Analysis and Tracking of Optimal Load in Wireless Power Transfer Systems
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- 12 August 2014
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
- Vol. 30 (7), 3952-3963
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tpel.2014.2347071
Abstract
All the wireless power transfer (WPT) systems share a similar configuration including a power source, a coupling system, a rectifying circuit, a power regulating, and charging management circuit and a load. For such a system, both a circuit- and a system-level analyses are important to derive requirements for a high overall system efficiency. Besides, unavoidable uncertainties in a real WPT system require a feedback mechanism to improve the robustness of the performance. Based on the above basic considerations, this paper first provides a detailed analysis on the efficiency of a WPT system at both circuit and system levels. Under a specific mutual inductance between the emitting and receiving coils, an optimal load resistance is shown to exist for a maximum overall system efficiency. Then, a perturbation-and-observation-based tracking system is developed through additional hardware such as a cascaded boost-buck dc-dc converter, an efficiency sensing system, and a controller. Finally, a 13.56-MHz WPT system is demonstrated experimentally to validate the efficiency analysis and the tracking of the optimal load resistances. At a power level of 40 W, the overall efficiency from the power source to the final load is maintained about 70% under various load resistances and relative positions of coils.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Science Foundation of China (50950110341(2010), 61102019(2012-2014))
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