Inter national J our nal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) V ol. 6, No. 1, February 2016, pp. 431 438 ISSN: 2088-8708, DOI: 10.11591/ijece.v6i1.9039 431 Using Squar e W a v e Input f or W ir eless P o wer T ransfer Kazuya Y amaguchi * , T akuya Hirata * , and Ichijo Hodaka ** * Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Agriculture and Engineering, Uni v ersity of Miyazaki, Japan ** Department of En vironmental Robotics, F aculty of Engineering, Uni v ersity of Miyazaki, Japan Article Inf o Article history: Recei v ed Sep 16, 2015 Re vised Dec 19, 2015 Accepted Jan 2, 2016 K eyw ord: Resonant phenomenon Square w a v e State space W ireless po wer transfer ABSTRA CT A wireless po wer transfer (WPT) circuit is composed of a transmitting circuit with an A C po wer supply and a recei ving circuit with a load, and the circuits are wirelessly connected each other . Then a designer chooses the w a v e form of the A C po wer supply . Man y papers about WPT adopt a sinusoidal w a v e as the input. The frequenc y of the sinusoidal w a v e is generally determined to the resonant frequenc y of the circuit for high po wer transfer . Since the number of circuit elements in the po wer supply to generate a square w a v e is much less than that of a sinusoidal w a v e, WPT with a square w a v e input should be treated. In f act, some papers adopt a square w a v e as the input, and adjust the frequenc y of the square w a v e to the resonant frequenc y of the circuit. In this paper , we e xamine ho w the frequenc y of a square w a v e input af fects po wer and ef ficienc y of WPT circuits, and propose a procedure ho w to determine the frequenc y of the input to impro v e po wer and ef ficienc y . Finally we discuss which w a v e should be adopted as an input and ho w the frequenc y of the input should be determined, re g ardless of whether resonant phenomena occur or not. Copyright c 2016 Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science . All rights r eserved. Corresponding A uthor: Ichijo Hodaka Department of En vironmental Robotics, F aculty of Engineering, Uni v ersity of Miyazaki 1-1, Gakuen Kibanadai Nishi, Miyazaki, 889-2192, Japan Email: hijhodaka@cc.miyazaki-u.ac.jp 1. INTR ODUCTION In these years, technology of po wer transfer without electric wires between a po wer supply and a de vice to be po wered, which is called wir eless po wer transfer (WPT), has been acti v ely studied. WPT is e xpected to mak e our life con v enient at man y situations. One is that the electric v ehicles will be char ged just by parking them at a specified place. Especially , man y systems to char ge the electric v ehicles at the distance of dozens of centimeters with more than 80 percent ef fici enc y are already reported by man y de v elopers of WPT . On the other hand, there is a problem that a po wer transfer is not suited for long distance since it is dif ficult to a v oid the leakage inductances between a po wer supply and the de vices. Since an ef ficient po wer t ransfer w as reported where the g ap of transmission w as 0.6 meters by [1], man y studies about WPT ha v e been reported. [2] presented a mathematical e xpression of ef ficienc y with the quality f actor Q instead of the circuit constants, and in v estig ated ho w ef cienc y depended on Q. A mathematical e xpression of ef ficienc y with Q for another WPT circuit is deri v ed for series and parallel circuits in [3]. The e xpressions of ef ficienc y and the optimal resisti v e load with a relay circuit betwe en a transmitting and a recei ving circuits are deri v ed in terms of Q in [4], and it is sho wn that Q increases if a relay circuit is inserted betwee n a transmitting circui and recei ving circuit [5]. An equi v alent circuit to WPT is used in order to analyze WPT circuits in [6]. The electromagnetic field with resonant phenomena is analyzed by [7]. It is pro v ed that a DC po wer supply can be utilized as an input of WPT with an oscillator in [8]. Man y papers about WPT adopt a sinusoidal w a v e as an input of a WPT circuit. [9] and [10] ar gue that a square w a v e is approximated as a sinusoidal w a v e whi ch has the same frequenc y as the frequenc y of the square w a v e with resonant phenomena. This is attrib uted to the f act that if the fundamental frequenc y of the square w a v e which has man y frequencies is adjusted to the resonant frequenc y , the influence of frequencies apart from the fundamental frequenc y will be suppressed. In f act, the range of frequenc y by a po wer supply does not al w ays cont ain the resonant frequenc y . This situation should be in v estig ated as well as dri ving the po wer supply at the resonant frequenc y . Evaluation Warning : The document was created with Spire.PDF for Python.
