Seamless Wireless Power Transfer to Small Electronic Devices via MIMO Magnetic Induction

A method includes determining, by a base station including a number of transmitting coils, a first number of mutual magnetic parameters, each mutual magnetic parameter being associated with one of the transmitting coils and a receiving coil of at least one receiving coil associated with at least one electronic device remotely located from and to be remotely charged by the base station, determining a plurality of control signals based on the first number of mutual magnetic parameters, each control signal being associated with a corresponding one of the transmitting coils, providing each control signal to a driving circuit coupled to the control signal's corresponding transmitting coil, and using each control signal to cause the driving circuit coupled to the control signal's corresponding transmitting coil to cause a current with a magnitude and phase determined from the control signal to flow in the corresponding transmitting coil.

Researchers

Dina Katabi / Jouya Jadidian

Departments: Dept of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Technology Areas: Communication Systems: Wireless / Computer Science: Networking & Signals
Impact Areas: Connected World

  • wireless power transfer
    United States of America | Granted | 9,800,076
  • wireless power transfer
    European Patent Convention | Granted | 3,108,566
  • seamless wireless power transfer to small electronic devices via mimo magnetic induction
    Hong Kong | Published application
  • wireless power transfer
    United States of America | Granted | 10,491,048
  • wireless power transfer
    United Kingdom | Granted | 3,108,566
  • wireless power transfer
    Germany | Granted | 3,108,566

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