Wireless power transmitting apparatus, wireless power receiving apparatus, and circuit for correcting differential signal

Abstract

A wireless power transmitting apparatus wirelessly charging a wireless power receiving apparatus is provided. The wireless power transmitting apparatus includes a power providing unit configured to provide power, a gate driver configured to generate a differential signal formed of a first signal and a second signal from the power provided from the power providing unit, an amplifier configured to amplify the differential signal by a predetermined gain, a power transmitting unit configured to transmit the amplified differential signal to the wireless power receiving apparatus, and a differential signal correcting circuit that is disposed between the gate driver and the amplifier and is configured to correct the differential signal so that a predetermined phase difference between the first signal and the second signal is maintained.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A wireless power transmitting apparatus comprising:
 a power providing circuitry configured to provide power; 
 a gate driver comprising circuitry configured to generate a differential signal signals comprising a first signal and a second signal using the power to be provided from the power providing circuitry; 
 a differential signal correcting circuitry connecting connected to the gate driver and an amplifier, wherein the differential signal correcting circuitry is configured to correct the differential signal such that both of the first signal and the second signal are not outputted based on and to output, to the amplifier, the first signal to be corrected and the second signal to be corrected which does not overlap of with the first signal and the second signal to be corrected; 
 the amplifier comprising circuitry configured to amplify the differential signals to be corrected comprising the first signal to be corrected and the second signal to be corrected by a predetermined gain; and 
 a power transmitting circuitry configured to receive the amplified differential signal signals to be corrected and to be amplified and emit magnetic wave to output electromagnetic power based on the amplified differential signal signals to be corrected and to be amplified. 
 
     
     
       2. The wireless power transmitting apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the differential signal correcting circuitry includes:
 a first NAND gate configured to receive the first signal through a first input terminal; and 
 a second NAND gate configured to receive the second signal through a third input terminal. 
 
     
     
       3. The wireless power transmitting apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein an output terminal of the first NAND gate is connected to a fourth input terminal of the second NAND gate, and an output terminal of the second NAND gate is connected to a second input terminal of the first NAND gate. 
     
     
       4. The wireless power transmitting apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a delay compensating circuit configured to compensate for a delay between the first signal to be corrected and a reverse signal of the second signal to be corrected. 
 
     
     
       5. The wireless power transmitting apparatus of  claim 4 , further comprising:
 a measuring circuitry configured to measure at least one of a load, a voltage, and or a current at one or more points of the wireless power transmitting apparatus; and 
 a control circuitry configured to determine the compensated delay by using at least one of the load, the voltage, and or the current. 
 
     
     
       6. The wireless power transmitting apparatus of  claim 4 , further comprising:
 a control circuitry configured to:
 receive information on the delay between the first signal to be corrected and the reverse signal of the second signal to be corrected from the a wireless power receiving apparatus, and 
 control the delay compensating circuit so as to compensate for the delay between the first signal to be corrected and the reverse signal of the second signal to be corrected based on the received information. 
 
 
     
     
       7. A wireless power transmitting apparatus comprising:
 a power providing circuitry configured to provide power; 
 a gate driver comprising circuitry configured to generate a differential signals comprising a first signal and a second signal from using the power to be provided from the power providing circuitry; 
 an amplifier comprising circuitry configured to amplify the differential signal signals by a predetermined gain; 
 a differential signal correcting circuitry connecting connected to the amplifier and a power transmitting circuitry, wherein the differential signal correcting circuitry is configured to correct the amplified differential signal such that both of a first signal to be amplified and a the second signal that are included in the amplified differential signal are to be amplified and to output, to the power transmitting circuitry, the first signal to be corrected and the second signal to be corrected which does not outputted based on overlap of with the first signal and the second signal to be corrected; and 
 a power transmitting circuitry configured to 
 receive the corrected differential signal signals to be corrected and emit magnetic wave output electromagnetic power based on the corrected differential signal signals to be corrected. 
 
     
     
       8. The wireless power transmitting apparatus of  claim 7 , wherein the differential signal correcting circuitry includes:
 a first NAND gate configured to receive the first signal through a first input terminal; and 
 a second NAND gate configured to receive the second signal through a third input terminal. 
 
     
     
       9. The wireless power transmitting apparatus of  claim 8 , wherein an output terminal of the first NAND gate is connected to a fourth input terminal of the second NAND gate, and an output terminal of the second NAND gate is connected to a second input terminal of the first NAND gate. 
     
     
       10. The wireless power transmitting apparatus of  claim 7 , further comprising:
 a delay compensating circuit configured to compensate for a delay between the first signal to be corrected and a reverse signal of the second signal to be corrected. 
 
     
     
       11. The wireless power transmitting apparatus of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 a measuring circuitry configured to measure at least one of a load, a voltage, and or a current at one or more points of the wireless power transmitting apparatus; and 
 a control circuitry configured to determine the compensated delay by using at least one of the load, the voltage, and or the current. 
 
     
     
       12. The wireless power transmitting apparatus of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 a control circuitry configured to: 
 receive information on the delay between the first signal to be corrected and the reverse signal of the second signal to be corrected from the a wireless power receiving apparatus, and 
 control the delay compensating circuit so as to compensate for the delay between the first signal to be corrected and the reverse signal of the second signal to be corrected based on the received information. 
 
     
     
       13. A wireless power receiving apparatus wirelessly receiving power from a wireless power transmitting apparatus, the wireless power receiving apparatus comprising:
 a power receiving circuitry configured to wirelessly receive the power from the wireless power transmitting apparatus; 
 a rectifier comprising circuitry configured to rectify a differential signal signals output from the power receiving circuitry, the differential signals comprising a first signal and a second signal; 
 a direct current to direct current (DC/DC) converter comprising circuitry configured to DC/DC convert the differential signals to be rectified; and 
 a differential signal correcting circuitry connecting connected to the power receiving circuitry and the rectifier, and is configured to correct the differential signal such that both of a signals including the first signal and a the second signal that are included in the differential signal are which does not outputted based on overlap of with the first signaland the second signal. 
 
     
     
       14. The wireless power receiving apparatus of  claim 13 , wherein the differential signal correcting circuitry includes:
 a first NAND gate configured to receive the first signal through a first input terminal; and 
 a second NAND gate configured to receive the second signal through a third input terminal. 
 
     
     
       15. The wireless power receiving apparatus of  claim 14 , wherein an output terminal of the first NAND gate is connected to a fourth input terminal of the second NAND gate, and an output terminal of the second NAND gate is connected to a second input terminal of the first NAND gate.