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PhD Defence: Yelzhas Zhaksylyk

Yelzhas Zhaksylyk will defend his PhD degree. The thesis proposes two new methods of tunable inductive compensation circuit for use in magnetic resonance wireless power transmission.

24 Jan

Practical information

  • Date: 24 January 2023
  • Time: 09.30 - 15.30
  • Location: Vestfold, Room A1-36 and Zoom
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    • Link to digital participation

    Programme

    Kl. 9.30 Trial lecture: RF energy harvesting and power management for IoT

    Kl. 12.30 PhD Defence: Inductive impedance matching network for Magnetic Resonant Wireless Power Transmission

    Evaluation committee

    Supervisors

    • Principal supervisor: Førsteamanuensis Mehdi Azadmehr, Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge
    • Co-supervisors: Professor Einar Halvorsen, Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge and Professor Ulrik Hanke, Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge

Yelzhas Zhaksylyk is defending his thesis for the degree philosophiae doctor (PhD) at the University of South-Eastern Norway.

The doctoral work has been carried out at the Faculty of Technology, Natural Sciences and Maritime Sciences.

Yelzhas Zhaksylyk

Title of the thesis: Inductive impedance matching network for Magnetic Resonant Wireless Power Transmission.

Everyone is welcome to follow the trial lecture and the public defence.

Summary

Inductive wireless power transfer is getting more and more attention as the demand for mobile electronic devices grows. There are already well-functioning wireless charging systems for smartphones, tablets, and electric toothbrushes. The main disadvantage of these systems is a degradation of power transfer efficiency due to misalignment and distance variation between the charging station and the devices. This degradation limits the mobility of devices due to impedance mismatch in the system and can be compensated by using proper impedance matching techniques.

Impedance matching (IM) is a technique used to optimize the power transfer from a source to a load, also applicable in wireless power transfer (WPT) systems. There are two main IM approaches, namely capacitive and inductive matching. Capacitive impedance matching network (IMN) is the main approach used in most WPT systems, and it is widely discussed in the literature. Inductive is less common, and therefore, only a few inductive matching techniques have been reported. This PhD project aims to compare these two IMNs for use in WPT systems and, in addition, proposes new methods for inductive impedance matching.

Although the capacitive and inductive IMN are fundamentally different, we developed a method for comparing these and concluded that the same level of matching could be achieved. This conclusion is proved analytically using circuit theory, simulation, and visualized on Smith charts.

This thesis proposes two new methods of tunable inductive IMN for use in magnetic resonance WPT. These methods offer an efficient driving and tuning of a resonating coil with a simple and compact design for easy and low-cost production. The study also compares the proposed approaches to the existing alternatives, such as using high-quality variable capacitors (varactors) for actively tuning the system for optimal power transfer.