6.78-MHz Wireless Power Transfer With Self-Resonant Coils at 95% DC–DC Efficiency

Abstract

Megahertz-frequency inductive wireless power transfer holds the promise of compact and efficient wireless power transfer. Unfortunately, due to high-frequency losses in wide-bandgap semiconductors and low- $Q$ high-frequency coil designs, these systems are universally less efficient, on a dc–dc basis, than wireless power systems operating at conventional frequency regimes. This letter describes the design considerations for inductive wireless power transfer systems operating at 6.78 MHz. With a novel high-frequency resonant amplifier topology, a high- $Q$ self-resonant coil structure, and a better understanding of $C_{oss}$ losses in wide-bandgap power semiconductors, we demonstrate 6.78- MHz wireless power transfer systems that achieve 95% dc–dc efficiency at power levels up to and beyond 1 kW.