Analysis and Experimental Study of Magnetic-Field Amplification by a Double Coil

Abstract

We investigated the amplification of the magnetic field generated by a floating coil placed in resonance with a driving coil connected to a signal source. With this method, the magnetic field can be amplified without increasing power consumption of the signal source. From an equivalent-circuit model composed of the floating and driving coils, we derived useful formulae for maximizing the magnetic-field amplitude at an arbitrary target frequency. The validity of the formulae was experimentally demonstrated. It was found that under specific conditions, the current induced in the floating coil can be increased by more than one order of magnitude compared to the current in the driving coil, leading to amplification of the magnetic field that reaches 22 dB at the target frequency of 10 MHz without increasing power consumption. We also found that the floating coil is effective in suppressing undesirable magnetic field components originating from common-mode currents. These results pave the way to further reduction of the power consumption in wireless communication schemes such as near field communication.