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Granted Patent B2
US 12,620,834 · App. 17/996,736 · Granted May 5, 2026

Wireless charging with split resonant capacitors

Inventors: Li Wang (Mountain View, CA); Liang Jia (Mountain View, CA); Liyu Yang (Mountain View, CA); Stefano Saggini (Udine, IT)
Assignee: Google LLC
H02J50/12H02J50/402
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Patent No.
US 12,620,834
App. No.
17/996,736
Granted
May 5, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An example device includes a plurality of capacitor and wireless charging coil series pairs that are collectively in parallel; and one or both of: a driver circuit configured to drive the plurality of capacitor and wireless charging coil series pairs with a first common signal; or a sink circuit configured to receive a second common signal from the plurality of capacitor and wireless charging coil series pairs.

Claims (17)

1 . A wireless charging sink device comprising:

a plurality of capacitor and wireless charging coil series pairs that are collectively in parallel; and

a sink circuit configured to receive a second common signal from the plurality of capacitor and wireless charging coil series pairs.

2 . The wireless charging sink device of claim 1 , wherein each of the wireless charging coils comprises a respective bundle of wires.

3 . The wireless charging sink device of claim 2 , wherein each of the respective bundles of wires comprises one of:

a respective Litz wire; or

a respective trace wire.

4 . The wireless charging sink device of claim 1 , wherein a respective amount of current flowing through each of the plurality of capacitor and wireless charging coil series pairs is approximately equal.

5 . The wireless charging sink device of claim 1 , wherein wireless charging coils of the plurality of capacitor and wireless charging coil series pairs are located on a discrete coil component.

6 . The wireless charging sink device of claim 5 , wherein capacitors of the plurality of capacitor and wireless charging coil series pairs are located on the discrete coil component.

7 . The wireless charging sink device of claim 5 , wherein capacitors of the plurality of capacitor and wireless charging coil series pairs are located on a board that is different than the discrete coil component.

8 . The wireless charging sink device of claim 1 , wherein the sink circuit comprises a rectifier.

9 . A system comprising:

a wireless charging source device; and

a wireless charging sink device, wherein the wireless charging source device is configured to wirelessly charge the wireless charging sink device, and wherein the wireless charging sink device comprises:

a plurality of capacitor and wireless charging coil series pairs that are collectively in parallel; and

a sink circuit configured to receive a common signal from the plurality of capacitor and wireless charging coil series pairs.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2022
From: WANG, LI; JIA, LIANG; YANG, LIYU; SAGGINI, STEFANO
To: GOOGLE LLC
Reel/Frame 061486/0284 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240223012A1 · Jul 4, 2024
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