Abstract:
In electric power supply through wireless signals, electric power is supplied efficiently, even when distance fluctuation is caused between an electric power transmitting device and an electric power receiving device. Even when distance fluctuation is caused between the electric power transmitting device for supplying electric power with the use of wireless signals and the electric power receiving device for receiving electric power supplied from the electric power transmitting device, the Q value of the electric power transmitting device is adjusted to optimize the transmission efficiency. The impedance of a resonance circuit of the electric power transmitting device is fluctuated at a constant frequency, the resulting reflected wave is detected as a response signal by the electric power transmitting device, and the Q value of the electric power transmitting device is adjusted to optimize the transmission efficiency.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer including a channel region, and a first region and a second region to which an impurity element is introduced to make the first region and the second region a source and a drain, a third region, and a gate electrode provided to partly overlap with the semiconductor layer with a gate insulating film interposed therebetween In the semiconductor layer, the first region is electrically connected to the gate electrode through a first electrode to which an AC signal is input, the second region is electrically connected to a capacitor element through a second electrode, the third region overlaps with the gate electrode and contains an impurity element at lower concentrations than each of the first region and the second region.
Abstract:
The contactless power feeding system includes a power transmitting device including an AC power source, a power transmitting element transmitting an AC power and a first microprocessor generating a transmission signal, and a power receiving device including a power receiving element receiving the AC power, a rectifier circuit, a smoothing circuit, a voltage conversion circuit, a second microprocessor generating a response signal in accordance with the transmission signal, a charge control circuit changing a charging rate for a power storage device in accordance with the response signal and the power storage device whose charging is controlled by the charge control circuit. Then, a resistance value of the power storage device changes, an impedance changes, and a modulation signal is generated. The generated modulation signal is transmitted from the power receiving device to the power transmitting device and is processed by the first microprocessor.
Abstract:
A power feeding device utilizing an electromagnetic resonance coupling method and a contactless power feeding system can be provided. A coupling coefficient of electromagnetic induction coupling in the power feeding device and/or the inside of a power receiving device is optimized to improve electric power transmission efficiency of a resonance frequency regardless of positions of the power feeding device and the power receiving device. Provided is a power feeding device or a contactless power feeding system in which an S11 parameter which is a reflection component of electric power output from a high-frequency power source of the power feeding device is monitored, and one or both of positions of a transmission coil and a first resonant coil in the power feeding device and positions of a reception coil and a second resonant coil in a power receiving device are changed to adjust a coupling coefficient of electromagnetic induction coupling.
Abstract:
It is an object to provide a gas sensor which is formed by a simple manufacturing process. Another object is to provide a gas sensor whose manufacturing cost is reduced. A transistor which includes an oxide semiconductor layer in contact with a gas and which serves as a detector element of a gas sensor, and a transistor which includes an oxide semiconductor layer in contact with a film having a gas barrier property and which forms a detection circuit are formed over one substrate by the same process, whereby a gas sensor using these transistors may be formed.
Abstract:
To prevent damage on an element even when a voltage high enough to break the element is input. A semiconductor device of the invention operates with a first voltage and includes a protection circuit which changes the value of the first voltage when the absolute value of the first voltage is higher than a reference value. The protection circuit includes: a control signal generation circuit generating a second voltage based on the first voltage and outputting the generated second voltage; and a voltage control circuit. The voltage control circuit includes a transistor which has a source, a drain, and a gate, and which is turned on or off depending on the second voltage input to the gate and thus controls whether the value of the first voltage is changed based on the amount of current flowing between the source and the drain. The transistor also includes an oxide semiconductor layer.
Abstract:
The problem of damage on an antenna or a circuit (electrostatic breakdown) due to discharge of electric charge accumulated in an insulator is solved; and the problem of NAKANUKE failure is solved. A pair of conductive layers, a pair of insulators provided between the pair of conductive layers, and a chip which is provided between the pair of insulators and includes an antenna, an analog circuit, and a digital circuit are provided, in which an opening is provided for at least one of the pair of conductive layers, and the opening is provided at a position which overlaps at least the analog circuit.
Abstract:
A power receiving device used for wirelessly supplying power from a power supply device using electromagnetic resonance to an electronic apparatus which receives power by electromagnetic induction is provided. The power receiving device includes a first antenna coupled with an antenna of the power supply device by electromagnetic resonance, a second antenna coupled with the first antenna by electromagnetic induction, a load, a switching circuit, a control circuit, and an input device. A signal for selecting switching of the switching circuit is generated in the control circuit in response to a command from the input device. A connection between the second antenna and the load is controlled by switching of the switching circuit in response to the signal.
Abstract:
A wireless power feeding system includes a power feeding device and a power receiving device. The power feeding device includes a first resonance coil connected to a high-frequency power source through a first matching circuit, and a first control circuit connected to the first matching circuit and a first transmitter-receiver circuit. The power receiving device includes a second resonance coil configured to be in magnetic resonance with the first resonance coil, and a second control circuit connected to a load, a second matching circuit, and a second transmitter-receiver circuit.
Abstract:
Not a structure in which a resonance frequency of a power transmission device is set after a resonance frequency of a power receiving device is directly measured but a structure in which the resonance frequencies of the power receiving device and the power transmission device are estimated after reflection of an electromagnetic field for transmitting electric power to the power receiving device is monitored by the power transmission device is employed. After a capacitance value of a variable capacitor in a resonance coil of the power receiving device is once set to 0, an S11 parameter is detected while a frequency of an electromagnetic wave is changed, and the resonance frequency of the power transmission device is estimated on the basis of the S11 parameter.