ABSTRACT This paper proposes the design, simulation and implementation of a wireless power transfer system utilising the concept of inductively coupled power transfer (ICPT). The magnetic structures of the system, the ICPT platform and... more
ABSTRACT This paper proposes the design, simulation and implementation of a wireless power transfer system utilising the concept of inductively coupled power transfer (ICPT). The magnetic structures of the system, the ICPT platform and pick-up, are custom-designed and simulated to enhance power transfer and efficiency through finite-element-method analysis software. Next, the ICPT platform, consisting of a single-layer of rectangular spiral arrays, was implemented on printed-circuit-board and the pick-up was constructed using ferromagnetic material. Overall, the prototype system was shown to induce a relatively uniform low-power across the ICPT platform, to justify the use of such a system in low-power inductive-charging electronics-applications.
