LIST OF FIGURES

FIGURE 1: Animated View of Resonant Coupling .......................................................5

FIGURE 2: Deliverable-Oriented Research plan............................................................10
FIGURE 3: Comparison between WIFI and WET system.............................................12
FIGURE 4: Wireless electricity could make this phenomenon a reality........................15
FIGURE 5: The 187-ft Wardenclyffe Tower (Tesla Tower) in 1903.............................17
FIGURE 6: Microwave Power Transmission.................................................................17
FIGURE 7: The Tran receiving circuit for wireless power transmission...19
FIGURE 8: System and method for wireless electrical power Transmission................20
FIGURE 9: Electric Power Transmission using LASER...............................................21
FIGURE 10: shows a unidirectional pattern..................................................................26
FIGURE 11: shows a bidirectional antenna pattern.......................................................27
FIGURE 12: Pattern of omni-direcrional antenna.........................................................29
FIGURE 13: Electric toothbrush battery charger..........................................................30
FIGURE 14: Induction Cooker Stovetop......................................................................30
FIGURE 15: Resonance Coupling between Coils........................................................32
FIGURE 16: LC switching circuit................................................................................36
FIGURE 17: Beginning of oscillations.........................................................................37
FIGURE 18: time 1/4t...................................................................................................37
FIGURE 19: time 1/2t...................................................................................................38
FIGURE 20: time 3/4t...................................................................................................38
FIGURE 21: Resonating circuit....................................................................................39
FIGURE 22: Impedance curves of R,L & C.................................................................40
FIGURE 23: Quality Factor at different values of R....................................................42
FIGURE 24: Capacitor charged: voltage at + peak, inductor discharged.....43
FIGURE 25: Capacitor discharging voltage decreasing inductor charging......43
FIGURE 26: Capacitor fully discharged and Inductor fully charged.......44
FIGURE 27: Capacitor charging with opposite polarity and inductor discharging......44
FIGURE 28: Capacitor fully charged (-) and inductor fully discharged......44
FIGURE 29: Capacitor discharging and inductor is charging......45
FIGURE 30: Capacitor is fully discharged and inductor is fully charged (-)...45
FIGURE 31: Capacitor charging and inductor is discharging..........46
FIGURE 32: Capacitor fully charged (+) and inductor fully discharged.46
FIGURE 33: Pendulum Energy Transfer......47
FIGURE 34: Magnetic Loop Antenna..........................................................................50
FIGURE 35: Magnetic loop coil...................................................................................51
FIGURE 36: Schematic of the experimental setup.......................................................56
FIGURE 37: Flow Diagram of System.........................................................................59
FIGURE 38: AC to DC converter.....61
FIGURE 39: Inside SG3525A..63
FIGURE 40: Transmitter Circuit.. 64
FIGURE 41: Receiver Circuit ..... 67
FIGURE 42: Efficiency versus Distance...74
FIGURE 43: Efficiency versus Frequency74
FIGURE 44: Different Structures of coil...76

LIST OF TABLES
TABLE 1: Project Plan: Schedule/phasing9
TABLE 2: Impedances of R, L & C......................40
TABLE 3: A comparison of different types of PWM ICs.....................62
TABLE 4: Transmitter Circuit Components List.......................70
TABLE 5: Receiver Circuit Components List...71
TABLE 6: Transmitter and Receiver Parameters..73

ABSTRACT

This thesis report explains the implementation of Wireless Electric Power Transmission
System using Resonant Coupling. We have designed two circuit first circuit is called
power sending circuit and second circuit is called receiving circuit. Both the circuits are
working on resonant coupling system. In this way power is wirelessly transfer between
two resonant coils. The device would plug into the wall and adjust the frequency of the
wall voltage to the resonant frequency of the LC circuit (640 KHz) by rectifying and
inverting the wall signal. After power is transmitted to the receiving LC circuit, this
voltage will be transformed, rectified and filtered to produce around 220V to power up
22Watt energy saver bulbs at a contact less distance of 36 cm. The power is wirelessly
transmitted even if any thick obstacle is placed between transmitter and receiver. All the
block diagrams, equipment, circuit elements have been completely explained in the
report.

CHAPTER 1

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Objectives
In this chapter, the main focus is on describing the general structure. This chapter is
mainly concentrated on:

1.)

Goals and Objectives

2.)

Scope of the Project

3.)

Literature Review Summary

Project Overview
1.1: Proposed Objective
Our main objective is to develop a system for Wireless Electric Power Transfer. Today,
portable technology is a part of every day life. Having your stereo, telephone or computer
tied to a wall is a thing of the past. But from portability, emerges another challenge:
energy. Almost all portable devices are battery powered, meaning that eventually, they all
must be rechargedtying the user back to the wall he was trying to avoid.

Now imagine that instead of plugging in your cell phone, laptop or mp3 player to
recharge it, it could receive its power wirelesslyquite literally, out of thin air. Sound
like science fiction? Its much closer to reality than you might think.

Wireless Electric Power Transmission is the process where electrical energy is

transmitted from a power source to an electrical load, without interconnecting wires.

F1g. 1 Animated View of Resonant Coupling [1]

The technique being used for Wireless Electric Power Transfer is Resonant Coupling.
This technique introduces a concept called Resonance to the wireless energy equation.
Similar to mutual induction, wherein electricity traveling along an electromagnetic wave
moves between coils on the same frequency, Resonant Coupling functions on the concept
that if you make both coils resonate at the same frequency, electricity can be passed
between them at farther distances and without health dangers. Using this technique, one
can even send electricity to multiple devices at once, as long as they all share the same
resonance frequency.

Two objects of the same resonant frequency tend to exchange energy efficiently, while
interacting weakly with objects that have a different resonant frequency. In physics,
resonance is the tendency of an object to oscillate at maximum amplitude at a certain
frequency. If the object is excited with a different frequency, its oscillation will die down.
Coupling is particularly suitable for everyday applications because most common
materials interact only very weakly with electromagnetic fields, so interactions with
extraneous environmental objects are suppressed even further. This makes it a safe design
for people and other living creatures.
The crucial advantage of using the non-radiative field lies in the fact that most of the
power not picked up by the receiving coil remains bound to the vicinity of the sending
unit, instead of being radiated into the environment and lost. Although the two coils are
currently of identical dimensions, it is possible to make the device coil small enough to fit
into portable devices without decreasing the efficiency. Using a non-radiative field means

that most of the power not picked up by the receiving coil remains bound to the vicinity
of the sending unit, instead of being radiated into the environment and lost.

1.2: Scope and Introduction of the Project (Abstract)

We are trying to investigate whether, and to what extent, the physical phenomenon of
long-life time resonant electromagnetic states with localized slowly-evanescent field
patterns can be used to transfer energy efficiently over non-negligible distances, even in
the presence of extraneous environmental objects. Via detailed theoretical and numerical
analyses of typical real-world model-situations and realistic material parameters, we can
establish that such a non-radiative scheme can lead to strong coupling between two
medium-ranges distant such states and thus could indeed be practical for efficient
medium-range wireless energy transfer.

We investigate the feasibility of using long-lived oscillatory resonant electromagnetic

modes, with localized slowly-evanescent field patterns, for efficient wireless nonradiative mid-range energy transfer [8]. The proposed method is based on the well
known principle of resonant coupling (the fact that two same-frequency resonant objects
tend to couple, while interacting weakly with other off-resonant environmental objects)
and, in particular, resonant evanescent coupling (where the coupling mechanism is
mediated through the overlap of the non-radiative near-fields of the two objects). This
well known physics leads trivially to the result that energy can be efficiently coupled
between objects in the extremely near field (e.g. in optical waveguide or cavity couplers
and in resonant inductive electric transformers). However, it is far from obvious how this

same physics performs at mid-range distances and, to our knowledge, there is no work in
the literature that demonstrates efficient energy transfer for distances a few times larger
that the largest dimension of both objects involved in the transfer. In the present paper,
our detailed theoretical and numerical analysis shows that such an efficient mid-range
wireless energy-exchange can actually be achieved, while suffering only modest transfer
and dissipation of energy into other off-resonant objects, provided the exchange system is
carefully designed to operate in a regime of strong coupling compared to all intrinsic
loss rates. The physics of strong coupling is also known but in very different areas,
such as those of light-matter interactions. In this favorable operating regime, we
quantitatively address the following questions: up to which distances can such a scheme
be efficient and how sensitive is it to external perturbations? The omni directional but
stationary (lossless) nature of the near field makes this mechanism suitable for mobile
wireless receivers. It could therefore have a variety of possible applications including for
example, placing a source (connected to the wired electricity network) on the ceiling of a
factory room, while devices (robots, vehicles, computers, or similar) are roaming freely
within the room..

