Implementation of a Wireless Power Transfer System for Prosthetic Hands

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Abstract

In this paper, a wireless power transfer (WPT) system is proposed to supply power continuously to a prosthetic hand. The transmitter circuit (class-E power amplifier) and WPT coils are modeled and implemented along with commercially available receiver circuit and multiple motors. Tissue safety to thermal load is simulated by measuring the tissue specific absorption rate (SAR) using the commercial electromagnetic simulator ANSYS HFSS. The calculated and simulated results of the designed WPT system is validated by measuring the received power where the TX coil mounted on an artificial wrist part is filled with phantom mimicking the properties of human muscle. An algorithm is also proposed to monitor and control the rotation of the prosthetic hand utilizing wireless power.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2019 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications (APWC)
PublisherIEEE
Pages59-62
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781728105666
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 Oct 2019
Event9th IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications 2019 - Granada, Spain
Duration: 9 Sept 201913 Sept 2019

Conference

Conference9th IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications 2019
Abbreviated titleAPWC 2019
Country/TerritorySpain
CityGranada
Period9/09/1913/09/19

Keywords

  • Mutual inductance
  • power transfer efficiency
  • prosthetic hand
  • self-inductance
  • specific absorption rate

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Instrumentation

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