432 ISSN: 2088-8708 In this paper , we clarify ho w the dri ving frequenc y of a square w a v e input af fects output po wer and ef ficienc y of WPT , while man y papers adopt a sinusoidal w a v e as an input. W e calculate the v alues of output po wer and ef ficienc y without approximating the square w a v e as a sinusoidal w a v e. The calculation is e x ecuted for three types of the circuits, and the dif ference between output po wers with the sinusoidal and the square w a v es is e xamined in vie w of the characteristics of these w a v es and resonant phenomena. Finally , we discuss which w a v es should be adopted as an input on each situations, and decide the frequenc y of the periodic w a v es to realize a high po wer WPT . 2. THE AMPLITUDES OF INPUT V OL T A GES A circuit which is commonly utiliz ed for WPT is sho wn in Figure 1, and we consider the circuit for a simple WPT . L 1 ; L 2 are the self inductances to transfer ener gy electromagnetically , and M is the mutual inductance which is determined by the radius, the number of turns, and the distance of the coils. The load R L is resisti v e such as a battery . R 1 ; R 2 ; C 1 , and C 2 are the parasitic f actors of the transmitting circuit and recei ving circuit. Figure 1. A simple WPT circuit Here we assume that the input v oltage u is either a sinusoidal w a v e or a square w a v e, and we will in v estig ate in the sequel ho w the choice of w a v e form impro v es or contaminates the system of WPT . In order to figure out results from the choice of input w a v e form, we should determine the amplitude of w a v e forms for the inputs to ha v e the same output po wer . Then, we consider the bare circuit in Figure 2 instead of Figure 1. In the circuit in Figure 2, the po wer supply and the load (put R L = 100[] ) are borro wed from Figure 1. If we consider a sinusoidal w a v e and a square w a v e with amplitudes described in the table in Figure 2, we ha v e the same output a v erage po wer 5mW in the table. Thus we adopt the amplitudes of v oltages in the sequel of this paper . Figure 2. A bare circuit (left) and a table of v oltage and input po wer (right) 3. INPUT AND OUTPUT PO WER, AND EFFICIENCY The beha vior of WPT circuit in Figure 1 is go v erned by Kirchhof f s la w , Ohm’ s la w , and other la ws of electric elements. Those la ws can be described by algebraic and dif ferential equations with time-v ariables of v oltages and currents in the circuit. After eliminating unnecessary v ariables from the equations, we ha v e dif ferential equations dri v en by the input v oltage as in the equation (1) that is called the state space equation, since the state v ariables v 1 , v 2 , IJECE V ol. 6, No. 1, February 2016: 431 438 Evaluation Warning : The document was created with Spire.PDF for Python.
IJECE ISSN: 2088-8708 433 i 1 and i 2 represent the whole beha vior of the circuit. If we choose the current i 2 as an output of the system, we can e xpress the input to output beha vior as a transfer function written by (2). _ x = Ax + B u; x = v 1 v 2 i 1 i 2 T (1) A = 1 2 6 6 4 0 0 C 1 0 0 0 0 C 2 L 2 M R 1 L 2 R 3 M M L 1 R 1 M R 3 L 1 3 7 7 5 ; B = 1 2 6 6 4 0 0 L 2 M 3 7 7 5 = L 1 L 2 M 2 ; R 3 = R 2 + R L G ( s ) = M C 1 C 2 s 3 C 1 C 2 s 4 + ( R 1 L 2 + R 3 L 1 ) C 1 C 2 s 3 + ( L 1 C 1 + L 2 C 2 + R 1 R 3 C 1 C 2 ) s 2 + ( R 1 C 1 + R 3 C 2 ) s + 1 (2) In order to visualize the input to output relation, we substitute concrete v alues into v alues of circuit elements as in the table belo w . Then we ha v e three log - log plots respecti v ely for the sinusoidal input (left column) and the square w a v e input (right column) in Figure 3. The first ro w of plots is the g ain plots of transfer function G ( s ) in (2). The second ro w depicts the a v erage po wer P 1 at the po wer supply and P 2 at the load. The third ro w is the ef ficienc y which is defined by the ratio of the output po wer P 2 to the input po wer P 1 . The horizontal ax es are all the angular frequenc y of input v oltages. Needless to say , the ouput po wer P 2 and ef ficienc y are desired to be higher for an y WPT circuit. A designer or user of WPT circuits choose the best dri ving frequenc y in vie w of the last tw o ro ws of plots. Using Squar e W ave Input for W ir eless P ower T r ansfer (Kazuya Y ama guc hi) Evaluation Warning : The document was created with Spire.PDF for Python.
