Performance assessment of class-E inverter for capacitive power transfer system

• Yusmarnita Yusop ^[1] ; Mohd. Shakir Md. Saat ^[1] ; Siti Huzaimah Husin ^[1] ; Sing Kiong Nguang ^[2] ; Imran Hindustan ^[1]
  1. [1] Technical University of Malaysia Malacca

     Technical University of Malaysia Malacca

     Malasia

     
  2. [2] University of Auckland

     University of Auckland

     Nueva Zelanda

     
• Localización: Compel: International journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering, ISSN 0332-1649, Vol. 36, Nº 4, 2017, págs. 1237-1256
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Purpose – This paper aims to present a new wireless power transfer technique using capacitive coupling. The capacitive power transfer (CPT) system has been introduced as an attractive alternative to the traditional inductive coupling method. The CPT offers benefits such as simple topology, fewer components, better electromagnetic interference (EMI) performance and robustness to surrounding metallic elements.

    Design/methodology/approach – A class-E inverter together with and without inductor capacitor (LC) matching circuit has been utilised in this work because of its ability to perform the DC-to-AC inversion efficiently with significant reduction in switching losses. The validity of the proposed concept has been verified by conducting a laboratory experiment of the CPT system.

    Findings – The performances for both systems are analysed and evaluated. A 9.7 W output power is generated through a combined interface [printed circuit board (PCB) plate] capacitance of 2.82 nF at an operating frequency of 1 MHz, with 97 per cent efficiency for 0.25 mm coupling gap distance.

    Originality value – An efficient CPT system with class-E LC matching topology is proposed in this paper. With this topology, the zero-voltage switching can be achieved even if the load is different by properly designing the LC matching transformation circuit.