Design and analysis of compact dual‐band WPT system using capacitively loaded interdigital capacitor

Abstract

SummaryIn this paper, a noteworthy compact dual‐band wireless power transfer (DB‐WPT) system is presented and studied. This DB‐WPT system is proposed using a capacitively loaded interdigital capacitor which reduces the size of the whole system, lessens the number of the attached surface mount elements, and accomplishes high efficiencies. An interdigital capacitor is printed in the ground plane of the design and loaded with a chip capacitor to produce dual bands. The operation of the system is verified by fabricating the proposed DB‐WPT system, which shows measured coupling efficiencies of 96% and 98.8% at 0.53 and 1.1 GHz, respectively at a transfer space of 12 mm. The fabricated structure has dimensions of 13.5 mm × 20 mm. The results show good agreement between the circuit model and the measurements. The idea of this design makes it applicable for compact near‐field WPT applications.