Inductive power transfer system for driving multiple OLED lighting panels

This paper will present an inductive power transfer system for driving multiple organic light-emitting diode (OLED) lighting panels. Each panel is driven by an output of a daisy-chained transformer (DCT) structure through a detachable transformer, where the DCT structure is driven by a switching network. Apart from easy and safe operation, the system offers users with a modular, scalable, low-maintenance, and hot-swappable platform for large-area illumination. Design, modeling, and analysis of the system under normal and faulty operating conditions and misalignment of the detachable transformer will be discussed. Experimental results of a prototype having four OLED lighting panels will be studied and compared with theoretical predictions.