Software-Based Wireless Power Transfer Platform for Various Power Control Experiments

Sun-Han Hwang, Chung G. Kang, Yong-Ho Son and Byung-Jun Jang
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Sun-Han Hwang: Institute for Information & communications Technology Promotion (IITP), Daejeon 305-348, Korea
Chung G. Kang: School of Electrical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-713, Korea
Yong-Ho Son: Department of Electrical Engineering, Kookmin University, Seoul 136-702, Korea
Byung-Jun Jang: Department of Electrical Engineering, Kookmin University, Seoul 136-702, Korea

Energies, 2015, vol. 8, issue 8, 1-13

Abstract: In this paper, we present the design and evaluation of a software-based wireless power transfer platform that enables the development of a prototype involving various open- and closed-loop power control functions. Our platform is based on a loosely coupled planar wireless power transfer circuit that uses a class-E power amplifier. In conjunction with this circuit, we implement flexible control functions using a National Instruments Data Acquisition (NI DAQ) board and algorithms in the MATLAB/Simulink. To verify the effectiveness of our platform, we conduct two types of power-control experiments: a no-load or metal detection using open-loop power control, and an output voltage regulation for different receiver positions using closed-loop power control. The use of the MATLAB/Simulink software as a part of the planar wireless power transfer platform for power control experiments is shown to serve as a useful and inexpensive alternative to conventional hardware-based platforms.

Keywords: wireless power transfer; class-E power amplifier; software-based platform; open-loop power control; closed-loop power control (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: 2015
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