Patched-Wall Quasistatic Cavity Resonators for 3-D Wireless Power Transfer

TL;DR

This paper introduces patched-wall QSCR, a novel room-scale wireless power transfer system that achieves full-volume coverage without internal obstructions, using conductive wall segments and resonant modes.

Contribution

The paper proposes a new patched-wall QSCR structure that eliminates internal obstructions while maintaining full-volume wireless power transfer coverage.

Findings

Achieves a minimum power-transfer efficiency of 48.1% across 54 m^3 volume.

Supports two resonant modes covering peripheral and central regions.

Eliminates internal conductive structures like a central pole.

Abstract

Traditional wireless power transfer (WPT) systems are largely limited to 1-D charging pads or 2-D charging surfaces and therefore do not support a truly ubiquitous device-powering experience. Although room-scale WPT based on multimode quasistatic cavity resonance (QSCR) has demonstrated full-volume coverage by leveraging multiple resonant modes, existing high-coverage implementations require obstructive internal conductive structures, such as a central pole. This letter presents a new structure, termed the patched-wall QSCR, that eliminates such internal obstructions while preserving full-volume coverage. By using conductive wall segments interconnected by capacitors, the proposed structure supports two complementary resonant modes that cover both the peripheral and central regions without obstructions within the charging volume. Electromagnetic simulations show that, by selectively exciting these two resonant modes, the proposed structure achieves a minimum power-transfer efficiency of 48.1% across the evaluated 54 m^3 charging volume while preserving an unobstructed interior space.