scholarly journals Wireless Power Transfer Approaches for Medical Implants: A Review

Signals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-229
Author(s):  
Mohammad Haerinia ◽  
Reem Shadid
Keyword(s):  
Power Transmission ◽  
Ultrasonic Method ◽  
Inductive Coupling ◽  
Operating Frequency ◽  
Power Transfer ◽  
Wireless Power ◽  
Wireless Power Transmission ◽  
Implantable Medical Devices ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Power Transfer Efficiency

Wireless power transmission (WPT) is a critical technology that provides an alternative for wireless power and communication with implantable medical devices (IMDs). This article provides a study concentrating on popular WPT techniques for IMDs including inductive coupling, microwave, ultrasound, and hybrid wireless power transmission (HWPT) systems. Moreover, an overview of the major works is analyzed with a comparison of the symmetric and asymmetric design elements, operating frequency, distance, efficiency, and harvested power. In general, with respect to the operating frequency, it is concluded that the ultrasound-based and inductive-based WPTs have a low operating frequency of less than 50 MHz, whereas the microwave-based WPT works at a higher frequency. Moreover, it can be seen that most of the implanted receiver’s dimension is less than 30 mm for all the WPT-based methods. Furthermore, the HWPT system has a larger receiver size compared to the other methods used. In terms of efficiency, the maximum power transfer efficiency is conducted via inductive-based WPT at 95%, compared to the achievable frequencies of 78%, 50%, and 17% for microwave-based, ultrasound-based, and hybrid WPT, respectively. In general, the inductive coupling tactic is mostly employed for transmission of energy to neuro-stimulators, and the ultrasonic method is used for deep-seated implants.

Efficient Rectenna Circuit for Wireless Power Transmission

2020 ◽  
pp. 57-65
Author(s):  
Anurag Saxena ◽  
Paras Raizada ◽  
Lok Prakash Gautam ◽  
Bharat Bhushan Khare
Keyword(s):  
Resonant Frequency ◽  
Power Transmission ◽  
Numerical Data ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Single Band ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Power Transfer ◽  
Wireless Power ◽  
Wireless Power Transmission ◽  
Power Transfer Efficiency

Wireless power transmission is the transmission of electrical energy without using any conductor or wire. It is useful to transfer electrical energy to those places where it is hard to transmit energy using conventional wires. In this chapter, the authors designed and implemented a wireless power transfer system using the basics of radio frequency energy harvesting. Numerical data are presented for power transfer efficiency of rectenna. From the simulated results, it is clear that the anticipated antenna has single band having resonant frequency 2.1 GHz. The anticipated antenna has impedance bandwidth of 62.29% for single band. The rectenna has maximum efficiency of 60% at 2.1 GHz. The maximum voltage obtained by DC-DC converter is 4V at resonant frequency.

scholarly journals Printed Split-Ring Loops with High Q-Factor for Wireless Power Transmission

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (22) ◽  
pp. 2884
Author(s):  
Jingchen Wang ◽  
Mark Paul Leach ◽  
Eng Gee Lim ◽  
Zhao Wang ◽  
Rui Pei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Transmission ◽  
Transfer Efficiency ◽  
Q Factor ◽  
Power Transfer ◽  
Wireless Power ◽  
Wireless Power Transmission ◽  
Split Ring ◽  
Spiral Coil ◽  
High Q ◽  
Power Transfer Efficiency

The use of printed spiral coils (PSCs) as inductors in the construction of Wireless Power Transmission (WPT) circuits can save space and be integrated with other circuit boards. The challenges and issues of PSCs present for WPT mainly relate to maintaining an inductive characteristic at frequencies in Ultra High Frequency (UHF) band and to maximising the power transfer efficiency (PTE) between primary and secondary circuits. A new technique is proposed to increase the Q-factor relative to that offered by the PSC, which is shown to enhance WPT performance. This paper provides four-turn planar split-ring loops with high Q-factor for wireless power transmission at UHF bands. This design enhances the power transfer efficiency more than 12 times and allows for a greater transfer distance from 5 mm to 20 mm, compared with a conventional planar rectangular spiral coil.

scholarly journals Development of Intelligent Drone Battery Charging System Based on Wireless Power Transmission Using Hill Climbing Algorithm

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Rohan ◽  
Mohammed Rabah ◽  
Muhammad Talha ◽  
Sung-Ho Kim
Keyword(s):  
Power Transmission ◽  
Inductive Coupling ◽  
Hill Climbing ◽  
Wireless Power ◽  
Wireless Power Transmission ◽  
Battery Charging ◽  
Charging System ◽  
Charging Station ◽  
Hill Climbing Algorithm ◽  
The Poor

