Inductive Power Transfer System

摘要

An inductive power transfer system comprises a transmitter coil TX and a receiver coil RX spaced from the transmitter coil. A transmitter circuit comprises the transmitter coil and is in the form of a Class E amplifier with a first inductor Uchoke and a transistor in series between the terminals of a power supply, a first transmitter capacitor Cpar in parallel with the transistor between the first inductor and a power supply terminal, a primary tank circuit in parallel with the first transmitter capacitor, the primary tank circuit comprising the transmitter coil and a second transmitter capacitor Cres arranged in parallel with the transmitter coil, and a third transmitter capacitor Cser in series with the first inductor between the first transmitter capacitor and the primary tank circuit. The transistor is arranged to switch at a first frequency ωd and the capacitance of the second transmitter capacitor is selected such that the resonant frequency ωOTX of the primary tank circuit is greater than the first frequency. The receiver circuit comprises a Class E rectifier having a first receiver capacitor CL arranged in parallel with a load RL and a secondary tank circuit in parallel with the first receiver capacitor. The secondary tank circuit comprises the receiver coil and a second receiver capacitor Cres arranged in parallel or series with the receiver coil. A first diode Dr2 is provided between the secondary tank circuit and the first receiver capacitor. The capacitance of the second receiver capacitor is selected such that the resonant frequency ωoRX of the secondary tank circuit differs from the first frequency, so that the secondary tank circuit operates in semi-resonance and maintains some reactive impedance. The transmitter circuit is configured to vary the first frequency, in order to achieve a desired impedance of the primary tank circuit.

主权项

1. An inductive power transfer system comprising:
a transmitter circuit comprising a transmitter coil; and a receiver circuit comprising the a receiver coil spaced from the transmitter coil, wherein the transmitter circuit is in the form of a Class E amplifier comprising: a first inductor and a transistor in series between the terminals of a power supply, the transistor being arranged to switch at a first frequency; a first transmitter capacitance in parallel with the transistor between the first inductor and a power supply terminal; a primary tank circuit in parallel with the first transmitter capacitance, the primary tank circuit comprising the transmitter coil and a second transmitter capacitance arranged in parallel or series with the transmitter coil; a third transmitter capacitance in series with the first inductor between the first transmitter capacitance and the primary tank circuit, wherein the second transmitter capacitance is selected such that the resonant frequency of the primary tank circuit is not equal to the first frequency.