1.3: Project Plan: SCHEDULE/ PHASING

No.

Elapsed
time
from start
(in
months) of
the project

Milestone

Deliverables

1 Months

Initial Literature Review

A comprehensive report on study

and analysis of different methods of
Electric Power Transmission

2.

3 Months

Study of Coupling Mode

Theory

A Comprehensive Report on study

of Coupling Mode Theory & Its
Applications in Real Life & How it
Can be Helpful in Our Project

3.

5 Months

Study of Resonant
Coupling

1.

Hardware Designing
4.

5.

6.

6 Months

10 Months

11 Months

Hardware Implementations

Compilation and
documentation
of the experimental results
and publication of research
paper

Report on Resonant Coupling

& its Biological Effects & effects
on other Non-Resonating Objects
Designing of TransmitterReceiver system for Wireless
Transmission of Electric Power in
36cm range
Implementation of a TransmitterReceiver system for Wireless
Transmission of Electric Power in
36cm range
Final Project Report and proposal
For future work.

Table 1 Project Plan: Schedule / Phasing

Fig. 2

[19]

1.4: Literature Review Summary

In our present electricity generation system we waste more than half of its resources.
Especially the transmission and distribution losses are the main concern of the present
power technology. Much of this power is wasted during transmission from power plant
generators to the consumer. The resistance of the wire used in the electrical grid
distribution system causes a loss of 26-30% of the energy generated. This loss implies
that our present system of electrical distribution is only 70-74% efficient. We have to
think of alternate state - of - art technology to transmit and distribute the electricity. Nowa- days global scenario has been changed a lot and there are tremendous development in
every field. If we dont keep pace with the development of new power technology we

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have to face a decreasing trend in the development of power sector. The transmission of
power without wires may be one noble alternative for electricity transmission.
In the early days of electromagnetism, before the electrical-wire grid was deployed,
serious interest and effort was devoted (most notably by Nikola Tesla [1]) towards the
development of schemes to transport energy over long distances without any carrier
medium (e.g. wirelessly). These efforts appear to have met with little success. Radiative
modes of omni-directional antennas (which work very well for information transfer) are
not suitable for such energy transfer, because a vast majority of energy is wasted into free
space. Directed radiation modes, using lasers or highly-directional antennas, can be
efficiently used for energy transfer, even for long distances (transfer distance LTRANSLDEV,
where LDEV is the characteristic size of the device), but require existence of an
uninterruptible line-of-sight and a complicated tracking system in the case of mobile
objects. Rapid development of autonomous electronics of recent years (e.g. laptops, cellphones, house-hold robots, that all typically rely on chemical energy storage) justifies
revisiting investigation of this issue. Today, we face a different challenge than Tesla:
since the existing electrical-wire grid carries energy almost everywhere, even a mediumrange (LTRANS fewLDEV) wireless energy transfer would be quite useful for many
applications. There are several currently used schemes, which rely on non-radiative
modes (magnetic induction), but they are restricted to very close-range (LTRANSLDEV) or
very low-power (~mW) energy transfers [2, 3, 4, 5, 6].

Getting around these issues is tricky. There have been a number of moderately successful
efforts to make working systems, mostly based on near-contact (i.e., centimeter-range)

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power transfer. These use the sort of magnetic field induction found in a transformer or
an induction motor, both of which rely on a non radiating evanescent field that reduces
the power lost to radiation. But the power transfer falls off very steeply and the range is
very short. The result is a powered pad on which a suitably enabled device can be placed
to chargewireless indeed, but not very mobile. These issues can be handled by making
both the sender and the receiver of electrical power operate at the same frequency.

F1g. 3 Comparison between WIFI and WET system [2]

With carefully chosen parameters, the two coils form a single coupled resonant structure
and behave as though a tunnel was opened between them that can carry substantial
power over ranges of several meters. The decay in the coupling between the source and
receiver with increasing source receiver separation is still quite steep relative to sunlightstyle radiative transfer. However, this no longer translates directly into a decay of power
transfer efficiency, because un-transferred power remains trapped around the source and
all the power could still be transferred with ideal components. This technique cannot in
reality extend the range indefinitely for example, the power trapped around the source
will tend to rise unacceptably, and imperfect real components will cause lossesbut it
does help a lot.

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And there is another likely benefit from the use of these resonances, which addresses the
possible health concern. Unlike a freely propagating electromagnetic wave (such as
sunlight), where the electric and magnetic components are always of similar intensity on
average, these resonances are overwhelmingly magnetic in character. This could be
extremely helpful in reducing the hazard to health, because most ordinary materials
(including people) interact far more strongly with the electric than with the magnetic
component of an electromagnetic wave [26], so the absorbed power can be much less for
a given amount of power transferred. This helps efficiency but, far more important, it
reduces the microwave ovenstyle heating within brain tissue that defines the known
hazard limits for all radiofrequency devices such as mobile phones. This effect has not
yet been proven by standard safety tests, but it looks very promising.

CHAPTER 2

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HISTORY

Objectives
In this chapter, the need for a Wireless System of Energy Transmission and the various
earlier technologies available so far for wireless transmission of electricity and is being
discussed to find its possibility in actual practices, their advantages, disadvantages and
economical consideration. This chapter is mainly concentrated on:

1.)

The most popular concept known as Tesla Theory.

2.)

The microwave power transmission (MPT) called solar power satellite.

3.)

The highly efficient fiber lasers for wireless power transmission.

HISTORY
2.1: INTRODUCTION
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Today, portable technology is a part of every day life. Having your stereo, telephone or computer
tied to a wall is a thing of the past. But from portability emerges another challenge: energy.
Almost all portable devices are battery powered, meaning that eventually, they all must be
recharged, tying the user back to the wall he was trying to avoid.
Now imagine that instead of plugging in your cell phone, laptop or mp3 player to recharge it, it
could receive its power wirelesslyquite literally, out of thin air. The power is wirelessly
transmitted even if any thick obstacle is placed between transmitter and receiver.

Fig: 4 Wireless electricity could make this phenomenon a reality [3]

In our present electricity generation system we waste more than half of its resources. Especially
the transmission and distribution losses are the main concern of the present power technology.
Much of this power is wasted during transmission from power plant generators to the consumer.
The resistance of the wire used in the electrical grid distribution system causes a loss of 26-30%
of the energy generated. This loss implies that our present system of electrical distribution is only
70-74% efficient. We have to think of alternate state - of - art technology to transmit and

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distribute the electricity. Now- a- days global scenario has been changed a lot and there are
tremendous development in every field. If we dont keep pace with the development of new
power technology we have to face a decreasing trend in the development of power sector. The
transmission of power without wires may be one noble alternative for electricity transmission.

2.2: THE EXISTING TECHNOLOGIES AVAILABLE

In this remarkable discovery of the "True Wireless" and the principles upon which transmission
and reception, even in the present day systems, are based, Dr. Nikola Tesla shows us that he is
indeed the "Father of the Wireless." The most well known and famous Wardenclyffe Tower (Tesla
Tower) was designed and constructed mainly for wireless transmission of electrical power, rather
than telegraphy. The most popular concept known is Tesla Theory in which it was firmly believed
that Wardenclyffe (Fig.1) would permit wireless transmission and reception across large distances
with negligible losses. In spite of this he had made numerous experiments of high quality to
validate his claim of possibility of wireless transmission of electricity. But this was an unfortunate
incidence that people of that century was not in a position to recognize his splendid work
otherwise today we may transmit electricity wirelessly and will convert our mother earth a
wonderful adobe full of electricity.

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Fig.5: The 187-ft Wardenclyffe Tower (Tesla Tower) in 1903. [4]

The modern ideas are dominated by microwave power transmission (MPT, Figure 3) called Solar
power satellite to be built in high earth orbit to collect sunlight and convert that energy into
microwaves, then beamed to a very large antenna on earth, the microwaves would be converted
into conventional electrical power.

William C. Brown [21], the leading authority on wireless power transmission technology, has
loaned this demonstration unit to the Texas Space Grant Consortium to show how power can be
transferred through free space by microwaves. A block diagram of the demonstration components
is shown below.
The primary components include a microwave source, a transmitting antenna, and a receiving
antenna.

