Efficiency Enhancement in a Wireless Power Transmission System Using Parasitic Components

Abstract

In this paper, we present a rigorous optimization method to design a wireless power transmission (WPT) system. In order to enhance the power received by the receiver, parasitic components are integrated into the system. Our analysis shows that a system with square parasitic wire actually gives better performance than its circular counterpart. From our results, it can be seen that the presence of square parasitic wires in the system improves considerably the efficiencies, as well as the distance of effective power transfer. By implementing two square parasitic wires and using an optimization algorithm to carefully select the positions of the receiving antennas, we show that power coupled to one receiver can be significantly enhanced; while the other suppressed – the peak power at the receiving antenna is improved to 15.7% and the power detected by the adjacent antenna is minimized to as low as 2.6%. This result is important as it shows that the parasitic components do not only enhance the power coupled to the receiving antenna, it also effectively reduces crosstalk in adjacent antennas. Indeed, it can be observed that the peak efficiency obtained using two parasitic wires (with the transmitter sandwiched in between the two wires) is almost twice of that using a single wire.