Efficient power-transfer capability analysis of the TET system using the equivalent small parameter method

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 272-282

  Wu, Yanzhen ^a   Hu, Aiguo Patrick ^a   Budgett, David ^b   Malpas, Simon C ^c   Dissanayake, Thushari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c Telemetry Research Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

equivalent small parameter method (ESPM); power transfer capability; Transcutaneous energy transfer (TET); zero voltage soft switching (ZVS)

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; CAPABILITY ANALYSIS; CLOSED FORM; DESIGN EFFORT; DESIGN PROCESS; EFFICIENT METHOD; ELECTRICAL CONNECTION; IMPLANTABLE DEVICES; ITERATIVE SIMULATION; MAXIMUM POWER TRANSFER; OPTIMAL TUNING; OPTIMAL TURNING; POWER-TRANSFER CAPABILITY; RESONANT CONVERTERS; RESONANT FREQUENCIES; RESONANT TANKS; SECONDARY-SIDE; SMALL PARAMETER METHOD; STEADY STATE SOLUTION; TET SYSTEM; TRANSCUTANEOUS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ENERGY TRANSFER (TET); ZERO-VOLTAGE SOFT SWITCHING (ZVS);

ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; ENERGY TRANSFER; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTIMIZATION; SOFT SWITCHING;

ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING;

EID: 79957800981     PISSN: 19324545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBCAS.2010.2089685     Document Type: Article

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