Fig.6: Microwave power transmission. [5]

The microwave source consists of a microwave oven magnetron with electronics to control the
output power. The output microwave power ranges from 50 W to 200 W at 2.45 GHz. A coaxial
cable connects the output of the microwave source to a coax-to-waveguide adapter. This adapter
is connected to a waveguide ferrite circulator which protects the microwave source from reflected
power. The circulator is connected to a tuning waveguide section to match the waveguide
impedance to the antenna input impedance. The slotted waveguide antenna consists of 8
waveguide sections with 8 slots on each section. These 64 slots radiate the power uniformly

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through free space to the antenna. The slotted waveguide rectenna is ideal for power transmission
because of its high aperture efficiency (> 95%) and high power handling capability. A rectifying
antenna called a rectenna receives the transmitted power and converts the microwave power to
direct current (DC) power. This demonstration rectenna consists of 6 rows of dipoles antennas
where 8 dipoles belong to each row. Each row is connected to a rectifying circuit which consists
of low pass filters and a rectifier. The rectifier is a Ga As Schottky barrier diode that is impedance
matched to the dipoles by a low pass filter. The 6 rectifying diodes are connected to light bulbs
for indicating that the power is received. The light bulbs also dissipated the received power. This
rectenna has a 25% collection and conversion efficiency, but rectennas have been tested with
greater than 90% efficiency at 2.45 GHz[22]. The transmission of power without wires is not a
theory or a mere possibility, it is now a reality. The electrical energy can be economically
transmitted without wires to any terrestrial distance, many researchers have established in
numerous observations, experiments and measurements, qualitative and quantitative. These have
demonstrated that it is practicable to distribute power from a central plant in unlimited amounts,
with a loss not exceeding a small fraction of one per cent, in the transmission, even to the greatest
distance, twelve thousand miles - to the opposite end of the globe. This seemingly impossible feat
can now be readily performed by electrical researchers familiar with the design and construction
of my "high-potential magnifying transmitter," There were three popular theories present in the
literature of the late 1800's and early 1900's. They were:

1. Transmission through or along the Earth,

2. Propagation as a result of terrestrial resonances,
3. Coupling to the ionosphere using propagation through electrified gases (Fig.4&5).

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Fig.7: The Trans receiving circuit for wireless power transmission [6]
It has been proven that electrical energy can be propagated around the world between the surface
of the Earth and the ionosphere at extreme low frequencies in what is known as the Schumann
Cavity. Knowing that a resonant cavity can be excited and that power can be delivered to that
cavity similar to the methods used in microwave ovens for home use, it should be possible to
resonate and deliver power via the Schumann Cavity to any point on Earth. This will result in
practical wireless transmission of electrical power. The intent of the experiments and the
laboratory Tesla had constructed was to prove that wireless transmission of electrical power was
possible. Although Tesla was not able to commercially market a system to transmit power around
the globe, modern scientific theory [23] and mathematical calculations support his contention that
the wireless propagation of electrical power is possible and a feasible alternative to the extensive
and costly grid of electrical transmission lines used today for electrical power distribution.

Power transmission system using directional ultrasound for power transmission includes a
transmitting device and a receiving device. The transmitting device has a set of ultrasound
transducers forming an ultrasound transducer array, where in the array is a set of spaced
individual transducers placed in the X-Y plane disposed to generate an[27] ultrasound beam in

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the Z direction (Fig.6). Another possibility is to use highly efficient fiber lasers for wireless
power transmission where the possibilities are similar to microwaves concept but lasers emit
energy at frequencies much higher that microwaves. For several years NASA, ENTECH, and
UAH have been working on various aspects of collection of the laser radiation and conversion to
electrical power for laser wireless power transmission.

Fig.8: System and method for wireless electrical power Transmission (directional ultrasound for
power Transmission). [5]
Laser technology can also be used to transmit electric power wirelessly over a long distance. This
technology is used by NASA to transmit high electric power to their remote satellite or to their
robots present on moon for the research work. [24] The only disadvantage of the Laser is that it
works only in direct line of sight so it can be interrupted by obstacle.

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Fig. 9 Electric Power Transmission using LASER [7]

2.3: MERITS, DEMERITS & ECONOMICS OF EARLIER

WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES
Merits
An electrical distribution system, based on this method would eliminate the need for an
inefficient, costly, and capital intensive grid of cables, towers, and substations. The system would
reduce the cost of electrical energy used by the consumer and rid the landscape of wires, cables,
and transmission towers [25]. There are areas of the world where the need for electrical power
exists, yet there is no method for delivering power. Africa is in need of power to run pumps to tap
into the vast resources of water under the Sahara Desert. Rural areas, such as those in China,
require the electrical power necessary to bring them into the 20th century and to equal standing
with western nations. The wireless transmission will solve many of these problems the electrical
energy can be economically transmitted without wires to any terrestrial distance, so there will be
no transmission and distribution loss. More efficient energy distribution systems and sources are
needed by both developed and under developed nations. In regards to the new systems, the
market for wireless power transmission is enormous. It has the potential to become a multi-billion

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dollar per year market. The increasing demand for electrical energy in industrial nations is well
documented. If we include the demand of third [28] world nations, pushed by their increasing rate
of growth, we could expect an even faster rise in the demand for electrical power in the near
future. These systems can only meet these requirements with 9094 %efficient transmission.
High Transmission Integrity and Low Loss: To transmit wireless power to any distance without
limit. It makes no difference what the distance is. The efficiency of the transmission can be as
high as 96 or 97 per cent, and there are practically no losses.

Demerits
Biological Impact
One common criticism of the Tesla wireless power system is regarding its possible biological
effects. Calculating the circulating reactive power, it was found that the frequency is very small
and such a frequency is very biologically compatible.

2.4: Economic Impact

The concept looks to be costly initially. The investment cost of Tesla Tower was $150,000 (1905).
In terms of economic theory, many countries will benefit from this service. Only private,
dispersed receiving stations will be needed. Just like television and radio, a single resonant energy
receiver is required, which may eventually be built into appliances, so no power cord will be
necessary! Monthly electric utility bills from old-fashioned, fossil-fuelled, loss prone electrified
wire-grid delivery services will be optional, much like cable TV of today. In the 21st century,
Direct TV is the rage, which is an exact parallel of Teslas Direct Electricity.

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CHAPTER 3

WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES

Objectives
In this chapter the reader may find a discussion of the issues involved so that one can
make an informed decision on the antenna type as per need. And the various wireless
technologies available so far for wireless transmission are being discussed. The chapter
includes:

1.) Radiative Method

Uni- Directional

Omni Directional

2.) Non- Radiative Method

Resonant Coupling

Magnetic Induction

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WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES
3.1: Introduction
Concurrent with steadily increasing signal frequencies HF and microwave antennas get more and
more important for applications such as broadband transmission links, radar remote sensing /
navigation, and wireless transfer of high data rates. Most actual developments like satellite and
mobile communications are strongly expanding all over the world. Miniaturized antenna sensor
arrays support novel techniques of detection of earth resources, control of soil / water
contamination, robotics, etc.

3.2: Antenna Characteristics

The study of antennas involves the following terms with which we must become familiar:

3.2.1: Antenna Reciprocity

The ability of an antenna to both transmit and receive electromagnetic energy is known as its
reciprocity. Antenna reciprocity is possible because antenna characteristics are essentially the
same for sending and receiving electromagnetic energy.

Even though an antenna can be used to transmit or receive, it cannot be used for both functions at
the same time. The antenna must be connected to either a transmitter or a receiver.
3.2.2: Antenna Feed Point
Feed point is the point on an antenna where the RF cable is attached. If the RF transmission line
is attached to the base of an antenna, the antenna is end-fed. If the RF transmission line is
connected at the center of an antenna, the antenna is mid-fed or center-fed.

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3.2.3: Directivity
The directivity of an antenna refers to the width of the radiation beam pattern. A directional
antenna concentrates its radiation in a relatively narrow beam. If the beam is narrow in either the
horizontal or vertical plane, the antenna will have a high degree of directivity in that plane. An
antenna can be highly directive in one plane only or in both planes, depending upon its use.

3.3- Radiative Method

In general, we use three terms to describe the type of Radiative qualities associated with an
antenna:

Omni- directional
Bi- directional
Uni- directional

Omni directional antennas radiate and receive equally well in all directions, except off the
ends. Bidirectional antennas radiate or receive efficiently in only two directions. Unidirectional
antennas radiate or receive efficiently in only one direction. Most antennas used in naval
communications are either omni directional or unidirectional. Bidirectional antennas are rarely
used.

