Table 1 State-of-the-art on-body WPT systems
From: Unobstructive and safe-to-wear watt-level wireless charger
On body | Antenna material | Antenna thickness | Charging distance | Stretchability (%) | Protocol | Frequency | Tx power | Output power | WPT efficiency (%) | SAR (W/kg) | On-body charging target | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
This work | Tx | Cu | 50 μm | 1 mm | 50 | Qi | 130 kHz | 7.94 W | 3.41 W | 42.94 (PIn to POut,Bat) | 0.002 (local) | Smartphone, e-tattoo |
5.35 W | 3.41 W | 64.93 (PTx to POut,Bat) | ||||||||||
5.35 W | 3.81 W | 72.33 (PTx to POut,Rx) | ||||||||||
[35] | Tx | GaInSn | 1 mm | 2 mm | – | – | 110 kHz | 3.2 W | 1.92 W | 60 (PTx to POut,Bat) | – | Headset, LED, fan, smartphone |
[37] | Tx | – | 80 μm | 2 mm | – | Qi | 142 kHz | 1 W | 230 mW | 23 (PIn to POut,Bat) | – | Wearable sensors |
[28] | Tx | – | – | 30 mm | – | – | 240 kHz | 1.8 W | 18 mW | 1 (PTx to POut,Bat) | 0.172 (10 g) | Neural stimulator implant |
[30] | Tx | PZT/Metglas | 120 μm | 0 | – | – | 250 kHz | 2.22 mW | 9.66 μW | 0.435 (PIn to POut,Bat) | 0.3 | Implantable sensors |
[27] | Tx | Cu | 400 μm | 40 mm | – | – | 1.3 MHz | 4.5 W | 297 mW | 6.61 (PIn to POut,Bat) | – | Gastric stimulator implant |
[33] | Tx | EGaIn | 1 mm | – | 100 | – | 3 MHz | – | – | – | – | LED |
[11] | Tx | Cu | 25 μm | 20 mm | – | NFC | 13.56 MHz | – | – | – | – | Wearable sensors |
[31] | Tx | GaInSn | 635 μm | 10 mm | – | NFC | 13.56 MHz | 100 mW | 4.8 mW | 48 (PTx to POut,Bat) | – | Wearable sensors |
[29] | Tx | Cu | 80 μm | 30 mm | – | ISM | 433 MHz | 230 mW | 1.15 mW | 0.5 (PIn to POut,Bat) | – | Implantable sensors |
[10] | Tx | Cu/Ni | 200 μm | – | – | ISM | 2.4 GHz | 100 mW | 10.5 mW | 10.5 (PTx to POut,Rx) | – | Wearable sensors |
[34] | Rx | Cu | 18 μm | – | 20 | NFC | 13.56 MHz | 200 mW | – | – | – | E-tattoos |
[32] | Rx | AgNFs | 3 μm | 0 | 100 | RF | 20 MHz | 100 μW | 40 μW | 40 (PTx to POut,Rx) | – | Signal and voice detection |
[36] | Rx | Cu | 7 μm | 1 mm | 25 | – | 44.5 MHz | 187 mW | 32.2 mW | 17.2 (PTx to POut,Rx) | – | Wearable sensors |