Abstract-Magnetically coupled coils have been widely used for a variety of applications requiring contactless or wireless power transfer (WPT). In this paper, the wireless power transfer (WPT) using Copper (Cu) and Aluminium (Al) as magnetic coupling is designed, fabricated and measured. A main problem of wireless power transfer (WPT) is about low efficiency. As state of the art, this research will investigate the effects of the use of copper and aluminum as magnetic coupling. A Copper (Cu) and Aluminium (Al) are used as transmitter (Tx) and receiver (Rx) vice versa. A power analysis has been carried out to identify the efficiency system. The measurement result shown that the wireless power transfer (WPT) using aluminum as transmitter (Tx) and receiver (Rx) have the highest efficiency. The overall efficiency of the power being transferred is about 7,51%-10,8% at distance 20 cm. This research shown that aluminum can consider as a material for the wireless power transfer with magnetic induction method.Index Terms-Wireless power transfer, receiver, transmitter, copper, aluminium.
I. INTRODUCTIONNowadays, magnetically coupled coils have been widely used for a variety of applications requiring contactless or wireless power transfer (WPT). Tesla has demonstrated that, for a pair of magnetically coupled resonators with one used as a transmitting unit and the other as receiving unit, optimal wireless power transfer could occur at the resonance frequency of the resonators [1]. A pair of L-C loop resonators for wireless power transfer proposed by Tesla shown in Fig. 1.The most popular wireless power transfer technique used in biomedical implanted devices is near-field inductive coupling. Researches have indicated that if near-field techniques are used and if the range of energy transfer distance is of the order of tens of centimeters, the overall efficiency of the power being transferred is only about 1%-2% [2].The magnetically coupled resonators were presented for wireless power transfer. It now becomes possible to transmit power efficiently at ranges longer than that realized using inductive coupling schemes [3]. For low-power applications, wireless power transfer has found applications in battery charging for portable electronic products such as mobile phones [4]- [7], and mobile laptop charging [8], [9].In Fig. 2 show, typical exponential decay curve of the efficiency as a function of transmission distance for wireless Manuscript received August 21, 2015; revised January 6, 2016. The authors are with Telecommunication Engineering, State Polytechnic of Jakarta, Depok, West Java, Indonesia (e-mail: totosupr@yahoo.com).power transfer (WPT). A main problem of wireless power transfer (WPT) is about low efficiency. As state of the art, this research will investigate the effects of the use of copper and aluminum as magnetic coupling.
II. WIRELESS TRANSFER POWERIf two resonators are placed in proximity to one another such that there is coupling between them, it becomes possible for the resonators to exchange energy. The effi...