3.3.1: Uni- Directional & Bi- Directional Method

Gain and directivity are intimately related in antennas. The directivity of an antenna is a
statement of how the RF energy is focused in one or two directions. Because the amount
of RF energy remains the same, but is distributed over less area, the apparent signal
strength is higher. This apparent increase in signal strength is the antenna gain. The gain
is measured in decibels over either a dipole (dBd) or a theoretical construct called an
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isotropic radiator (dBi). The isotropic radiator is a spherical signal source that radiates
equally well in all directions. One way to view the omni- directional pattern is that it is a
slice taken horizontally through the three dimensional sphere.

Figure 10 [8] shows a unidirectional pattern such as found on Yagi and quad beams and
certain other antennas. The main lobe is the direction of maximum radiation or reception.
In addition to the main lobe, there are also sidelobes and backlobes. These lobes represent
lost energy so good antenna designs attempt to minimize them. In the unidirectional
antenna pattern, signals "A", "C" and "D" are suppressed, while signal "B" is maximized.
The beam width of the antenna is a measure of its directivity. In the case of the pattern of
Local installation factors can affect the radiation pattern. In "free space," i.e. the antenna
is installed at great distance from the surface of the Earth, trees, houses, wiring and so
forth, the pattern will be nearly perfect. But in practical situations, the two lobes might
not be equal, or the minima might be less distinct.

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Fig. 11 [8] shows a bidirectional antenna pattern. This pattern is associated with half
wavelength dipoles, quad loops, and a number of other antennas. There are two preferred
directions (maxima) and two null directions (minima). In the half wavelength dipole the
minima and maxima are positioned as shown. For receivers, signals arriving from the
direction of the minima (Signal "A" and Signal "C") are suppressed because the antenna
is not sensitive in that direction. The suppression is not complete, but it can be
tremendous. The signals arriving from the direction of the maxima (Signal "B" and
Signal "D") are received the loudest. For transmitters, the radiated signal is the lowest in
the direction of the minima and greatest in the direction of the maxima. Again, the signal
level radiated off the ends of the antenna, i.e. in the direction of the minima, is not zero,
but is very low.

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It is common practice to mount unidirectional antennas in a manner that allows the main
lobe to be positioned in any direction. This approach is easily achievable on the higher
frequencies of the HF shortwave bands and throughout the VHF/UHF spectrum. At lower
frequencies, however, the size of the antenna is usually too large. For example, the Yagi
beam uses elements about half wavelength long, so at 15-MHz the elements are about
9.5- meters (31.2-feet) long. At 4 MHz, on the other hand, they are 36-meters (118-feet)
long. For any given installation a decision has to be made on the mechanical aspects
because the larger beams are also very expensive to install.

3.3.2: Omni- Directional Method

The omni- directional antenna radiates or receives equally well in all directions. It is also
called the "non-directional" antenna because it does not favor any particular direction.
Figure 1 shows the pattern for an omni- directional antenna, with the four cardinal
signals. This type of pattern is commonly associated with verticals, ground planes and
other antenna types in which the radiator element is vertical with respect to the Earth's
surface.

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Fig. 12 Pattern of omni-direcrional antenna [8]

The key factor to note is that for receivers all four signals (or signals from any direction,
for that matter) are received equally well. For transmitters, the radiated signal has the
same strength in all directions. This pattern is useful for broadcasting a signal to all points
of the compass (as when calling "CQ"), or when listening for signals from all points.

3.4: Non- Radiative Method

In general, we use two terms to describe the type of Non- Radiative qualities associated with an
antenna:

Magnetic Induction

Resonant Coupling

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3.4.1: Magnetic Induction

The action of an electrical transformer is the simplest instance of wireless energy transfer. The
primary and secondary circuits of a transformer are electrically isolated from each other. The
transfer of energy takes place by electroCoupling through a process known as mutual induction.
(An added benefit is the capability to step the primary voltage either up or down.) The electric
toothbrush charger is an example of how this principle can be used. The main drawback to
induction, however, is the short range. The receiver must be in very close proximity to the
transmitter or induction unit in order to inductively couple with it.

Applications

The electric toothbrush battery charger.

Fig. 13 Electric toothbrush battery charger [9]

The induction cooker stovetop.

Fig.14 Induction Cooker Stovetop [10]

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It can be argued the cookware part of an induction cooker is not a secondary in the strictest sense
of the term. It is more accurately described as the non-laminated core of an alternating-current
electromagnet, in which eddy currents are induced resulting in the heating effect.

Artificial hearts and other surgically implanted devices.

Devices using induction to charge portable consumer electronics such as cell phones.

3.4.2: Resonance Coupling

In 2006, the researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology applied the near field
behavior well known in electromagnetic theory to a wireless power transfer concept based on
coupled resonators. In a short theoretical analysis they demonstrate that by sending
electromagnetic waves around in a highly angular waveguide, evanescent waves are produced
which carry no energy. If a proper resonantt waveguide is brought near the transmitter, the
evanescent waves can allow the energy to tunnel (specifically evanescent wave coupling, the
electromagnetic equivalent of tunneling) to the power drawing waveguide, where they can be
rectified into DC power. Since the electromagnetic waves would tunnel, they would not propagate
through the air to be absorbed or dissipated, and would not disrupt electronic devices or cause
physical injury like microwave or radio wave transmission might. Researchers anticipate up to 5
meters of range for the initial device, and are currently working on a functional prototype.

"Resonant inductive coupling" has key implications in solving the two main problems associated
with non-resonant inductive coupling and electromagnetic radiation, one of which is caused by
the other; distance and efficiency. Electromagnetic induction works on the principle of a primary
coil generating a predominantly magnetic field and a secondary coil being within that field so a
current is induced within its coils. This causes the relatively short range due to the amount of
power required to produce an electromagnetic field. Over greater distances the non-resonant
induction method is inefficient and wastes much of the transmitted energy just to increase range.

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This is where the resonance comes in and helps efficiency dramatically by "tunneling" the
magnetic field to a receiver coil that resonates at the same frequency. Unlike the multiple-layer
secondary of a non-resonant transformer, such receiving coils are single layer solenoids with
closely spaced capacitor plates on each end, which in combination allow the coil to be tuned to
the transmitter frequency thereby eliminating the wide energy wasting "wave problem" and
allowing the energy used to focus in on a specific frequency increasing the range.

Fig. 15 Resonance Coupling between Coils [11]

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CHAPTER 4

RESONANT COUPLING

Objectives
In this chapter, we are focusing on Resonant Coupling, the Technique being used in our
Project. This chapter is mainly concentrated on:

1.)

The idea of Resonance & its role in WET System.

2.)

Behavior of a Resonant Circuit.

3.)

Advantages of Resonant Coupling.

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Resonant Coupling
4.1: Introduction
Wireless Electric Power Transmission System is based on using coupled resonant objects.
Two objects of the same resonant frequency tend to exchange energy efficiently, while
interacting weakly with objects that have a different resonant frequency. In physics,
resonance is the tendency of an object to oscillate at maximum amplitude at a certain
frequency. If the object is excited with a different frequency, its oscillation will die down.
Think of a swing for example - a kid needs to pump his legs with the right rhythm in
order to gain more momentum from it. Two objects with the same resonant frequency,
allowing them to exchange energy efficiently, while not interacting strongly with
extraneous off-resonant objects. Such strongly coupled systems have the ability of
allowing relatively efficient energy transfer.
Another example: weve all heard the myth about the opera singer breaking the glass with
a high note, but has anyone ever seen it happening in real life? Its not actually a myth,
though - if the singer sings a sufficiently loud single note of the same frequency as the
natural frequency of the glass, the latter will accumulate energy until it finally explodes.
The example of a room with 100 identical water glasses each filled with water up to a
different level, so they all have different resonant frequencies. If an opera singer sings a
sufficiently loud single note inside the room, a glass of the corresponding frequency
might accumulate sufficient energy to even explode, while not influencing the other
glasses.

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While there are few different kinds of resonant systems, our team focused on one
particular type: magnetically coupled resonators. We have explored a system of two
electromagnetic resonators, each consist of a helical copper coil placed about 2.5-feets
apart, coupled mostly through their electromagnetic fields. Using the mathematical
theory, we calculated the optimal sizes of the coils in order to match their frequencies and
maximize the energy transfer efficiency.