434 ISSN: 2088-8708 Figure 3. Gain, po wer , and ef ficienc y v ersus frequenc y Notice that the resonant angula r frequenc y is equal to 10 6 rad/sec, as seen in the first ro w (tw o plots in the first are identical since the transfer function is uniquely determined by t he circuit; it does not depend on what input w a v e is used). In this case, the peak frequenc y in po wer is equal to that in g ain, although that is not al w ays true in general. Moreo v er , the ef ficienc y reaches maximum at the peak frequenc y . This is the case in both of sinusoidal w a v e and square w a v e inputs. The dif ference of left and right plots is t he number of local peaks in po wer and ef ficienc y . This comes, of course, from that square w a v es ha v e man y dif ferent frequencies, and that v oltages and current s are gi v en by superposition of ones by separate sinusoidal inputs with dif ferent frequencies. In the follo wing section, we will discuss the situation abo v e in a mathematical w ay . 4. CALCULA TION OF PO WER BY SQ U ARE W A VE INPUT The partial sum of F ourier series of a square w a v e with the amplitude 1 is written by the follo wing. f u sq = 1 2 + 2 n X k =1 1 2 k 1 sin(2 k 1) ! t (3) where ! = 2 =T and T is the period of the square w a v e. If we put n ! 1 , the abo v e con v er ges the square w a v e pointwizely e xcept for the uncontinuous points. Since the WP T circuit consists of linear and time-in v ariant elements, the state space representation is also linear and time-in v ariant as in (1). Then we ha v e transfer functions from the IJECE V ol. 6, No. 1, February 2016: 431 438 Evaluation Warning : The document was created with Spire.PDF for Python.
IJECE ISSN: 2088-8708 435 input u to an y of state v ariables v 1 , v 2 , i 1 and i 2 . Therefore, it is straightforw ard t o obtain the periodic and stationary solution to the equation (1) with the periodic input (3). If we put the number n in (3) as lar ge enough, we ha v e approximated solutions to the e xact solutions with square w a v e inputs. Here note that we should focus on po wer which is product of v oltage and current, when we refer to the performance of WPT system. Since the relation between i n put v oltage and po wer at the load is not linear , it is not straightforw ard to obtain the mathematical e xpression of po wer . Ne v ertheless, we can deduce a simple e xpression of po wer . F or this end, we write P ( u ) as the a v erage po wer at the load by a periodic input u . It can be v erified that P ( u 1 + u 2 ) = P ( u 1 ) + P ( u 2 ) holds if u 1 and u 2 are orthogonal, that is, Z T 0 u 1 ( t ) u 2 ( t ) dt = 0 , where T is the period of u 1 and u 2 . Therefore P ( f u sq ) is written as P ( f u sq ) = P 1 2 + P 2 sin ! t + P 2 3 sin 3 ! t + + P 2 (2 n 1) sin(2 n 1) ! t : (4) Another appar ant b ut important identity is P ( u ) = 2 P ( u ) ( is an arbitrary real number). Then P ( f u sq ) in (4) is refined as P ( f u sq ) = 2 2 n X k =1 1 2 k 1 2 P (sin(2 k 1) ! t ) : (5) The equation (5) gi v es ho w to calculate the po wer with square w a v e inputs based on po wer with sinusoidal w a v e inputs. A