• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.29-33
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• 2021

A 5.8-GHz 1W wireless power transmission system was used for charging a smart phone. The voltage of one RF power receiver with antenna was not enough for charging. Several power receivers for charging a smart phone was connected serially. The voltage of several RF power receivers are highly enough for charging a smart phone within 50cm. However, the lack of current from small capacitances of RF-DC converters is not suitable for charging smart phone. It means very long charging time. In this paper, the voltage multiplier circuits for RF-DC converters were analyzed to increase the current and voltage at the same time to reduce the charging time in smartphone RF wireless charging. Through the analysis of multiplier circuits, the 7-stage parallel multiplier circuit with voltage-doubler units are suitable for charging the smartphone, which supplies 5V and 700mA at 3V@5.8GHz.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.136-139
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• 2021

In this paper, we studied the charging characteristics of high-capacity supercapacitor with high current for RF wireless charging system for smart phone charging. The dc output of the RF-DC receiver is connected to supercapacitor after which is connected to DC-DC converter for charging a smart phone. This configuration stably supplies voltage and current for charging it. Studies show that the higher charging current use, the rapidly shorter the charging time of supercapacitor is. The currents of 2A, 10A and 27A were used for charging supercapacitors. The charging time was measured for 3000F, 6000F, 12000F supercapacitors which is parallelly connected with 3000F supercapacitors.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.25-28
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• 2021

In this paper, we studied smart phone RF wireless charging with 5.8-GHz microwave wireless power receiver. The dc output of the receiver connected to super capacitor and DC-DC converter for charging a smart phone. This configuration stably supplies 5V and current for charging it. Studies show that the more receivers are used at close range, the higher the received voltage values and the larger the capacity of the super capacitor, the longer the charging time. The present 5.8-GHz 1W wireless power transmission system is not enough for charging a smartphone mainly due to the lack of current of the receiver.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.102-107
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• 2021

In this paper, the measurements of received power was shown and compared in two developed 5.8GHz 25W wireless charging systems. One is the system using commercial transmission antenna, and the other is the system using transmission antenna combined with metamaterial. The system combined with metamaterial shows higher received power due to negative reflective index of metamaterial. In addition, a comparative analysis of the systems shows that the transmission efficiency in the systems can decrease the real gain of transmission antenna due to higher side robe of beam pattern. The side robe beams of transmitting antenna interferes transmitted beam with the reflected beams from the bottom region due to the side robes. The failure problems of the RF wireless charging systems are discussed and proposed in order to charge mobile devices through the RF wireless charging system.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.254-259
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• 2020

Phased-array antennas comprise a demanding antenna design methodology for commercial wireless communication systems or military radar systems. In addition to these two important applications, the phased-array antennas can be used in beamforming for wireless charging. In this study, a four-way analog beamforming front-end module (FEM) for a hybrid beamforming system is developed for 2.4 GHz operation. In a hybrid beamforming scheme, an analog beamforming FEM in which the phase and amplitude of RF signal can be adjusted between the RF chain and phased-array antenna is required. With the beamforming and beam steering capability of the phased-array antennas, wireless RF power can be transmitted with high directivity to a designated receiver for wireless charging. The four-way analog beamforming FEM has a 32 dB gain dynamic range and a phase shifting range greater than 360°. The maximum output RF power of the four-way analog beamforming FEM is 40 dBm (=10 W) when combined the four individual RF paths are combined.

• 전자공학회논문지SC
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• 제48권6호
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• pp.34-42
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• 2011

