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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2024
Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US);
Santosh Bhandarkar, Chandler, AZ (US);
Alex Dumais, Boise, ID (US);
Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US);
Abstract
A wireless power transmitter and methods to: determine a transmitter frequency bandwidth of the wireless power transmitter when no wireless power receiver is inductively coupled with the wireless power transmitter; determine a transmitter-receiver frequency bandwidth when a wireless power receiver is inductively coupled with the wireless power transmitter; compare the transmitter-receiver frequency bandwidth and the transmitter frequency bandwidth; and detect a foreign object near the transmit coil based on the comparison of the transmitter-receiver frequency bandwidth and the transmitter frequency bandwidth.