Near-Field Wireless Power Transfer to Deep-Tissue Implants for Biomedical Applications

被引:47
作者
Zhang, Ke [1 ]
Liu, Changrong [1 ]
Jiang, Zhi Hao [2 ,3 ]
Zhang, Yudi [1 ]
Liu, Xueguan [1 ]
Guo, Huiping [1 ]
Yang, Xinmi [1 ]
机构
[1] Soochow Univ, Sch Elect & Informat Engn, Suzhou 215006, Peoples R China
[2] Southeast Univ, Sch Informat Sci & Engn, Nanjing 211100, Peoples R China
[3] State Key Lab Millimeter Waves, Nanjing 211100, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Slot antennas; Implants; Antenna arrays; Rectennas; Transmitters; Antenna measurements; Focused antenna; implantable antenna; near-field powering; rectenna; wireless power transfer (WPT); SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS; TRANSFER SYSTEM; RECTENNA; DESIGN; ANTENNA; EFFICIENCY;
D O I
10.1109/TAP.2019.2943424
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Wireless power transfer (WPT) plays critical roles in powering deep-tissue implants, which also contributes to several emerging advances for biomedical engineering. To enable a high-power density region in implants, this article presents a method, termed the self-phasing technology, to focus electromagnetic fields from various paths at a deep-tissue spot. By performing the phase-conjugated operation on the incident signal and then retransfer back to the source, coherent RF power can be achieved without learning the precise or even dynamic locations of sources and concerning inhomogeneous medium perturbations. An external slot antenna array placed above skin surface 4 mm is considered as a transmitter and an implanted rectenna consisting of a magnetic resonant coil and an RF-to-dc rectifier circuit is treated as a receiver. The conversion efficiency of the rectifier circuit is optimized within the received power range and the measured efficiency of 50% can be achieved at 0 dBm. To visualize the transceiver effects of the integrated system under safety thresholds, a light-emitting diode (LED) is soldered at the terminal of the rectenna and measurements show that smooth drive can be achieved. Certain brightness of LED can demonstrate that the self-phasing technology can support WPT for biomedical applications.
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页码:1098 / 1106
页数:9
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