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US 12,316,388 · App. 17/798,176 · Granted May 27, 2025

Method and device for energy transfer and harvesting

Inventors: Jerald Yoo (Singapore, SG); Jiamin Li (Singapore, SG); Yilong Dong (Singapore, SG); Jeong Hoan Park (Singapore, SG)
Assignee: National University of Singapore
H04B13/005H02J50/001H02J50/12H02J50/20H02M3/01H02M3/335
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Patent No.
US 12,316,388
App. No.
17/798,176
Granted
May 27, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power receiver ( 301 a, 301 b, 301 c, 301 d, 301 e, 301 f ) is disclosed herein. In a specific embodiment the power receiver has a first electrode ( 300 ) arranged to be electrically coupled to a body ( 105 ) of a living being, the first electrode ( 300 ) operable to receive an electrical signal via the body; and a rectifier ( 307 ) for rectifying the electrical signal into a rectified electrical signal. The rectifier ( 307 ) includes a plurality of rectifier switches and operable in a bulk biasing mode in which first selected rectifier switches of the plurality of rectifier switches are forward bulk biased. A power transmitter ( 201 ), an energy transfer apparatus ( 100 ) and a method of transmitting electrical power are also disclosed.

Claims (34)

1. A power receiver, comprising:

(i) a first electrode arranged to be electrically coupled to a body of a living being, the first electrode operable to receive an electrical signal via the body, wherein the electrical signal has a power level;

(ii) a rectifier for converting the received electrical signal into a rectified electrical signal, the rectifier having a plurality of rectifier switches and operable in a bulk biasing mode in which selected rectifier switches of the plurality of rectifier switches are forward bulk biased;

(iii) a DC-DC converter for converting the rectified electrical signal to an output electrical signal, the DC-DC converter having a number of selectable discontinuous mode (DCM) times and operable between a power transmission operation mode in which the electrical signal is transmitted by a power transmitter and a power harvesting operation mode in which the electrical signal is harvested ambient energy, in dependence on the power level of the electrical signal; and

(iv) a controller arranged to select a discontinuous mode (DCM) time from the number of selectable discontinuous mode (DCM) times for the DC-DC converter in response to a present operation mode of the DC-DC converter.

2. The power receiver according to claim 1 , wherein the rectifier is operable selectively between the bulk biasing mode and a non-bulk biasing mode in which the selected rectifier switches are not forward bulk biased, in dependence on an amplitude of the rectified electrical signal.

3. The power receiver according to claim 2 , wherein second selected rectifier switches of the plurality of rectifier switches are reverse bulk biased in the bulk biasing mode, and wherein the second selected rectifier switches are not reversed bulk biased in the non-bulk biased mode.

4. The power receiver according to claim 3 , wherein the selected rectifier switches and the second selected rectifier switches are alternately forward and reversed bulk biased in the bulk biasing mode, in dependence on a phase of the electrical signal.

5. The power receiver according to claim 2 , wherein the rectifier is operable in the bulk biasing mode at amplitudes of the rectified electrical signal less than or equal to 0.4V and in the non-bulk biased mode otherwise.

6. The power receiver according to claim 1 , wherein the power receiver has an input load impedance, and the power receiver further comprising an L-C circuit, the input load impedance being dependent on a resonance response of the L-C circuit.

7. The power receiver according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is arranged to select between a plurality of power transmission discontinuous mode (DCM) times in response to the power transmission operation mode, and between a plurality of power harvesting discontinuous mode (DCM) times in response to the power harvesting operation mode, in dependence of a voltage of the rectified electrical signal.

8. The power receiver according to claim 1 , wherein a switching frequency of the DC-DC converter in the power transmission operation mode is in the range of 10 kHz to 500 kHz and a switching frequency of the DC-DC converter in the power harvesting operation mode is in the range of 500 Hz to 6 kHz.

9. The power receiver according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further arranged to adjust an inductor charging time of the DC-DC converter within a predetermined range until an input power of the DC-DC converter reaches a maximum value for the predetermined range.

10. The power receiver according to claim 9 , wherein the controller is arranged to determine a direction of adjustment of the inductor charging time based on a corresponding inductor discharging time of the DC-DC converter.

11. The power receiver according to claim 9 , wherein the inductor charging time of the DC-DC converter is between 100 ns and 500 ns.

12. The power receiver according to claim 1 , further comprising a floating ground node operable as a parasitic capacitive return path via an external ground for the electrical signal.

13. The power receiver according to claim 1 , wherein the first electrode comprises a receiving coil, the receiving coil being operable to receive the electrical signal via the body through magnetic resonance coupling with a transmitting coil.

14. The power receiver according to claim 1 , further comprising a second electrode arranged to be electrically coupled to the body of the living being, wherein the electrical signal is galvanic current.

15. A power transmitter, comprising:

(i) a signal generator having a variable output impedance comprising a resistive component and a capacitive component, the signal generator operable to generate an electrical signal;

(ii) a first electrode arranged to be electrically coupled to a living being body for transmission of the electrical signal via the living being body;

(iii) an amplitude detector configured to measure an amplitude of the electrical signal; and

(iv) a controller operable to adjust an impedance of the variable output impedance based on the amplitude of the electrical signal to enable the amplitude of the electrical signal to at least reach a threshold amplitude for transmission by the first electrode,

wherein the signal generator comprises a first capacitor bank having a first, variable configuration, the capacitive component of the variable output impedance being dependent on the first, variable configuration of the first capacitor bank; and a second capacitor bank having a second, variable configuration, the resistive component of the variable output impedance being dependent on the second, variable configuration of the second capacitor bank, the controller being operable to change at least one of the first, variable configuration and the second, variable configuration to adjust the impedance of the variable output impedance.

16. The power transmitter according to claim 15 , wherein the controller is operable to adjust the impedance of the variable output impedance based on a multichotomic search of the amplitude of the electrical signal within a two-dimensional space described by the capacitive component and the resistive component of the variable output impedance to enable the amplitude of the electrical signal to at least reach the threshold amplitude for transmission by the first electrode.

17. Energy transfer apparatus, comprising:

(i) the power transmitter according to claim 15 ; and

(ii) the power receiver according to claim 1 .

18. A method of receiving electrical power via an electrode coupled to a body of a living being, the method comprising:

receiving an electrical signal from the body via the electrode;

measuring a power level of the electrical signal;

rectifying the received electrical signal into a rectified electrical signal using a rectifier;

converting the rectified electrical signal to an output electrical signal using a DC-DC converter, the DC-DC converter having a number of selectable discontinuous mode (DCM) times and operable between a power transmission operation mode in which the electrical signal is transmitted by a power transmitter and a power harvesting operation mode in which the electrical signal is harvested ambient energy, in dependence on the power level of the electrical signal; and

selecting a discontinuous mode (DCM) time from the number of selectable discontinuous mode (DCM) times for the DC-DC converter in response to a present operation mode of the DC-DC converter.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2022
From: YOO, JERALD; LI, JIAMIN; DONG, YILONG; PARK, JEONG HOAN
To: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
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Priority Claims (1)
SG 10202001357T · Feb 14, 2020 · national
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