Abstract
Maximum power transfer is an important index for an inductive power transfer (IPT) system to make full use of its power transfer capability, and such a capability is usually realized by impedance matching. Traditionally, impedance matching is implemented by placing a power electronics converter such as a dc–dc converter at the secondary side of an IPT system. However, the power electronics converter and its operation mode directly affect its impedance-matching range, which is very limited if a traditional power converter only operates at continuous conduction mode (CCM). To extend the impedance-matching range, this paper proposes a novel impedance matching method based on combined CCM and discontinuous conduction mode (DCM) operation of an impedance matching converter. The impedance-matching range is fully analyzed for CCM and DCM operation, respectively, by taking variation of coupling coefficient into consideration. The analysis results show that the impedance-matching range can be extended by more than double that of the traditional impedance matching method. In addition, a maximum power transfer tracking method is developed using the proposed impedance-matching range extension method, and the experimental results have verified the feasibility of the tracking method.
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