USN환경에서 다양한 정보 수집을 위해 배치된 수많은 센서노드들의 배터리를 일일이 교체해 주는 것은 많은 시간과 비용이 소요된다. 이를 해결하기 위한 방안으로 본 논문에서는 센서노드 배터리 충전용 전력획득모듈을 제안한다. 센서모듈이 환경 정보를 센싱하고 정보를 전송하는데 소모하는 전력과 자연 방전되는 배터리 전력을 보충하기 위해, 전력전송모듈에서 전송한 RF 전력을 획득모듈에서 효과적인 획득 및 효율적인 전력관리를 통해 배터리에 충전한다. 획득된 전력은 배터리 전력을 일정한 레벨로 유지시켜 센서노드의 배터리 교체 주기를 반영구적으로 늘림으로써 USN 산업의 신뢰성과 적용가능성을 높이고 USN 산업 활성화에 기여할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 RF 무선전력전송 시스템을 이용하여 전력전송/획득모듈간 5 m의 거리에서 입사된 10 dBm의 전력을 4.2 V의 1 mA 이상의 전류로 센서노드용 리튬폴리머 배터리에 충전하는 실험을 거쳐 시스템을 검증하였고 센서노드의 배터리 소모전류와 센싱정보 송신주기를 무선으로 충전할 수 있는 전류량과 비교하였다.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.23-27
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• 2018

As the wireless power transfer (WPT) technology based on strongly resonance coupled method realizes large power charging without any wires through the air, there are advantages compared with the wired counterparts, such as convenient, safety and fearless transmission of power. From this reason, the WPT systems have started to be applied to the wireless charging for various power applications such as train, underwater ship, electric vehicle. This study aims for the effect and characteristics of different inserted resonance coil between Tx and Rx coils for charging system of superconducting magnetic levitation (MAGLEV) train. The transfer efficiency and effect are evaluated with helix type, rectangular type copper resonance coil, and HTS resonance coil under bulb and HTS magnet load, respectively. The input power is adapted with radio frequency (RF) power of 370 kHz below 500 W.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.221-226
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• 2019

In this work, a transmitter/receiver front-end module (T/R FEM) with an automatic Tx/Rx switching scheme for a 2.4 GHz microwave power transfer is developed for a retro-reflective beamforming scheme. Recently, research on wireless power transfer techniques has moved to wireless charging systems for mobile devices. Retro-reflective beamforming is a good candidate for tracking the spatial position of a mobile device to be charged. In Tx mode, the T/R FEM generates a minimum of 1 W. It also comprises an amplitude and phase monitoring port for transmitting RF power. In Rx mode, it passes an Rx pilot signal from a mobile device to a digital baseband subsystem to recognize the position of the mobile device. The insertion loss of the Rx signal path is 4.5 dB. The Tx and Rx modes are automatically switched by detecting the Tx input power. This T/R FEM is a design example of T/R FEMs for wireless charging systems based on a retro-reflective beamforming scheme.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.191-196
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• 2017

Microwave wireless power transmission (MWPT) is a promising technique for low and medium power applications such as wireless charging for sensor network or for biomedical chips in case with long ranges or in dispersive media such. A key factor of the MWPT technique is its efficiency, which includes the wireless power transmission efficiency and the radio frequency (RF) to direct current (DC) voltage efficiency of RF-DC converter (which transforms RF energy to DC supply voltage). The main problem in designing an RF-DC converter is the nonlinear characteristic of Schottky diodes; this characteristic causes low efficiency, higher harmonics frequency and a change in the input impedance value when the RF input power changes. In this paper, rather than using harmonic termination techniques of class E or class F power amplifiers, which are usually used to improve the efficiency of RF-DC converters, we propose a new method called "optimal input impedance" to enhance the performance of our design. The results of simulations and measurements are presented in this paper along with a discussion of our design concerning its practical applications.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.182-187
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 에너지 하베스팅의 일환으로 상용의 RFID시스템의 리더 안테나에서 방사되는 RF에너지를 활용하여 무선센서노드의 전원부를 구성하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 렉테나(Rectenna)를 구성하고 효율이 높은 부스트 컨버터를 구성하여 RF전력으로부터 배터리를 충전할 수 있는 DC전력을 얻도록 하였다. RFID 안테나로부터 1.2[W] RF출력 시, 구현된 렉테나로 1[m]거리에서 3.1[mW], 5.5[m]에서 1[mW]정도의 전력을 얻을 수 있었다. 배터리와 연결 시 변환효율을 높이기 위한 부스트 컨버터의 특성은 4[m]거리에서 변환효율 79.3[%], 실제 변환되어 배터리를 충전할 수 있는 전력은 1.36[mW]를 얻을 수 있었으며, 이 값은 무선센서노드로 응용이 가능한 값이다.