Constant output characteristics and design methodology of double side LC compensated capacitive power transfer

Capacitive power transfer (CPT) has been verified to be capable of transferring a power level as high as inductive power transfer (IPT) recently, and has its own merits. It is a well complement of IPT in near-field wireless power transfer (WPT). This paper gives a newly designed method of realizing both constant output voltage (COV) and constant output current (COC) modes of double side LC compensated CPT. Firstly, through analysis of basic circuit characteristics, the conditions for both of the two modes are deduced theoretically. Especially, one merit of the method is that the conditions indicate a very clear relationship between the compensation components forming resonant tanks. Another merit is that the couple capacitors also participate in resonant tanks. Different from the COV mode, the COC mode can theoretically reach zero phase angle condition simultaneously. Based on these conditions, the parameter design methodology is proposed. Besides, an efficient model of double side LC compensated CPT is built, and the optimum load is calculated theoretically to guide the design course. Finally, the results of both simulations and experiments demonstrate high consistency with the theoretical analysis.