rough estimation for (5) is gi v en by P ( f u sq ) = 0 : 41 P (sin ! t ) + 0 : 045 P (sin 3 ! t ) + 0 : 016 P (sin 5 ! t ) : (6) The coef ficients 0 : 41 , 0 : 045 and 0 : 016 respecti v ely reflect ho w the po wers P (sin ! t ) , P (sin 3 ! t ) and P (sin 5 ! t ) with sinusoidal inputs respecti v ely contrib ute to the po wer P () with the square input. W ith this observ ation, it is reasonable that we should adjust the dri ving frequenc y of square w a v e input to the resonant frequenc y of WPT circuit, just lik e sinusoidal w a v e input, when we intend to obtain high output po wer . This could be true if the po wer plot v ersus frequenc y with sinusoidal inputs has a single steep peak. In other w ords, we may ne glect higher frequencies and concentrate on the fundamental frequenc y , also stated in [9, 10]. F or some WPT circuits, po wer plot v ersus frequenc y with sinusoidal inputs ine vitably ha v e plural or gentle peaks, where we should tak e higher frequencies as well as the fundam ental frequenc y into account. One important observ ation is to see a local peak at one third frequenc y of the resonant frequenc y as the po wer plot with square w a v e inputs in Figure 3, because square w a v e has three times frequenc y of the fundamental frequenc y . Such situations are, in general, dif ficult to cope with, and little is kno wn, or e v en not referred to in the literature. Plot of ef ficienc y is not al w ays monotone in general, e v en if g ain plot and po wer plot are monotone as in Figure 3. In f act, maximizing output po wer does not al w ays mean maximizing ef ficienc y as discussed in [11, 12, 13]. 5. PO WER AND EFFICIENCY WITH THE V ARIOUS CIRCUITS Po wer and ef ficienc y about the circuits of Figure 4 and Figure 5 are sho wn belo w . A WPT circuit with a relay circuit in Figure 5 can be ef ficient in order to increase a distance between a po wer supply and a resisti v e load to transfer po wer[14]. Here we omit to write the state space representation and transfer function, and readers can refer to [15] about the calculation and e xpression of them. These results sho w that the a v erage po wers with square w a v e inputs are locally high at the neighborhoods of the resonant frequenc y and one third of the res onant frequenc y as in Figure 3. As we can see thes e results, if the frequenc y of input is restricte d to v alues lo wer than the resonant frequenc y , we should use a square w a v e rather than a sinusoidal w a v e as a v oltage input of WPT circuit. Using Squar e W ave Input for W ir eless P ower T r ansfer (Kazuya Y ama guc hi) Evaluation Warning : The document was created with Spire.PDF for Python.
436 ISSN: 2088-8708 Figure 4. Bode diagram and po wer and ef ficienc y with a parallel circuit IJECE V ol. 6, No. 1, February 2016: 431 438 Evaluation Warning : The document was created with Spire.PDF for Python.
IJECE ISSN: 2088-8708 437 Figure 5. Bode diagram and po wer and ef ficienc y with a relay circuit Using Squar e W ave Input for W ir eless P ower T r ansfer (Kazuya Y ama guc hi) Evaluation Warning : The document was created with Spire.PDF for Python.
