Interaction between humans and wireless power transfer systems

Author

Skiljo, Maja ; Blazevic, Zoran

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng., Mech. Eng. & Naval Archit., Univ. of Split, Split, Croatia

fYear

2014

fDate

17-19 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

15

Lastpage

18

Abstract

The performance of wireless power transfer (WPT) systems depends on antenna radiation efficiency and operating resonant frequency. In HF WPT systems, nearby objects have a certain impact on antenna characteristics and consequently on the WPT system performance. In this paper, human-WPT system interaction is investigated in order to provide basic recommendations regarding WPT system design and the human exposure to WPT systems. Preliminary results show that an efficient WPT system with four-arm SHAs is less susceptible to the degradation of system performance due to the influence of the nearby fantom, in comparison with the inefficient WPT between spirals. Also, it is possible to achieve a smaller risk of the electromagnetic human exposure to WPT systems when using an efficient WPT system rather than an inefficient one or a standalone transmitter.

Keywords

antennas; biological effects of fields; electromagnetic fields; radiofrequency power transmission; HF WPT systems; antenna radiation efficiency; electromagnetic human exposure; human-WPT system interaction; resonant frequency; standalone transmitter; wireless power transfer systems; Receivers; Resonant frequency; Spirals; Transmitting antennas; Wireless communication; electromagnetic human exposure; power transfer efficiency; wireless power transfer;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM), 2014 22nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Split

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SOFTCOM.2014.7039101

Filename

7039101