Maximum Power Tracking for Magnetic Field Editing-Based Omnidirectional Wireless Power Transfer

Abstract

This article proposes and implements an optimized omnidirectional wireless power transfer (WPT) system using distributed transmitter coils. Under the consideration of practical WPT applications which involve human safety concerns, such as daily home apparatus or wireless rechargeable medical implants, the proposed system can achieve the shortest charging time within the safe limits of human exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic energy. Based on the calculation of the magnetic intensity generated by multicoupling WPT systems, a more processable magnetic threshold model is presented and analyzed based on the common standard. A newly developed optimization model of the transmitter currents and accordant control strategy is designed and presented to realize both maximum power tracking and flux suppression at target positions. The double-resonant circuit topology with LCC compensation is adopted to reach the stable and synchronized transmitter currents. The cross-coupling problem in multiinput WPT systems will be solved as well. Full-range magnitude control is realized with a single controller and direct current (dc) power supply. The hybrid frequency pacing technique is adopted for lower switching frequency and higher system efficiency under weak coupling operations. Taking practical wireless rechargeable medical implant as the research object, both simulation and experimental results validate the feasibility and the prospect of the proposed system.