438 ISSN: 2088-8708 6. CONCLUSION In this paper , we ha v e e xamined ho w po wer and ef ficienc y of wireless po wer transfer are af fected by choosing type of w a v e form of A C po wer supply v oltage, sinusoidal w a v es and square w a v es, and then, we ha v e suggested which type of w a v e form should be chosen for a better wireless po wer transfer . W e ha v e confirmed that the frequenc y of A C po wer supply should be adjusted to the resonant frequenc y of the circuit if the sinusoidal input is chosen, as man y other papers also concluded. Ho we v er , it is not al w ays possible to use the resonant frequenc y , especially if the frequenc y is too high to implement the synchronous input. F or such a dif ficult situation, we ha v e proposed to utilize the characteristics that square w a v es contain (infinitely) man y frequencies. Then we ha v e sho wn that the higher po wer can be obt ained e v en if the fr equenc y of input is res tricted to a lo wer frequenc y than the resonant frequenc y . This gi v es a ne w insight for the de v elopment of wireless po wer transfer system dri v en by square w a v e inputs. REFERENCES [1] A. K urs, A. Karalis, R. Mof f att, J. D. Joannopoulos, P . Fisher , M. Solja ˘ ci ´ c. W ireless Po wer T ransfer via Strongly Coupled Magnetic Resonances. Science . 2007; 317: 83-86. [2] C. A. T uck er , K. W arwick, W . Holderbaum . A contrib ution to the wireless transmission of po wer . Electrical Po wer and Ener gy Systems . 2013; 47: 235-242. [3] G. V ande v oorde, R. Puers. W ireless ener gy transfer for stand-alone systems: a comparison between lo w and high po wer applicability . Sensors and Actuators A: Ph ysical . 2001; 92: 305-311. [4] T . T akura, T . Misa w a, F . Sato, T . Sato, H. Matsuki. Maximum T ransmission Ef ficienc y of LC-Booster Using Pick-up Coil with Capacitance. Journal of the Magnetics Society of Japan . 2013; 37: 102-106 (in Japanese). [5] H. Hoang, F . Bien. Maximizing Ef ficienc y of Electromagnetic Resonance W ireless Po wer T ransmission Systems with Adapti v e Circuits. W ireless Po wer T ransfer - Principles and Engineering Explorations . 2012; 207-226. [6] T . Imura, Y . Hori. Maximizing Air Gap and Ef ficienc y of Magnetic Resonant Coupling for W ireless Po wer T ransfer Using Equi v alent Circuit and Neumann F ormula. IEEE T ransactions on Industri al Electronics . 2011; 58: 4746-4752. [7] L. L. T an, X. L. Huang, H. Huang, Y . W . Zou, H. Li. T ransfer ef ficienc y optimal control of magnetic resonance coupled system of wireless po wer transfer based on frequenc y control. Science China T echnological Sciences . 2011; 54: 1428-1434. [8] A. N. Lask o vski, M. R. Y uce. Class-E self-oscillation for the transmission of wireless po wer to implants. Sensors and Actuators A: Ph ysical . 2011; 171: 391-397. [9] K. Hata, T . Imura, Y . Hori. Maximum Ef ficienc y Control of W ireless Po wer T ransfer Using Secondary Side DC- DC Con v erter for Mo ving EV in Long Distance T ransmission. T echnical Report of IEICE . 2014; 114: 51-56 (in Japanese). [10] J. de Boeij, E. Lomono v a, J. L. Duarte, A. J. A. V andenput. Conta ctless po wer supply for mo ving sensors and actuators in high-precision mechatronic systems with long-strok e po wer transfer capability in x-y plane. Sensors and Actuators A: Ph ysical . 2008; 148: 319-328. [11] K. Y amaguchi, T . Hirata, Y . Y amamoto, I. Hodaka. Resonance and ef ficienc y in wireless po wer transfer system. WSEAS T ransactions on Circuits and Systems . 2014; 13: 218-223. [12] S. G. Lee, H. Hoang, Y . H. Choi, F . Bien. Ef ficienc y impro v ement for magnetic resonance based wireless po wer transfer with axial-misalignment. Electronics Letters . 2012; 48: 339-340. [13] K. Y amaguchi, Y . Y amamoto, T . Hirata, E. Setia w an, I. Hodaka. Mathematical Expression of Optimal Frequen- cies for W ireless Po wer T ransfer . Proceedings of The 3rd International Conference on Computer Engineering & Mathematical Sciences . 2014; 826-827. [14] D. Niu, K. Shuang, W . Li. Magnetic Resonant Coupling for Magnetic Induction W ireless Communication. IETE Journal of Research . 2013; 59: 624-630. [15] T . Hirata, Y . Y amamoto, K. Y amaguchi, E. Setia w an, I. Hodaka. On Circuit T opologies of W ireless Po wer T ransmission with Relay Coils. Proceedings of The 3rd International Conference on Computer Engineering & Mathematical Sciences . 2014; 200-202. IJECE V ol. 6, No. 1, February 2016: 431 438 Evaluation Warning : The document was created with Spire.PDF for Python.