4.2: Resonance
It's hard to grasp the idea that electric circuits can resonate because we can't see it
happening. Still, it's one of the most useful and common forms of resonance.
Resonance can occur in something called an RLC circuit. The letters stand for the
different parts of the circuit. R is for resistor. These are devices which convert electrical
energy into thermal energy. In other words, they remove energy from the circuit and
convert it to heat. L stands for inductor. (How they came up with L for inductor is hard to
understand.) Inductance in electric circuits is like mass or inertia in mechanical systems.
It doesn't do much until you try to make a change. In mechanics the change is a change in
velocity. In an electric circuit it is a change in current. When this happens inductance
resists the change. C is for capacitors which are devices that store electrical energy in
much the same way that springs store mechanical energy. An inductor concentrates and
stores magnetic energy, while a capacitor concentrates charge and thereby stores electric
energy.

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4.2.1: Energy Flow in an Electric Circuit

Of course, the first step in understanding resonance in any system is to find the system's
natural frequency. Here the inductor (L) and the capacitor (C) are the key components.
The resistor tends to damp oscillations because it removes energy from the circuit. For
convenience, we'll temporarily ignore it, but remember, like friction in mechanical
systems, resistance in circuits is impossible to eliminate.

(A)

(B)
Fig. 16 LC switching circuit [12]

We can make a circuit oscillate at its natural frequency by first storing electrical energy
or, in other words, charging its capacitor as shown in Figure 16 (A). When this is
accomplished the switch is thrown to the position shown in Figure 16 (B).

At time = 0 all of the electrical energy is stored in the capacitor and the current is zero
(see Figure 17). Notice that the top plate of the capacitor is charged positively and the
bottom negatively. We can't see the electrons' oscillation in the circuit but we can measure

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it using an ammeter and plot the current versus time to picture what the oscillation is like.
Note that T on our graph is the time it takes to complete one oscillation.

Fig.17 [12]

Current flows in a clockwise direction (see Figure 18). The energy flows from the
capacitor into the inductor. At first it may seem strange that the inductor contains energy
but this is similar to the kinetic energy contained in a moving mass.

Fig. 18 [12]

Eventually the energy flows back into the capacitor, but note, the polarity of the capacitor
is now reversed. In other words, the bottom plate now has the positive charge and the top
plate the negative charge (see Figure 19).

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Fig. 19 [12]

The current now reverses itself and the energy flows out of the capacitor back into the
inductor (see Figure 20). Finally the energy fully returns to its starting point ready to
begin the cycle all over again as shown in Figure 17.

Fig. 20 [12]

The frequency of the oscillation can be approximated as follows:

In real-world LC circuits there's always some resistance which causes the amplitude of
the current to grow smaller with each cycle. After a few cycles the current diminishes to

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zero. This is called a "damped sinusoidal" waveform. How fast the current damps to
zero depends on the resistance in the circuit. However, the resistance does not alter the
frequency of the sinusoidal wave. If the resistance is high enough, the current will not
oscillate at all.
Obviously, where there's a natural frequency there's a way to excite a resonance. We do
this by hooking an alternating current (AC) power supply up to the circuit as shown in
Figure 21. The term alternating means that the output of the power supply oscillates at a
particular frequency. If the frequency of the AC power supply and the circuit it's
connected to are the same, then resonance occurs. In this case we measure the amplitude
or size of the oscillation by measuring current.

Fig. 21 [13]

Note in figure 21 that we have put a resistor back in the circuit. If there is no resistor in
the circuit the current's amplitude will increase until the circuit burns up. Increasing
resistance tends to decrease the maximum size of the current's amplitude but it does not
change the resonant frequency.
As a rule of thumb, a circuit will not oscillate unless the resistance (R) is low enough to
meet the following condition:

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4.2.1.1: Impedance of components

Let's recap what we now know about voltage and current in linear components. The
impedance is the general term for the ratio of voltage to current. Resistance is the special
case of impedance when = 0, reactance the special case when = 90. The table
below summarizes the impedance of the different components. It is easy to remember that
the voltage on the capacitor is behind the current, because the charge doesn't build up
until after the current has been flowing for a while.

Table 2 Impedances of R, L & C [14]

The same information is given graphically below. It is easy to remember the frequency
dependence by thinking of the DC (zero frequency) behavior: at DC, an inductance is a
short circuit (a piece of wire) so its impedance is zero. At DC, a capacitor is an open
circuit, as its circuit diagram shows, so its impedance goes to infinity.

Fig. 22 Impedance curves of R,L & C [14]

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4.2.1.2: Selectivity and Quality Factor of a Circuit

Resonant circuits are used to respond selectively to signals of a given frequency while
discriminating against signals of different frequencies. If the response of the circuit is
more narrowly peaked around the chosen frequency, we say that the circuit has higher
"selectivity". A "quality factor" Q, as described below, is a measure of that selectivity, and
we speak of a circuit having a "high Q" if it is more narrowly selective.
An example of the application of resonant circuits is the selection of AM radio stations
by the radio receiver. The selectivity of the tuning must be high enough to discriminate
strongly against stations above and below in carrier frequency, but not so high as to
discriminate against the sidebands created by the imposition of the signal by amplitude
modulation.
The selectivity of a circuit is dependent upon the amount of resistance in the circuit. The
smaller the resistance, the higher the "Q" for given values of L and C. The parallel
resonant circuit is more commonly used in electronics, but the algebra necessary to
characterize the resonance is much more involved. Using the same circuit parameters, the
illustration at left shows the power dissipated in the circuit as a function of frequency.
Since this power depends upon the square of the current, these resonant curves appear
steeper and narrower than the resonance peaks for current above.
The quality factor Q is defined by

where is the width of the resonant power curve at half maximum.

Since that width turns out to be =R/L, the value of Q can also be expressed as
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The Q is a commonly used parameter in electronics, with values usually in the range of
Q=10 to 100 for circuit applications.

Fig. 23 Quality Factor at different values of R [15]

4.2.2: An Electric Pendulum

Capacitors store energy in the form of an electric field, and electrically manifest that
stored energy as a potential: static voltage. Inductors store energy in the form of a
magnetic field, and electrically manifest that stored energy as a kinetic motion of
electrons: current. Capacitors and inductors are flip-sides of the same reactive coin,
storing and releasing energy in complementary modes. When these two types of reactive
components are directly connected together, their complementary tendencies to store
energy will produce an unusual result.
If either the capacitor or inductor starts out in a charged state, the two components will
exchange energy between them, back and forth, creating their own AC voltage and

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current cycles. If we assume that both components are subjected to a sudden application
of voltage (say, from a momentarily connected battery), the capacitor will very quickly
charge and the inductor will oppose change in current, leaving the capacitor in the
charged state and the inductor in the discharged state: (Figure 24)

Fig . 24 Capacitor charged: voltage at (+) peak, inductor discharged [16]

The capacitor will begin to discharge, its voltage decreasing. Meanwhile, the inductor
will begin to build up a charge in the form of a magnetic field as current increases in
the circuit: (Figure 25)

Fig. 25 Capacitor discharging: voltage decreasing, Inductor charging [16]

The inductor, still charging, will keep electrons flowing in the circuit until the capacitor
has been completely discharged, leaving zero voltage across it: (Figure 26)

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Fig. 26 Capacitor fully discharged and Inductor fully charged [16]

The inductor will maintain current flow even with no voltage applied. In fact, it will
generate a voltage (like a battery) in order to keep current in the same direction. The
capacitor, being the recipient of this current, will begin to accumulate a charge in the
opposite polarity as before: (Figure 27)

Fig. 27 Capacitor charging: voltage with opposite polarity (-) and inductor discharging
[16]
When the inductor is finally depleted of its energy reserve and the electrons come to a
halt, the capacitor will have reached full (voltage) charge in the opposite polarity as when
it started: (Figure 28)

Fig. 28 Capacitor fully charged (-) and inductor fully discharged [16]

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Now we're at a condition very similar to where we started: the capacitor at full charge and
zero current in the circuit. The capacitor, as before, will begin to discharge through the
inductor, causing an increase in current (in the opposite direction as before) and a
decrease in voltage as it depletes its own energy reserve: (Figure 29)

Fig. 29 Capacitor discharging and inductor charging [16]

Eventually the capacitor will discharge to zero volts, leaving the inductor fully charged
with full current through it: (Figure 30)

Fig. 30 Capacitor fully discharged and inductor fully charged (-) [16]
The inductor, desiring to maintain current in the same direction, will act like a source
again, generating a voltage like a battery to continue the flow. In doing so, the capacitor
will begin to charge up and the current will decrease in magnitude: (Figure 31)

