A Misalignment Tolerant Design for a Dual-Coupled LCC-S-Compensated WPT System With Load-Independent CC Output

Abstract

In this article, an optimized design for a dual-coupled inductor–capacitor–capacitor-series ( <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">LCC</i> -S)-compensated wireless power transfer (WPT) system with zero-phase angle (ZPA) input condition and load-independent constant current (CC) output is presented. To this end, based on the misalignment characteristics of the reversed-series compensation coil structure, a novel design method for determination of the compensation parameters is proposed. By introducing a stability factor, any restriction on the variation correlation of the mutual inductances between the transmitter and receiver coils, and between the compensation and receiver coils within the range of misalignment tolerant design, is eliminated, thereby increasing the degree of freedom in the coil structure. According to a predetermined misalignment tolerant range, the proposed method can limit the fluctuation of the output current within a certain range and maintain the ZPA input condition. A 200-W/85.3-kHz prototype based on the proposed method is implemented and its performance is experimentally validated. The system can operate in ZPA input and load-independent CC output with a misalignment tolerance factor of 4, as the load varies from 5 to 20 <inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\Omega$</tex-math></inline-formula> .