Calculation of mutual inductance from magnetic vector potential for wireless power transfer applications

Recent renewed interest in commercial development of wireless power transfer through magnetically-coupled resonant circuits has shown the need for a computational tool that can calculate the mutual inductance of coils of arbitrary geometry and spatial orientation. This task is often performed by finite-element analysis (FEA), but this requires both access to such software and a degree of expertise on the part of the designer. This paper introduces a simple-to-use Matlab-based computational tool for calculating mutual inductance for inductors in free space based upon magnetic vector potential.