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Fig.31 Capacitor charging and inductor discharging [16]

Eventually the capacitor will become fully charged again as the inductor expends all of
its energy reserves trying to maintain current. The voltage will once again be at its
positive peak and the current at zero. This completes one full cycle of the energy
exchange between the capacitor and inductor: (Figure 32)

Fig. 32 Capacitor fully charged (+) and inductor fully discharge [16]
This oscillation will continue with steadily decreasing amplitude due to power losses
from stray resistances in the circuit, until the process stops altogether. Overall, this
behavior is akin to that of a pendulum: as the pendulum mass swings back and forth,
there is a transformation of energy taking place from kinetic (motion) to potential
(height), in a similar fashion to the way energy is transferred in the capacitor/inductor
circuit back and forth in the alternating forms of current (kinetic motion of electrons) and
voltage (potential electric energy).
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At the peak height of each swing of a pendulum, the mass briefly stops and switches
directions. It is at this point that potential energy (height) is at a maximum and kinetic
energy (motion) is at zero. As the mass swings back the other way, it passes quickly
through a point where the string is pointed straight down. At this point, potential energy
(height) is at zero and kinetic energy (motion) is at maximum. Like the circuit, a
pendulum's back-and-forth oscillation will continue with steadily dampened amplitude,
the result of air friction (resistance) dissipating energy. Also like the circuit, the
pendulum's position and velocity measurements trace two sine waves (90 degrees out of
phase) over time: (Figure 33)

Fig. 33 Pendulum energy transfer [16]

In physics, this kind of natural sine-wave oscillation for a mechanical system is called
Simple Harmonic Motion (often abbreviated as SHM). The same underlying principles
govern both the oscillation of a capacitor/inductor circuit and the action of a pendulum,
hence the similarity in effect. It is an interesting property of any pendulum that its
periodic time is governed by the length of the string holding the mass, and not the weight
of the mass itself. That is why a pendulum will keep swinging at the same frequency as

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the oscillations decrease in amplitude. The oscillation rate is independent of the amount
of energy stored in it.
The same is true for the capacitor/inductor circuit. The rate of oscillation is strictly
dependent on the sizes of the capacitor and inductor, not on the amount of voltage (or
current) at each respective peak in the waves. The ability for such a circuit to store energy
in the form of oscillating voltage and current has earned it the name tank circuit. Its
property of maintaining a single, natural frequency regardless of how much or little
energy is actually being stored in it gives it special significance in electric circuit design.
However, this tendency to oscillate, or resonate, at a particular frequency is not limited to
circuits exclusively designed for that purpose. In fact, nearly any AC circuit with a
combination of capacitance and inductance (commonly called an LC circuit) will tend
to manifest unusual effects when the AC power source frequency approaches that natural
frequency. This is true regardless of the circuit's intended purpose.
If the power supply frequency for a circuit exactly matches the natural frequency of the
circuit's LC combination, the circuit is said to be in a state of resonance. The unusual
effects will reach maximum in this condition of resonance. For this reason, we need to be
able to predict what the resonant frequency will be for various combinations of L and C,
and be aware of what the effects of resonance are.
REVIEW:

A capacitor and inductor directly connected together form something called a

tank circuit, which oscillates (or resonates) at one particular frequency. At that

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frequency, energy is alternately shuffled between the capacitor and the inductor in
the form of alternating voltage and current 90 degrees out of phase with each
other.

When the power supply frequency for an AC circuit exactly matches that circuit's
natural oscillation frequency as set by the L and C components, a condition of
resonance will have been reached.

4.2.3: Applications of Resonance

Example 1: Magnetic Loop Antenna
Magnetic loop antennas (also known as Small Transmitting/Receiving Loops) have a
small antenna size compared to other antennas for the same wavelength. The antenna is
typically smaller than 1/4 wavelength of the intended frequency of operation. Antennas
for shortwave communication are typically very large, sometimes several hundred
meters. The advantage of the magnetic loop is high efficiency despite its small size.

The technical mechanism uses a capacitor to "enlarge" the antenna and bring it to
resonance. The disadvantage of this method is the low bandwidth of the antenna, also
known as high Q, which limits efficient operation to a narrow frequency range. A high-Q
can be advantageous, however. Since well-tuned magnetic loops function best within a
narrow frequency range when tuned, they tend to reject harmonic noise from other RF
sources. This keeps the level of unwanted noise down as compared with wider-bandwidth
antennas.

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Fig. 34 Magnetic Loop Antenna [17]

As a result of the narrow operating bandwidth of the antenna, if the frequency of

operation is changed, the antenna needs to be retuned by changing the capacitive value of
the antenna. Bandwidth is the usable frequency range of an antenna in relation to the area
of desired operation. When the antenna is operated outside of its bandwidth, the energy
from the transmitter is reflected back from the antenna, down through the feed line back
to the transmitter. The term bandwidth relates to the concept of Standing Wave Ratio or
SWR. When the reflected power exceeds a 2.5:1 power reflection ratio (too much energy
being reflected from the antenna back into the feed line) the antenna will not maintain its
performance characteristics. This type of condition relates specifically to the antenna's
ability to transmit radio energy from the transmitter to the antenna.

The magnetic loop antenna is an old antenna; however, many military, commercial, and
amateur radio operators still use them today. The Magnetic Loop was widely used in the
Vietnam War due to its high portability.

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Example 2: Application in Our System

Our WET system relies on two coils. Electricity, traveling along an electromagnetic
wave, can tunnel from one coil to the other as long as they both have the same resonant
frequency. The effect is similar to the way one vibrating trumpet can cause another to
vibrate.

Fig. 35 Magnetic loop coil [18]

As long as both coils are out of range of one another, nothing will happen, since the fields
around the coils aren't strong enough to affect much around them. Similarly, if the two
coils resonate at different frequencies, nothing will happen. But if two resonating coils
with the same frequency get within a few meters of each other, streams of energy move
from the transmitting coil to the receiving coil. According to the theory, one coil can even
send electricity to several receiving coils, as long as they all resonate at the same
frequency. The researchers have named this non-radiative energy transfer since it
involves stationary fields around the coils rather than fields that spread in all directions.

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4.3: Advantages of Resonant Coupling

Coupling is particularly suitable for everyday applications because most common
materials interact only very weakly with electromagnetic fields, so interactions with
extraneous environmental objects are suppressed even further. This makes it a safe design
for people and other living creatures, and in order to prove it, the team released couple of
photos with themselves standing between the coils while the system was operating. Here
you can see that the system still works even when theres an obstruction in the middle:
The crucial advantage of using the non-radiative field lies in the fact that most of the
power not picked up by the receiving coil remains bound to the vicinity of the sending
unit, instead of being radiated into the environment and lost. Although the two coils are
currently of identical dimensions, it is possible to make the device coil small enough to fit
into portable devices without decreasing the efficiency.
However, as the distance between the source and the device coils increases, the efficiency
of transfer decreases. Still, for laptop-sized coils, power levels more than sufficient to run
a laptop can be transferred across a room; as long as the laptop is in a room equipped
with a source of such wireless power, it would charge automatically, without having to be
plugged in.

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CHAPTER 5

SYSTEM DESIGN

Objectives
In this chapter, Hardware Design of WET System is being discussed. Different System
Components and Parameters are described in detail. This chapter is mainly concentrated
on:

1.)

System Components

2.)

Mathematical Work

3.)

Cost of Design

4.)

Circuit Diagrams

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SYSTEM DESIGN
5.1: Development / Research Methodology
Efficient mid-range power transfer occurs in particular regions of the parameter space
describing resonant objects strongly coupled to one another. Using coupled-mode theory
to describe this physical system, we obtain the following set of linear equations:

Where the indices denote the different resonant objects

The variables am(t) are defined so that the energy contained in object m is |am(t)|2,
resonant angular frequency of that isolated object, and

is the

is its intrinsic decay rate (e.g.,

due to absorption and radiated losses). In this framework, an uncoupled and undriven
oscillator with parameters

and

would evolve in time as exp(i 0t 0t). The

mn

nm

are coupling coefficients between the resonant objects indicated by the subscripts, and
Fm(t) are driving terms.
We limit the treatment to the case of two objects, denoted by source and device, such that
the source (identified by the subscript S) is driven externally at a constant frequency, and
the two objects have a coupling coefficient . Work is extracted from the device (subscript
D) by means of a load (subscript W) that acts as a circuit resistance connected to the
device, and has the effect of contributing an additional term
object's decay rate

to the unloaded device

. The overall decay rate at the device is therefore 'D =

work extracted is determined by the power dissipated in the load, that is, 2

. The

|aD(t)|2.

