Electric near-field coupling for wireless power transfer in biomedical applications

Author

Jegadeesan, Rangarajan ; Yong Xin Guo ; Minkyu Je

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

fYear

2013

fDate

9-11 Dec. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

Wireless power transfer for biomedical implants using capacitive coupling (electric near field coupling) has been presented in this work as an attractive alternative to the traditional inductive coupling method with the benefits of simple topology, fewer components on the implant side, better EMI performance and robustness to surrounding metallic elements. The analysis and design of capacitive coupled power link for biomedical implants is presented with emphasis on modeling tissue losses. Design and evaluation of capacitive power link has been presented with experimental results that are verified using the theoretical model developed.

Keywords

biological tissues; electromagnetic interference; inductive power transmission; prosthetics; topology; EMI; biological tissues; biomedical applications; biomedical implants; capacitive coupled power link; capacitive coupling; electric near-field coupling; inductive coupling method; metallic elements; topology; wireless power transfer; Biological system modeling; Biomedical measurement; Couplings; Dielectrics; Implants; Skin; Wireless communication; Capacitive coupling; biomedical implants; near field power transfer; wireless power transmission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Workshop Series on RF and Wireless Technologies for Biomedical and Healthcare Applications (IMWS-BIO), 2013 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Singapore

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMWS-BIO.2013.6756140

Filename

6756140