Design, Simulation and Measurement of Flexible PCB Coils for Wearable Device Wireless Power Transfer

Abstract

In this paper, we design and analyze flexible wireless power transfer (WPT) coils for flexible wearable devices. The 3 cm by 3 cm flexible coils are designed using polyimide substrate. The coil is designed as thin as possible to achieve higher Q-factor and power transfer efficiency (PTE). Furthermore, we analyzed the mutual inductance between the coils with a bending radius of a receiver (Rx) coil of infinite, 26 mm and 13 mm by considering the curvature of the human wrist. As the results, the simulation results of the flexible coil are verified with the measurement results using Z-parameter analysis in the frequency range from 1 MHz to 50 MHz. In conclusion, we verify the mutual inductance simulation results with the measurement results within the average error of 2.85%.

Meeting Name

2018 IEEE Wireless Power Transfer Conference, WPTC 2018 (2018: Jun. 3-7, Montreal, Canada)

Department(s)

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research Center/Lab(s)

Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Laboratory

Keywords and Phrases

Bending Radius; Flexible PCB Coil; Flexible Sheets; Magnetic Resonance; Mutual Inductance; Wearable Devices; Wireless Power Transfer

International Standard Book Number (ISBN)

978-153865159-9

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2018 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), All rights reserved.

Publication Date

07 Jun 2018

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