2. ABSTRACT
The wireless charger will convert the RF/ microwave signal at 900 MHz
frequency into a DC signal .
Then store the power into an AAA battery
The project is divided into 3 parts: transmitter, antenna and charging circuit.
A complete discussion of the specifications of the battery charger is provided
after data measurements.
4. INTRODUCTION
Portable electronic devices are very popular these days. As the usage of portable
electronic devices is increasing
Batteries need to recharged or replaced periodically.
To overcome this concept of wireless battery charging was developed.
5. CONVENTIONAL BATTERY CHARGER
A battery charger is a device used to put energy into rechargeble battery by
forcing electric current through it.
The charging protocol depends on the size and type of the battery being charged
Some charges might be having temparature or voltage control sensors to adjust the
charging current and cut off at the end of charge
7. ENGINEERING PROCEDURE
A. Transmitter :
This design includes a power transmitter.
Transmitter consists of an oscillator, amplifier and an antenna.
At a pre-determined frequency is 900MHz oscillations are generated.
These signals are amplified before transmission
8. Figure2 : Block diagram of the Transmitter Figure 3: 900 MHz Video/Audio Transmitter
9. TRANSMITTER SPECIFICATIONS
Power 12V DC, 900 mA
Output Power 3 Watts
Operating Frequency 900 MHz
Connector Type SMA – Female
Output Impedance 50 Ω
Table 1 : The specification of the transmitter
10. B. ANTENNA :
To charge a battery, high power DC signal is required.
To choose appropriate antenna, two factors are to be taken into consideration:
1. Impedance of antenna
2. Gain of antenna
Taking the above design specification into consideration yagi antennas are best suited.
11. YAGI UDA ANTENNA :
It is a directional antenna consisting of a driven
element and additional parasitic elements.
Reflector element is slightly longer than the driven
dipole.
Highly directional antenna’s such as yagi uda
antennas are commonly referred to as beam antennas
due to there higher gain.
Figure 4: A picture of the 9 dBi gain Yagi anten
12. C. RECEIVER :
Block diagram of a receiver is as shown in the
figure
It consists of receiving antenna , rectifier circuit
and load(AAA battery)
Receiver main purpose is to charge AAA battery.
Figure 5 : Block diagram of receiver
13. RECTIFIER CIRCUIT
A full wave rectifier is used due to its simplicity and efficiency in converting
the AC signals.
The full wave rectifier consists of four schottky diodes.
Schottky diodes are used because of their very low turn-on voltage and
operating frequency of 900MHz.
14. FINAL DESIGN
The final design the wireless battery charger
consists of the following important components:
1. Transmitter
2. Yagi antenna
3. Full-wave rectifiers circuit
4. RC circuit
5. Battery holder
picture of the transmitter with the Yagi antenna
picture of the final design circuit of the charging circuit
15. POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS
Multiple Rectifiers By using multiple rectifiers more power gets rectified.
However this design will need a spiral antenna array which is difficult to design
High Gain Parabolic antenna Parabolic antenna will be able to transmit power from
transmitter with much higher gain and receive with greater power than yagi antenna.
17. CONCLUSION
Power loss and efficiency are the major problems for this design.
The characteristics of diodes must be such that maximum rectification is possible
with minimum loss.
Time varying current and voltage relationship at the physical point of the diode in the
cavity determines loss in the diode.
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