A Compact Spatial Free-Positioning Wireless Charging System for Consumer Electronics Using a Three-Dimensional Transmitting Coil

Abstract

A compact spatial free-positioning wireless charging system with a novel three-dimensional (3D) transmitting (Tx) coil is proposed to charge consumer electronics in the working area. Because of the strengthened electromagnetic field generated by the proposed 3D Tx coil in the space, this system can charge consumer electronics wirelessly with great tolerance to positional and angular misalignments between the transmitter and receiver. Benefiting from the compact design of the 3D Tx coil, the system can be easily embedded in some corners of office furniture/cubic panels, which will not cause any extra working space consumption when charging devices. The inductor-capacitor-capacitor (LCC) compensation circuit on the Tx side can achieve constant current output, which is independent of load condition and can protect the transmitter. With the LCC compensation circuit, the MOSFETs of the H-bridge high-frequency inverter realized zero voltage switching (ZVS). The small-sized planar receiving (Rx) coil and series (S) compensation circuit is applied to achieve compact receiver design. The theoretical and experimental results show that the spatial free-positioning wireless charging prototype can transfer 5 W to the small-sized receiver in around 350 mm × 225 mm × 200 mm 3D charging area and achieve the highest efficiency of 77.9%.

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