Abstract

Wireless power transfer (WPT) technology is widely used for various applications because of convenience and safety. Especially, medical implant devices such as a cochlear implant are one of the typical applications of the WPT technology. However, WPT systems have problems with electromagnetic field (EMF) leakage, which can cause electro-magnetic interference (EMI) issues in the human body. In this paper, we propose an additional shielding coil for the effective suppression of EMF radiation of a WPT system. The proposed method reduces the EMF leakage in operating frequency range. We verified that the proposed shielding coil reduced the EMF leakage by 5.1 dB using 3D EM simulation. Also, the power transfer efficiency (PTE) and link gain stability of the proposed cochlear implant WPT system are designed to work well with proposed shielding coil.

Department(s)

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Comments

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Grant IITP-2018-2016-0-00291

Keywords and Phrases

Cochlear implant; Electromagnetic fields (EMFs); electromagnetic interference (EMI); Shielding coil; Wireless power transfer (WPT)

International Standard Book Number (ISBN)

978-172817430-3

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2024 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jul 2020

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