Impedance matching wireless power transmission system for biomedical devices

• Main Authors: Lum, K. Y., Linden, M., Tan, T. S.
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/59314/; http://www.dx.doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-516-6-225

For medical application, the efficiency and transmission distance of the wireless power transfer (WPT) are always the main concern. Research has been showing that the impedance matching is one of the critical factors for dealing with the problem. However, there is not much work performed taking both the source and load sides into consideration. Both sides matching is crucial in achieving an optimum overall performance, and the present work proposes a circuit model analysis for design and implementation. The proposed technique was validated against experiment and software simulation. Result was showing an improvement in transmission distance up to 6 times, and efficiency at this transmission distance had been improved up to 7 times as compared to the impedance mismatch system. The system had demonstrated a near-constant transfer efficiency for an operating range of 2cm-12cm.