In this work, an advanced drone battery charging system is developed. The system is composed of a drone charging station with multiple power transmitters and a receiver to charge the battery of a drone. A resonance inductive coupling-based wireless power transmission technique is used. With limits of wireless power transmission in inductive coupling, it is necessary that the coupling between a transmitter and receiver be strong for efficient power transmission; however, for a drone, it is normally hard to land it properly on a charging station or a charging device to get maximum coupling for efficient wireless power transmission. Normally, some physical sensors such as ultrasonic sensors and infrared sensors are used to align the transmitter and receiver for proper coupling and wireless power transmission; however, in this system, a novel method based on the hill climbing algorithm is proposed to control the coupling between the transmitter and a receiver without using any physical sensor. The feasibility of the proposed algorithm was checked using MATLAB. A practical test bench was developed for the system and several experiments were conducted under different scenarios. The system is fully automatic and gives 98.8% accuracy (achieved under different test scenarios) for mitigating the poor landing effect. Also, the efficiency η of 85% is achieved for wireless power transmission. The test results show that the proposed drone battery charging system is efficient enough to mitigate the coupling effect caused by the poor landing of the drone, with the possibility to land freely on the charging station without the worry of power transmission loss.

scholarly journals Optimization of power losses in electric vehicle battery by wireless charging method with consideration of the laser optic effect

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 441-453
Author(s):  
V Senthil Nayagam ◽  
L Premalatha
Keyword(s):  
Electric Vehicle ◽  
Power Transmission ◽  
Power Transfer ◽  
Wireless Power ◽  
Wireless Power Transmission ◽  
Transmission Method ◽  
Charging Time ◽  
Electric Vehicle Battery ◽  
Transfer Method ◽  
Laser Optic

This work mainly deals with replacing the wired power transmission method for charging electric vehicle with the help of an efficient wireless power transmission method. For identifying an efficient wireless power transmission method, the inductive power transfer method and the laser optic method are taken into consideration to charge the electric vehicle battery. These methods are compared by hardware implementation for various conditions. Wireless power transmission is an emerging technology utilized to charge the electric vehicle battery through an air gap. The use of this new charging technique is due to its easy access from annoying charging cables, better efficiency, and smaller charging time. Also, it contributes to the remarkable reduction of pollutants and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions into the atmosphere by the conventional vehicles. However, the implementation of inductive charging for electric vehicle still presents challenges in terms of power transfer efficiency, transmission distance, utilization of heavy batteries with ripple-free and charging time, and stress on compensation network to maintain resonant condition for maximum power transfer. This system will be verified through the simulation in MATLAB/Simulink environment. The simulation results of the inductive power transfer method and the comparison of hardware setup results with laser optic hardware setup have to be verified.

scholarly journals A Planar Spiral Antenna of Multi-Tabs for Wireless Power Transmission of Inductive Coupling

2009 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 753-760 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin-Wook Kim ◽  
Hyeon-Chang Son ◽  
Seung-Ho Jeong ◽  
Seung-Gyun Kim ◽  
Kwan-Ho Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Transmission ◽  
Inductive Coupling ◽  
Wireless Power ◽  
Wireless Power Transmission ◽  
Spiral Antenna

scholarly journals Optimization of the Coupling Coefficient of the Inductive Link for Wireless Power Transfer to Biomedical Implants

2022 ◽  
Vol 2022 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Jiarui Bao ◽  
Shuyan Hu ◽  
Zibin Xie ◽  
Guangxi Hu ◽  
Ye Lu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coupling Coefficient ◽  
Wireless Power Transfer ◽  
The Body ◽  
Power Transfer ◽  
Wireless Power ◽  
Implantable Medical Devices ◽  
Inductive Link ◽  
High Frequency Structure Simulator ◽  
Power Transfer Efficiency ◽  
Air Muscle

This work focuses on the optimization of coupling coefficient (k) of the inductive link for the wireless power transfer (WPT) system to be used in implantable medical devices (IMDs) of centimeter size. The analytic expression of k is presented. Simulations are conducted by using the high-frequency structure simulator (HFSS). Analytic results are verified with simulations. The receiving (Rx) coil is implanted in the body and set as a circular coil with a radius of 5 millimeters for reducing the risk of tissue inflammation. The inductive link under misalignment scenarios is optimized to improve k. When the distance between the transmitting (Tx) and Rx coils is fixed at 20 mm, it is found that, to maximize k, the Tx coil in a planar spiral configuration with an average radius of 20 mm is preferred, and the Rx coil in a solenoid configuration with a wire pitch of 0.7 mm is recommended. Based on these optimization results, an inductive link WPT system is proposed; the coupling coefficient k, the power transfer efficiency (PTE), and the maximum power delivered to the load (MPDL) of the system are obtained with both simulation and experiment. Different media of air, muscle, and bone separating the Tx and Rx coils are tested. For the muscle (bone) medium, PTE is 44.14% (43.07%) and MPDL is 145.38 mW (128.13 mW), respectively.

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