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Maximizing the efficiency of the transfer with respect to the loading

, given Eq., is

equivalent to solving an impedance-matching problem. One finds that the scheme works
best when the source and the device are resonant, in which case the efficiency is

The efficiency is maximized when

to efficient energy transfer is to have

=[1+ ( 2/

D
2

S D

)]1/2. It is easy to show that the key

S D

>1. This is commonly referred to as the

strong coupling regime. Resonance plays an essential role in this power transfer
mechanism, as the efficiency is improved by approximately

2
D

( 106 for typical

parameters) relative to the case of inductively coupled non resonant objects.

5.2 Theoretical model for self-resonant coils

Our experimental realization of the scheme consists of two self-resonant coils. One coil
(the source coil) is coupled inductively to an oscillating circuit; the other (the device coil)
is coupled inductively to a resistive load (Fig. 1). Self-resonant coils rely on the interplay
between distributed inductance and distributed capacitance to achieve resonance. The
coils are made of an electrically conducting wire of total length l and cross-sectional
radius a wound into a helix of n turns, radius r, and height h. To the best of our
knowledge, there is no exact solution for a finite helix in the literature, and even in the

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case of infinitely long coils, the solutions rely on assumptions that are inadequate for our
system.

Fig. 36 [11]Schematic of the experimental setup. A is a single copper loop of radius 25

cm that is part of the driving circuit, which outputs a sine wave with frequency 500 KHz.
S and D are respectively the source and device coils referred to in the text. B is a loop of
wire attached to the load (light bulb). The various s represent direct couplings between
the objects indicated by the arrows. The angle between coil D and the loop A is adjusted
to ensure that their direct coupling is zero. Coils S and D are aligned coaxially. The direct
couplings between B and A and between B and S are negligible

We start by observing that the current must be zero at the ends of the coil, and we make
the educated guess that the resonant modes of the coil are well approximated by
sinusoidal current profiles along the length of the conducting wire. We are interested in
the lowest mode, so if we denote by s the parameterization coordinate along the length of
the conductor, such that it runs from l/2 to +l/2, then the time-dependent current profile
has the form I0 cos( s/l) exp(i t). It follows from the continuity equation for charge that
the linear charge density profile is of the form

sin( s/l) exp(i t), so that one-half of the

coil (when sliced perpendicularly to its axis) contains an oscillating total charge (of
amplitude q0 =

l/ ) that is equal in magnitude but opposite in sign to the charge in the

other half.

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As the coil is resonant, the current and charge density profiles are /2 out of phase from
each other, meaning that the real part of one is maximum when the real part of the other is
zero. Equivalently, the energy contained in the coil is at certain points in time completely
due to the current, and at other points it is completely due to the charge. Using
electromagnetic theory, we can define an effective inductance L and an effective
capacitance C for each coil as follows:

where the spatial current J(r) and charge density (r) are obtained respectively from the
current and charge densities along the isolated coil, in conjunction with the geometry of
the object. As defined, L and C have the property that the energy U contained in the coil is
given by

Given this relation and the equation of continuity, the resulting resonant frequency is f0 =
1/[2 (LC)1/2]. We can now treat this coil as a standard oscillator in coupled-mode theory
by defining a(t)=[(L/2)1/2]I0(t).

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We can estimate the power dissipated by noting that the sinusoidal profile of the current
distribution implies that the spatial average of the peak current squared is |I0|2/2. For a coil
with n turns and made of a material with conductivity , we modify the standard formulas
for ohmic (Ro) and radiation (Rr) resistance accordingly:

The first term in Eq is a magnetic dipole radiation term (assuming r << 2 c/ , where c is
the speed of light); the second term is due to the electric dipole of the coil and is smaller
than the first term for our experimental parameters. The coupled-mode theory decay
constant for the coil is therefore =(Ro + Rr)/2L, and its quality factor is Q = /2 .
We find the coupling coefficient

DS

by looking at the power transferred from the source

to the device coil, assuming a steady-state solution in which currents and charge densities
vary in time as exp(i t):

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Where M is the effective mutual inductance, is the scalar potential, A is the vector
potential, and the subscript S indicates that the electric field is due to the source. We then
conclude from standard coupled-mode theory arguments that KDS = KSD = K=

M/

[2(LSLD1/2)]. When the distance D between the centers of the coils is much larger than their
characteristic size, K scales with the D3 dependence characteristic of dipole-dipole
coupling. Both and are functions of the frequency, and / and the efficiency are
maximized for a particular value of f, which is in the range 1 to 50 MHz for typical
parameters of interest. Thus, picking an appropriate frequency for a given coil size, as we
do in this experimental demonstration, plays a major role in optimizing the power
transfer.

5.3 Flow Diagram of the System

Fig. 37 Flow Diagram of System [19]

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5.3.1 AC to DC Converter
"Electronic power converter" is the term that is used to refer to a power electronic circuit
that converts voltage and current from one form to another.
These converters can be classified as:

Rectifier converting an ac voltage to a dc voltage,

Inverter converting a dc voltage to an ac voltage,

Chopper or a switch-mode power supply that converts a dc voltage to another

dc voltage, and

Cyclo-converter and cyclo-inverter converting an ac voltage to another ac

voltage.

In our design, we can use an AC to DC converter that converts 220V AC supply into
different DC values of 12V, 18V, 24V, 36V.

In this project we are using 14V / 2A because of the Power limitations of the Oscillator
Circuit.

The Circuit Diagram of this AC to DC converter is given as follows:

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Fig. 38 AC to DC converter (Proteus 7.6 sp4)

5.3.2 Oscillator Circuit

The Output of AC to DC converter is than applied to an Oscillator Circuit. The main

component being used in Oscillator circuit is PWM IC.
The PWM IC is used for:

Modulating the Width of the Pulse

Pulse-width modulation control works by switching the power supplied to the

coil on and off very rapidly.

The DC voltage is converted to a square-wave signal, alternating between fully on

and zero, giving the Transmitter, a series of power "kicks.

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A comparison of different types of PWM ICs is given in following table:

Manufacturer

IC #

Normal use

Comment

SMPS

May operate at up to 100% duty cycle

SG1524
ST

SG3525A

PWM output only between 15% and

85%. Generates triangle & sine waves
too.

Maxim

MAX038 Signal generation

Atmel

U2352B

PWM Generator
for speed control
of portable tools

Includes integrated current limiting

circuitry for output MOSFETs.

TI

TL494

SMPS

Max 90% duty cycle

TI

UC2638

PWM generator
for motor control

Provides many other features for DC

motor speed control.

Table. 3 A comparison of different types of PWM ICs

The PWM IC named as SG3525A is the IC of our choice due to its different
characteristics as:

8 TO 35 V OPERATIONS

5.1 V REFERENCE TRIMMED TO 1 %

100 Hz TO 500 KHz OSCILLATOR RANGE

SEPARATE OSCILLATOR SYNC TERMINAL

ADJUSTABLE DEADTIME CONTROL

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INTERNAL SOFT-START

PULSE-BY-PULSE SHUTDOWN

INPUT UNDERVOLTAGE LOCKOUT WITH HYSTERESIS

LATCHING PWM TO PREVENT MULTIPLE PULSES

DUAL SOURCE/SINK OUTPUT DRIVERS

5.3.2.1: Inside SG3525A IC

The block diagram of SG3525A [APPENDIX A] is as follows:

Fig. 39 Inside SG3525A [20]

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Following are the details of Operation for PWM IC:

The speed demand signal is input at pin 2, the op-amp non-inverting input.

The demand signal is then applied to the PWM comparator.

This compares the demand level with the oscillator output.

The frequency of the oscillator, and therefore the PWM signal produced, is
governed by the value of the resistor to ground on the RT pin.

The sync and osc out pins are not required for our purpose.

The soft start feature prevents the output from saturating at 100% ratio when the
chip is powering up.

The Shutdown input is an active-high input that immediately shuts down the
outputs, and resets the soft-start feature.

The Circuit Diagram for the Oscillator Circuit is given as follows:

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Fig. 40 Transmitter Circuit (Proteus 7.6 sp4)

5.3.3: The Transmitter Circuit (Capacitors and Coil)
The very basic equation governing our project work is:

fo = 1/ 2 L C

Inductance (L) of the coil :

L = 0.16 uH

Capacitance :

C = 390 nF

Resonant frequency (f0):

F0 = 640 KHz

Capacitive Reactance:

XC = 0.643022

Inductive Reactance:

XL = 0.643339

The Inductance (L) is measured By using eq.

