Efficient modeling of the wireless power transfer efficiency for varying positions and orientations between transmitter and receiver

Gert-Jan Stockman, Dries Vande Ginste, Hendrik Rogier
2015 2015 IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Numerical Electromagnetic and Multiphysics Modeling and Optimization (NEMO)  
A method that efficiently calculates the Power Transfer Efficiency (PTE) of a Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) system is described in this paper. It allows for arbitrary relative positions and orientations between devices in the system, both in far-field and radiative near-field configurations. The method uses a single simulation or measurement of the radiation patterns of the antennas employed in the WPT system, from which the interaction between devices at any relative position and orientation
more » ... n be modeled. A spherical harmonics decomposition, together with Wigner-D rotation matrices, is applied to perform efficient translations and rotations of the devices used in the WPT system.
doi:10.1109/nemo.2015.7415001 fatcat:fvxz37popfesbkkqxdxf6zyd3m