Novel highly-efficient and misalignment insensitive wireless power transfer systems utilizing Strongly Coupled Magnetic Resonance principles

The wireless powering efficiency of traditional Strongly Coupled Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) systems is highly sensitive to the alignment between the transmitter and receiver elements; an issue that has limited their applicability in practical wireless power transfer systems. This paper proposes a novel set of SCMR-based topologies that are insensitive to misalignment and isotropic while providing large wireless powering efficiencies. The systems, which are presented here, achieve power transfer efficiencies above 50% over the complete misalignment range of 0-90° with performance that is significantly better than typical SCMR elements.