Experimental Study on the Effect of Synchronization Accuracy for Near-Field RF Wireless Power Transfer in Multi-Antenna Systems

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Autori principali: Callebaut, Gilles, Van Mulders, Jarne, Cox, Bert, Deutschmann, Benjamin J. B., Ottoy, Geoffrey, De Strycker, Lieven, Van der Perre, Liesbet
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Pubblicazione: 2024
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author Callebaut, Gilles
Van Mulders, Jarne
Cox, Bert
Deutschmann, Benjamin J. B.
Ottoy, Geoffrey
De Strycker, Lieven
Van der Perre, Liesbet
author_facet Callebaut, Gilles
Van Mulders, Jarne
Cox, Bert
Deutschmann, Benjamin J. B.
Ottoy, Geoffrey
De Strycker, Lieven
Van der Perre, Liesbet
contents Wireless power transfer (WPT) technologies hold promise for enhancing device autonomy, particularly for energy-limited IoT systems. This paper presents experimental results on coherent and non-coherent transmit diversity approaches for WPT, tested in the near field using the Techtile testbed. We demonstrate that a fully synchronized beamfocusing system achieves a 14 dB gain over non-coherent transmission, consistent with the theoretical 14.9 dB gain for a 31-element array. Additionally, phase alignment errors below 20° result in less than 1 dB of gain loss, while errors exceeding 40° lead to losses over 3 dB. These findings suggest that phase coherency requirements for WPT can be relaxed, and that scaling the number of antennas is a promising strategy for improving power transfer efficiency.
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spellingShingle Experimental Study on the Effect of Synchronization Accuracy for Near-Field RF Wireless Power Transfer in Multi-Antenna Systems
Callebaut, Gilles
Van Mulders, Jarne
Cox, Bert
Deutschmann, Benjamin J. B.
Ottoy, Geoffrey
De Strycker, Lieven
Van der Perre, Liesbet
Signal Processing
Wireless power transfer (WPT) technologies hold promise for enhancing device autonomy, particularly for energy-limited IoT systems. This paper presents experimental results on coherent and non-coherent transmit diversity approaches for WPT, tested in the near field using the Techtile testbed. We demonstrate that a fully synchronized beamfocusing system achieves a 14 dB gain over non-coherent transmission, consistent with the theoretical 14.9 dB gain for a 31-element array. Additionally, phase alignment errors below 20° result in less than 1 dB of gain loss, while errors exceeding 40° lead to losses over 3 dB. These findings suggest that phase coherency requirements for WPT can be relaxed, and that scaling the number of antennas is a promising strategy for improving power transfer efficiency.
title Experimental Study on the Effect of Synchronization Accuracy for Near-Field RF Wireless Power Transfer in Multi-Antenna Systems
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.11116