Intrinsic Properties of Metamaterial Slab in Wireless Power Transfer for Efficiency Improvement of Wireless Communication Systems
Keywords:
Wireless Power Transfer (WPT),, Split Ring Resonator (SRR),, Magnetic Resonance,, Metamaterial (MTM), Bandpass Filter (BPF), SmartphoneAbstract
Metamaterial (MTM) slabs, realized using Split Ring Resonators (SRR’s) to enhance efficiency of Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) systems is discussed here. A detailed study of intrinsic properties obtained by simulation of the actual MTM slab is presented. An improvement in the wavelength to unit cell size of 813, at a low operating frequency of 5680 kHz is shown. Forward transmission coefficients (S₂₁) for with and without MTM slab cases are compared. In this low frequency regime, with simulated S-parameters an efficiency of ~ 68% is achieved by placing the MTM slab closer to receiver coil than the transmitter coil.
