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20090001818 | POWER TRANSMISSION CONTROL DEVICE, POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE, ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT, AND NON-CONTACT POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A power transmission control device provided in a power transmission device of a non-contact power transmission system includes a drive clock signal generation circuit that generates a drive clock signal, a driver control circuit that generates a driver control signal based on the drive clock signal, a waveform detection circuit, and a control circuit. The waveform detection circuit includes a pulse width detection circuit that measures a first pulse width period to detect first pulse width information, the first pulse width period being a period between a first edge timing of the drive clock signal and a first timing, the first timing being a timing when a first induced voltage signal that has changed from a low-potential-side power supply voltage exceeds a first threshold voltage. The control circuit detects the power-reception-side load state based on the first pulse width information. | 01-01-2009 |
20090009006 | POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE, ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT, AND WAVEFORM MONITORING CIRCUIT - A power transmission device of a non-contact power transmission system includes a waveform monitoring circuit that generates and outputs a waveform-monitoring induced voltage signal based on a coil end signal of a primary coil, and a power transmission control device that controls a power transmission driver that drives the primary coil, the power transmission control device receiving the waveform-monitoring induced voltage signal and detecting a change in waveform of the induced voltage signal to detect a power-reception-side load state. The waveform monitoring circuit includes a first rectifier circuit having a limiter function, the first rectifier circuit including a current-limiting resistor provided between a coil end node where the coil end signal of the primary coil is generated and a monitoring node where the waveform-monitoring induced voltage signal is generated, performing a limiter operation that clamps the induced voltage signal at a high-potential-side power supply voltage, and subjecting the induced voltage signal to half-wave rectification. | 01-08-2009 |
20090026844 | POWER TRANSMISSION CONTROL DEVICE, POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE, ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT, AND NON-CONTACT POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A power transmission control device provided in a power transmission device of a non-contact power transmission system includes a drive clock signal generation circuit that generates a drive clock signal specifying a drive frequency of a primary coil, a driver control circuit that generates a driver control signal based on the drive clock signal, and outputs the driver control signal to a transmission driver, a waveform detection circuit that detects a change in waveform of an induced voltage signal of the primary coil, and a control circuit that performs foreign object detection based on a detection result of the waveform detection circuit. The drive clock signal generation circuit outputs the drive clock signal set at a foreign object detection frequency during foreign object detection, the foreign object detection frequency being a frequency differing from a normal power transmission frequency. | 01-29-2009 |
20090133942 | POWER TRANSMISSION CONTROL DEVICE, POWER TRANSMITTING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT, AND NON-CONTACT POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A power transmission control device provided in a power transmitting device of a non-contact power transmission system includes a driver control circuit that controls a power transmitting driver that drives a primary coil, a load state detection circuit that detects a power-receiving-side load state, and a control circuit that controls the power transmission control device. The control circuit acquires a reference value used to determine a power-receiving-side load state after starting normal power transmission in a reference value acquisition period, the reference value acquisition period being a period after receiving ID authentication information from the power receiving device, but before starting the normal power transmission. | 05-28-2009 |