller.

12. The wireless power transfer system of claim 1 , further comprising a filter circuit including, at least, a filter capacitor and a filter inductor, the filter circuit configured for optimization based on a filter quality factor.

13. The wireless power transfer system of claim 12 , wherein the filter quality factor (γ FILTER ) is defined as

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14. The wireless power transfer system of claim 1 , wherein the wireless power transmission system and the wireless power receiver system operate at an operating frequency in a range of about 13.553 megahertz (MHz) to about 13.567 MHz.

15. The wireless power transfer system of claim 14 , wherein an output power of the wireless power signals is greater than 1 Watt (W).

16. The wireless power transfer system of claim 1 , wherein the wearable electronic device comprises one of electronically modified glasses, altered-reality (AR) glasses, or virtual reality (VR) glasses.

17. The wireless power transfer system of claim 1 , wherein the wireless charging apparatus comprises a wireless charging case for the wearable electronic device.

18. The wireless power transfer system of claim 1 , wherein the wearable electronic device comprises a medical device.

19. The wireless power transfer system of claim 1 , wherein the wearable electronic device comprises medical equipment.

20. The wireless power transfer system of claim 1 , wherein the wearable electronic device is a wrist-wearable electronic device.

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