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L = o N R[ln(8R/a)-2]

On the transmission side LC circuit we connected capacitor with value of 390 nF. A coil
with following parameters is used:

Outer coil:
No. of Turns

= 100

Radius of Coil

= 143.75mm

Diameter of the coil

= 287.5mm

Wire radius

= 318um

Hence,

Value L = 11.18 mH

Middle coil:
No. of Turns

= 42

Radius of Coil

= 81.25mm

Diameter of the coil

= 162.5mm

Wire radius

= 190.8um

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Hence,

Value L = 1.104 mH

Inner coil:
No. of Turns

= 20

Radius of Coil

= 56.25mm

Diameter of the coil

= 112.5mm

Wire radius

= 127.2um

Hence,

Value L = 0.2uH

Resultant Inductor Value:

L=0.16uH
5.3.4 The Receiver Circuit
Now calculate inductance of each coil and then Using resonance frequency equation we
calculate value of capacitors at resonance frequency of 640khz. Three capacitors with
values of (aprox) 330uF on each receiving coil are connected.

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Fig. 41 Receiver Circuit (Proteus 7.6 sp4)

Outer coil:
No. of Turns

= 100

Radius of Coil

= 143.75mm

Diameter of the coil

= 287.5mm

Wire radius

= 31.8um

Hence,

Value L = 15.34 mH

Middle coil:
No. of Turns

= 210

Radius of Coil

= 81.25mm

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Diameter of the coil

= 162.5mm

Wire radius

= 270.625um

Hence,

Value L = 26.043 mH

Inner coil:
No. of Turns

= 110

Radius of Coil

= 56.25mm

Diameter of the coil

= 112.5mm

Wire radius

= 270.625um

Hence,

Value L = 4.632mH

Since both the Transmitter & Receiver are in the state of resonance, energy exchange will
take place b/w two sides of the system.
5.3.5 Frequency Converter

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Frequency Conversion is necessary to make the system compatible with any type of load.
Since we are using a 22 Watt Energy Saver Bulb (Resistive Load), no Frequency
Conversion Circuit was deployed. However, for charging a laptop or mobile phone, this
conversion will be necessary.

5.4 Cost of the System

The overall summary of the project cost is discussed in following summarized table,
along with list of components being used in the system:

Components List

TRANSMITTER CIRCUIT PARTS

Sr. #

Components Name

Qty.

Unit Price
(Rs.)

Total
(Rs.)

2
3
4

POWER MOSFETS
PWM GENERATOR IC
SWITCHING TRANSISTORS
MOSFET HEATSINK

20PCS
2 PCS
6 PCS
6 PCS

400
900
125
100

8000
1800
750
600

5
6
7
8
9

AC TO DC CONVERTER
POWER CAPACITORS
CIRCUIT BOARD
RESISTORS AND CAPACITORS
SOLDER WIRE

2 PCS
4 PCS
2 PCS

800
250
250
600

10

TRANSMITER LOOP WIRE

4000

4000

11
12
13

HI POWER RECTIFIERS
HI FREQUENCY DIODES
SURGE CAPACITORS

1
ROLL
1
LOOP
2 PCS
3 PCS
10
PCS

1600
1000
500
600
600

800
400
70

1600
1200
700

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15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22

CHOPPER TRANSFORMER
CHOPPER DRIVE CIRCUIT
LOOP STAND
LOOP CONNECTOR
LOPP TAPE HI FREQ
IC SOCKETS
VOLTAGE VARIATION CKT
VARIABLE RESISTORS
SHOTKEY BARRIER DIODES

23

DIODES HEATSINK

24

HOOK UP WIRE

25

HI VOLTAGE CAPACITORS

26
27
28
29
30
31

CHOPPER STRIP
VOLTAGE REGULATOR
CIRCUIT HOLDING BASE
CHOPPER WINDING WIRE
VARNISH CAN
MIXED COMPONENTS

2 PCS
2 PCS
1 PCS
2 PCS
1 PCS
2 PCS
1 PCS
5 PCS
10
PCS
10
PCS
10
FEET
14
PCS
2 PCS
2 PCS
2 PCS
2 PCS
1 PCS

550
600
610
150
350
15
1000
30
250

1100
1200
610
300
350
30
1000
150
2500

90

900

30

300

265

1060

250
50
250
650
250
1000

500
100
500
650
250
1000

Table 4: Transmitter Circuit Components List

RECEIVER CIRCUIT PARTS:

1
2
3
4
5

LOOP WIRE
LOOP WIRE HOLDER
VOLTAGE FILTER CAPACITORS
LOOP TAPE
RELAY

1
1
10
5
5

2000
1000
200
500
150

2000
1000
2000
2500
750

Table 5: Receiver Circuit Components List

Total Estimated Cost = Rs.

43,700 /-

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CHAPTER 6

EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS

Objectives
In this chapter, we are focusing on EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS, these results are as
follows :
1.)

Efficiency versus Distance.

2.)

Efficiency versus Frequency.

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6.1 Efficiency versus Distance

In order to show Efficiency of the whole system with respect to the Distance. We calculate
following parameters both at transmitter end and receiver end. Parameters at transmitter
end remain constant but parameters at receiver end varied at different distances.
TRANSMITTER PARAMETERS:
Vs (V)
14

Is (A)
2

RECIEVER PARAMETERS:
At distance 10cm
Vr (V)
Ir (mA)
230

104.3

V(trans) (V)
14

I(trans) (A)
1.8

Pr (Watt)
24

P(source)(W) P(trans)(W)
28
25.2

Coil efficiency
(%)
95

Total efficiency
(%)
85
Total efficiency
(%)
82
Total efficiency

At distance 20cm
Vr (V)
Ir (mA)

Pr (Watt)

225

23.1

Coil efficiency
(%)
91

Pr (Watt)

Coil efficiency

102.2

At distance 28cm
Vr (V)
Ir (mA)

73

(%)
220

100

(%)

22

87

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At distance 35cm
Vr (V)
Ir (mA)

Pr (Watt)

200

19

Coil efficiency
(%)
75

Total efficiency
(%)
68

Coil efficiency
(%)
69

Total efficiency
(%)
58

Coil efficiency
(%)
87
14.9
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Table 6: Transmitter and Receiver Parameters

Total efficiency
(%)
53

95

At distance 45cm
Vr (V)
Ir (mA)

Pr (Watt)

180

16.5

91

At distance 55cm
Vr (V)
Ir (mA)
171

Pr (Watt)

Fig. 42 Efficiency versus Distance (MS Excel 2003)

6.2 Efficiency versus Frequency
Fig. 43 shows that the maximum efficiency of system is achieved
approximately around 640 KHz
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Fig. 43 Efficiency versus Frequency (MATLAB)

CHAPTER 7

ENHANCEMENTS AND APPLICATIONS

Objectives
In this chapter, we are focusing on ENHANCEMENTS AND APPLICATIONS of
project; following topics discussed in this chapter:
1.)

Enhancements.

2.)

Applications.

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7.1 Enhancements
Following enhancements can be made in this project:

7.1.1 Coils Structures

By using different types of structures of coils some more enhanced results
can be obtained. Different structures of coils can be:

Circular
Rectangular
Square
Triangular
Spherical

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 Etc

Fig. 44 Different Structures of coil [29]

7.1.2 Material of coil wires

By using different types of material in wires one can achieve more exact results. Every
wire has to be chosen either by its gauge size or by its relative permeability.

7.1.3 Varying resonant frequency

By choosing different values of resonant frequency, efficiency of system can be
enhanced. The only thing which has main concern during variation in frequency is the
saturation of coils which must be avoided.

7.1.4 Portability
By reducing the size of receiver, the factor of portability can be achieved. If this system
becomes portable then it can be tremendously in daily electronics or electrical
equipments.

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7.1.5 High Power Rating Components

By using high power rating components, the efficiency of whole system can be increased.
The only thing which should be kept in mind, the coil wiring must be according to that
power rating.

7.2 Applications

This project can be used in following applications:

Mobile devices wireless charging

Laptops, Cellular Phones, Music players

Household devices

Implanted medical devices

More efficient factories

Wireless energizing of pacemaker

Constant energy to factory robots

Electric railway systems

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APPENDIX A
Data Sheet of SG3525 [30]

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