Elimination method for the Transmission Efficiency Valley of Death in laterally misaligned wireless power transfer systems

Author

Zhigang Dang ; Abu Qahouq, Jaber A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

fYear

2015

fDate

15-19 March 2015

Firstpage

1644

Lastpage

1649

Abstract

This paper first identifies the Transmission Efficiency Valley of Death (TEVD) in laterally misaligned magnetic resonance coupled (MRC) wireless power transfer (WPT) system. The paper then presents a method to eliminate the TEVD by angularly rotating the transmitter coil (Tx) or receiver coil (Rx). Simulation results of the ANSYS® HFSS® 3-D physical model with 5-turn spiral shape four-coil MRC-WPT system with 60cm outer diameter show that when the Rx is 30cm vertically away from the Tx, TEVD exists when the lateral misalignment value (MIS) ranges from 50cm to 70cm. The presented method eliminates the TEVD and extends the high efficiency range from MIS = 50 cm (83.3% of the Rx diameter) to MIS = 70 cm (117% of the Rx diameter).

Keywords

coils; magnetic resonance; radio receivers; radio transmitters; radiofrequency power transmission; 3D physical model; TEVD elimination; laterally misaligned MRC wireless power transfer system; magnetic resonance coupled WPT system; receiver coil; size 30 cm to 70 cm; spiral shape four-coil MRC-WPT system; transmission efficiency valley of death; transmitter coil; Couplings; Finite element analysis; Integrated circuit modeling; Load modeling; Solid modeling; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2015 IEEE

Conference_Location

Charlotte, NC

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APEC.2015.7104568

Filename

7104568