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Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 29, 2022
Applicant:

Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;

Inventors:

Taichi Mishima, Kyoto, JP;

Yuki Ito, Kyoto, JP;

Shingo Nagaoka, Kyoto, JP;

Takeshi Uematsu, Kyoto, JP;

Assignee:

OMRON CORPORATION, Kyoto, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 50/12 (2016.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01); H02M 1/36 (2007.01); H02M 1/42 (2007.01); H02M 3/00 (2006.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.01); H02M 3/335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 50/12 (2016.02); H02M 1/0009 (2021.05); H02M 1/0058 (2021.05); H02M 1/007 (2021.05); H02M 1/36 (2013.01); H02M 1/4208 (2013.01); H02M 3/01 (2021.05); H02J 50/80 (2016.02); H02M 3/33592 (2013.01);
Abstract

A drive control apparatus is configured to drive and control a composite resonance circuit including LC resonant circuits including inductances L of power transmitting and receiving coils electromagnetically coupled to each other. The drive control apparatus includes: an inverter circuit configured to drive the composite resonance circuit by converting input DC power into AC power by switching the DC power at a predetermined operating frequency; an input current detector configured to detect an input current of the inverter circuit; and a frequency controller and driver configured to generate a drive signal of the inverter circuit while changing the operating frequency by using a predetermined extreme value search method to drive the inverter circuit, search for a resonance frequency of the composite resonance circuit based on the detected input current, and set the operating frequency based on the searched resonance frequency.


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