An Independent Dual-Coil Driving Topology for Wireless Power Transfer

Abstract

The existing dual-coil driving topology mostly adopts two inverters or additional switching circuit, which increases the cost and size, and the complexity of the wireless power transfer (WPT) system. In this letter, a novel inverter topology with independent dual-coil driving capability is proposed for WPT applications, where the main switch and auxiliary switch can drive two independent coils. Moreover, this topology not only offers wide zero voltage switching range and compact size, but also improves the output power and coil utilization. Meanwhile, a quadruple D square (QDS) coil with uniform magnetic field is discussed with the dual-coil driving topology. The detailed parameters design of the proposed topology is discussed and the QDS coil is compared with other coils in terms of magnetic flux intensity. Finally, a 1MHz and 220W wireless power transfer system is built to verify the proposed topology and coil structure.