Design and optimization of a 3-coil inductive link for efficient wireless power transmission

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 579-591

  Kiani, Mehdi ^a   Jow, Uei Ming ^a   Ghovanloo, Maysam ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Implantable microelectronic devices; Inductive links; Power transfer efficiency; Wireless power transmission

Indexed keywords

CARRIER FREQUENCY; COIL GEOMETRIES; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; ENERGY HARVESTER; ENERGY SOURCE; IMPLANTABLE MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES; INDUCTIVE LINK; INDUCTIVE POWER TRANSFER; ITERATIVE DESIGN METHODOLOGY; KEY PARAMETERS; OPTIMAL CHOICE; OUTPUT RESISTANCE; POWER TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; RECHARGE BATTERIES; SIMULATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS; WIRELESS LINK; WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION;

DESIGN; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MICROELECTRONICS; OPTIMIZATION; POWER TRANSMISSION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84855352543     PISSN: 19324545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBCAS.2011.2158431     Document Type: Conference Paper

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