Wireless transfer of power to low power implanted biomedical devices: coil design considerations

Monolithic fabrication and advancements in MEMS and nanotechnology have made biomedical implants more popular for monitoring and other applications in humans and animals. One of the primary challenges faced in employing implants is providing a stable battery-less power supply. Inductive coupling i...

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Main Authors: Khan, Imran Moez, Khan, Sheroz, Khalifa, Othman Omran
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Language:English
Published: 2012
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spelling iium-415872015-04-28T06:41:20Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/41587/ Wireless transfer of power to low power implanted biomedical devices: coil design considerations Khan, Imran Moez Khan, Sheroz Khalifa, Othman Omran T Technology (General) Monolithic fabrication and advancements in MEMS and nanotechnology have made biomedical implants more popular for monitoring and other applications in humans and animals. One of the primary challenges faced in employing implants is providing a stable battery-less power supply. Inductive coupling is a commonly used means of transferring energy to implanted devices requiring power in milliwatt or microwatt range. Similar to passive RFID tags, an external transmit-coil may be used to induce a current in an implanted receive-coil by generating a magnetic field in the vicinity. However, it must be realized that the physical design of inductive coils and their orientation with respect to each other has a direct impact on the inductive link circuit, and power delivery. This paper focuses on developing three dimensional mathematical models of the magnetic field of spiral and solenoid coils to investigate the effect of lateral misalignment on the mutual inductance of the coils. Finite Element Method (FEM) simulations of the spiral and solenoid transmit coils are carried out to validate the developed models. Coil circuit parameters such as inductance, resistance and quality factor are also given. 2012 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/41587/1/41587.pdf Khan, Imran Moez and Khan, Sheroz and Khalifa, Othman Omran (2012) Wireless transfer of power to low power implanted biomedical devices: coil design considerations. In: 2012 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC 2012), 13th-16th May 2012, Graz, Austria. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=6269384
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Khan, Imran Moez
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Khalifa, Othman Omran
Wireless transfer of power to low power implanted biomedical devices: coil design considerations
description Monolithic fabrication and advancements in MEMS and nanotechnology have made biomedical implants more popular for monitoring and other applications in humans and animals. One of the primary challenges faced in employing implants is providing a stable battery-less power supply. Inductive coupling is a commonly used means of transferring energy to implanted devices requiring power in milliwatt or microwatt range. Similar to passive RFID tags, an external transmit-coil may be used to induce a current in an implanted receive-coil by generating a magnetic field in the vicinity. However, it must be realized that the physical design of inductive coils and their orientation with respect to each other has a direct impact on the inductive link circuit, and power delivery. This paper focuses on developing three dimensional mathematical models of the magnetic field of spiral and solenoid coils to investigate the effect of lateral misalignment on the mutual inductance of the coils. Finite Element Method (FEM) simulations of the spiral and solenoid transmit coils are carried out to validate the developed models. Coil circuit parameters such as inductance, resistance and quality factor are also given.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Khan, Imran Moez
Khan, Sheroz
Khalifa, Othman Omran
author_facet Khan, Imran Moez
Khan, Sheroz
Khalifa, Othman Omran
author_sort Khan, Imran Moez
title Wireless transfer of power to low power implanted biomedical devices: coil design considerations
title_short Wireless transfer of power to low power implanted biomedical devices: coil design considerations
title_full Wireless transfer of power to low power implanted biomedical devices: coil design considerations
title_fullStr Wireless transfer of power to low power implanted biomedical devices: coil design considerations
title_full_unstemmed Wireless transfer of power to low power implanted biomedical devices: coil design considerations
title_sort wireless transfer of power to low power implanted biomedical devices: coil design considerations
publishDate 2012
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/41587/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/41587/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/41587/1/41587.pdf
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