Textile-based flexible coils for wireless inductive power transmission
Textile-based flexible coils for wireless inductive power transmission
Wireless inductive power transmission systems can potentially supply wearable devices. Power cables or batteries can be eliminated by implementing a wireless power transfer system, making the wearable devices less obtrusive to users. However, rigid coils can cause discomfort to users in wearable applications. The novel screen-printed flexible coils on textiles reported here are intended to be a low-cost and comfortable solution when integrated into clothing. A constant-width circular-spiral flat coil has been designed to minimize the detrimental effect of the low conductivity of the screen-printed flexible conductors on the efficiency of the wireless power transfer system. The coils are printed on 65/35 polyester/cotton textile with a screen-printed Fabink-UV-IF1 interface layer coating. The interface layer provides a relatively flat and smooth surface to prevent the permeation of the conductive paste into the textile and allows the printing of finer-profile coils. A 5 V 1.2 W DC output has been achieved by a wireless power transfer system using the printed flexible coils with Qi standard circuitry; a DC-DC efficiency of 37% has been measured.
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Li, Yi
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Torah, Russel
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Tudor, M John
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Beeby, Steve
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2018
Li, Yi
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Grabham, Neil
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Torah, Russel
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Tudor, M John
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Beeby, Steve
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Li, Yi, Grabham, Neil, Torah, Russel, Tudor, M John and Beeby, Steve
(2018)
Textile-based flexible coils for wireless inductive power transmission.
Applied Sciences, 8 (6), , [912].
(doi:10.3390/app8060912).
Abstract
Wireless inductive power transmission systems can potentially supply wearable devices. Power cables or batteries can be eliminated by implementing a wireless power transfer system, making the wearable devices less obtrusive to users. However, rigid coils can cause discomfort to users in wearable applications. The novel screen-printed flexible coils on textiles reported here are intended to be a low-cost and comfortable solution when integrated into clothing. A constant-width circular-spiral flat coil has been designed to minimize the detrimental effect of the low conductivity of the screen-printed flexible conductors on the efficiency of the wireless power transfer system. The coils are printed on 65/35 polyester/cotton textile with a screen-printed Fabink-UV-IF1 interface layer coating. The interface layer provides a relatively flat and smooth surface to prevent the permeation of the conductive paste into the textile and allows the printing of finer-profile coils. A 5 V 1.2 W DC output has been achieved by a wireless power transfer system using the printed flexible coils with Qi standard circuitry; a DC-DC efficiency of 37% has been measured.
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Accepted/In Press date: 25 May 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 1 June 2018
Published date: 2018
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/421445
ISSN: 2076-3417
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M John Tudor
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Steve Beeby
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