Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Hyoseok Han

Chongmin Lee

Sungku Yeo

Jaeseok Park

Jeongman Lee

Beomwoo Gu

Jaesun Shin

Youngho Ryu

Kangho Byun

Sangwook Lee

Jaehyun Park

Seunghyun Lee

Daehyun Kim

Bohwan Choi

An electronic device may include: a battery, a resonant circuit including a receiving coil, at least one capacitor and at least one switch, a rectifier circuit; a DC/DC converter, a charge control circuit; and a controller, wherein the controller may be configured to check the voltage outputted from the rectifier circuit, control the at least one switch so that the receiving coil and the at least one capacitor form a serial resonant circuit, if the voltage output from the rectifier circuit is greater than or equal to a threshold voltage, and control the at least one switch so that the receiving coil and the at least one capacitor form a parallel resonant circuit, if the voltage output from the rectifier circuit is less than the threshold voltage.

Electronic device wirelessly receiving power, and operating method therefor

The disclosure provides an electronic device and a method for controlling wireless charging in the electronic device. An electronic device includes: a sensor, a battery, a resonance circuit configured to wirelessly receive power, a rectification circuit configured to rectify an alternating current (AC) power provided from the resonance circuit into a direct current (DC) power, a DC/DC converter configured to convert the DC power provided from the rectification circuit to output a converted power, a charging control circuit configured to charge the battery using the converted power provided from the DC/DC converter, and a controller, and the controller may be configured to: identify movement information of the electronic device corresponding to a value sensed via the sensor, identify a voltage value of the DC power rectified via the rectification circuit, and control an output of the DC/DC converter based on the movement information and the voltage value.

Electronic device and method for controlling wireless charging in electronic device

The disclosure provides a wireless power transmitting apparatus and a method for wirelessly transmitting power by the wireless power transmitting apparatus. The wireless power transmitting apparatus according to an example embodiment comprises: a power amplifier; a coil connected to the power amplifier and configured to generate an electromagnetic field based on power received from the power amplifier; an impedance sensing circuit connected between the power amplifier and the coil; at least one auxiliary coil electromagnetically coupled to the coil; and a controller, wherein the controller may be configured to: identify a change in impedance, from a signal sensed through the impedance sensing circuit, and adjust an operation setting of the at least one auxiliary coil based on the identified change in impedance.

Wireless power transmitting apparatus and method for wirelessly transmitting power by wireless power transmitting apparatus

An electronic device includes a plurality of loads, at least one processor, a plurality of regulators configured to adjust a voltage of power received from a power source and output the adjusted power, and a switching circuit configured to connect at least one of the plurality of regulators to at least one of the plurality of loads. The at least one processor is configured to identify a load to which power is to be supplied among the plurality of loads, select at least one regulator among the plurality of regulators connectable to the identified load, and control the switching circuit to connect the at least one selected regulator to the identified load.

Electronic device for performing power management and method for operating the same

According to various embodiments, a wireless power reception device for receiving wireless power from a wireless power transmission device may include a first circuit, a first rectifier circuit, a detuning circuit, and a control circuit. The first circuit may include a first coil. The first rectifier circuit may include a first switch and a second switch among a plurality of switches. The detuning circuit may include at least one detuning capacitor and at least one detuning switch. In response to a voltage at an output terminal of the first rectifier circuit exceeding a first voltage, the control circuit may be configured to form a closed loop including the first coil, the first switch, and the second switch by controlling the at least one detuning switch to an on state and controlling the first switch and the second switch to the on state.

Wireless power reception device including detuning circuit

An electronic device includes a power transmitter; a first communication interface configured to support an Ultra-Wideband (UWB) communication scheme; a second communication interface configured to support a Bluetooth communication scheme; and a processor configured to: control the first communication interface to transmit a first signal and receive a second signal corresponding to the first signal via the first communication interface, identify, based on a difference between a transmission time of the first signal and a reception time of the second signal, first location information of a first external device, control the power transmitter to transmit a first driving power having a first magnitude, based on a first distance between the first external device and the electronic device being within a first range, the first distance being identified based on the first location information, establish a Bluetooth communication connection with the first external device, based on receiving, via the second communication interface, a first packet transmitted from the first external device using the first driving power, after transmitting the first driving power, and control the power transmitter to transmit a first charging power having a second magnitude, after establishing the Bluetooth communication connection.

Wireless power transmission device transmitting charging power to wireless power receiving device and method of operating the same

Provided are a wireless power transmission device and an operating method therefor, the device confirming an optimum phase adjustment degree for each antenna by applying a reference signal to at least one from among a plurality of patch antennas and sequentially applying a plurality of phase electric signals to each of the remaining antennas, when an RF wave is formed using electric signals from a plurality of power sources.

Wireless power transmission device and operating method therefor

A wireless power receiving device, according to the disclosure, comprises: at least one power receiving antenna for sequentially receiving a plurality of different RF waves formed by a wireless power transmitting device; a communication circuit; and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to confirm a plurality of pieces of strength information that indicates the strength of each of the plurality of different RF waves, confirm a plurality of pieces of phase information corresponding to each of the plurality of different RF waves, confirm, on the basis of the plurality of pieces of strength information and the plurality of pieces of phase information, an optimum phase value such that a received RF wave has a maximum strength, and transmit a communication signal including information about the optimum phase value to the wireless power transmitting device through the communication circuit. Additional various embodiments are possible.

Wireless power receiving device, wireless power transmitting device, and control method therefor

An electronic device according to an embodiment may include: a plurality of loads, a processor, and a power management circuit configured to provide the plurality of loads with a power, wherein the power management circuit may include a plurality of regulators configured to adjust a voltage of a power received from a power source and output a voltage-adjusted power, a switching circuit configured to connect at least one of the plurality of regulators to at least one of the plurality of loads, a plurality of power sensors each power sensor being configured to measure a magnitude of a power input to each of the plurality of loads, and a controller. The controller may be configured to obtain information related to an operation of each of the plurality of loads from the processor, obtain the magnitude of the power input to each of the plurality of loads from each of the plurality of power sensors, and identify a load which operates abnormally among the plurality of loads based on the magnitude of the power input to each of the plurality of loads and the information related to the operation of each of the plurality of loads.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Hyoseok Han