Design and Optimization of Litz-Wire Planar Spiral Coil for Inductive
Power Transfer Application
Abstract
Litz wire planar spiral coils are widely used in inductive power
transfer systems due to low power loss in high-frequency operation and
low profile. However, the complicated structure of the litz wire coil
imposes difficulties in estimating the frequency-dependent resistance
and quality factor accurately. In this work, we present an 2D analytical
model for calculating the frequency-dependent resistance and quality
factor of multi-coil inductive power transfer systems based on
superposition of different loss effects. Its accuracy is validated with
multiple coils and litz wires over wide frequency range. Meanwhile, a
fast and accurate multi-objective optimization method is developed to
improve the product quality factor and coupling factor. From the
optimization results, there are five factors affecting the quality
factor and coupling factor. A set of design guidelines is proposed to
cope with these design factors. The final prototypes show
33\% increase in quality factor and 23\%
improvement in coupling factor compared with the state-of-the-art
designs. Meanwhile, a 30W, 500kHz inductive power transfer system is
designed with 91\% peak efficiency.