Dual-Band Coil Module With Repeaters for Diverse Wireless Power Transfer Applications.

Dual-band coil modules facilitate efficient access to distinct-band, high-power, or rapid-charging wireless power transfer (WPT) systems. However, they do not function efficiently when the frequency ratio between two operating frequencies is large. To overcome this problem, we propose enhanced dual-band coil modules that adopt repeaters in the WPT system. We present a circuit-based analysis of repeaters in various dual-band coil modules compared with those in a single-band WPT system. The analytical results provide a design methodology applicable to diverse types of dual-band coil modules with a repeater in the WPT system. Our experimental results are consistent with the circuit-based analysis: coil power transfer efficiencies of 55% at 200 kHz and 74% at 6.78 MHz were obtained concurrently in the dual-band WPT system with a dual-band repeater. This paper reduced the application constraint of dual-band coil modules and facilitated the realization and application of multiband WPT systems. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]