Modeling and Analysis of Current-Carrying Coils Versus Rotating Magnet Transmitters for Low-Frequency Electrodynamic Wireless Power Transmission

Vernon S. Crasto (), Nicolas Garraud, Matthew G. Stormant and David P. Arnold
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Vernon S. Crasto: Interdisciplinary Microsystems Group, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
Nicolas Garraud: CEA-Leti (Laboratoire d’Électronique des Technologies de l’Information), Université Grenoble Alpes, 38000 Grenoble, France
Matthew G. Stormant: Interdisciplinary Microsystems Group, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
David P. Arnold: Interdisciplinary Microsystems Group, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA

Energies, 2025, vol. 18, issue 10, 1-17

Abstract: Current-carrying coils and rotating permanent magnets can be used to create time-varying excitation magnetic fields for electrodynamic wireless power transmission (EWPT). Both types of transmitters produce low-frequency, time-varying fields at the locations of the receiver, but with fundamental differences. A coil transmitter produces a uniaxial magnetic field, where the direction of the field is along a single axis, but the amplitude varies in a bipolar fashion. In contrast, a rotating magnet transmitter produces a rotating magnetic field, with the amplitude varying in two orthogonal directions. Building on prior work for coil transmitters, this manuscript presents the modeling and a simulation framework for rotating magnet transmitters. The performance of an EWPT system is then studied both theoretically and experimentally for both transmitter types. For the same B-field amplitude (501 µT) and a fixed transmitter-receiver distance of 12 cm, a receiver driven by a coil transmitter produces 38 mW, whereas the same receiver driven by a rotating magnet transmitter produces 149 mW, nearly four times higher. This power increase is a result of 50% higher receiver rotation speeds using the rotating magnet transmitter. The power transfer efficiency is also six times higher for the rotating magnet transmitter.

Keywords: coil transmitter; modeling; rotating magnetic field; wireless power transfer (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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