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