Modeling of mutual coupling between planar inductors in wireless power applications

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 481-490

  Raju, Salahuddin ^a   Wu, Rongxiang ^b   Chan, Mansun ^a   Yue, C Patrick ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Contactless power transfer; implantable biomedical devices; inductive wireless power link; mutual inductance; planar inductor

Indexed keywords

CONTACTLESS POWER TRANSFER; IMPLANTABLE BIOMEDICAL DEVICES; MUTUAL INDUCTANCE; PLANAR INDUCTOR; WIRELESS POWER;

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; INDUCTANCE; SILICON WAFERS;

ELECTRIC INDUCTORS;

EID: 84881086565     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2013.2253334     Document Type: Article

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