Anti-misalignment capability optimization for laminated magnetic couplers in wireless charging systems using balanced particle swarm optimization method

To desensitize wireless charging systems (WCSs) to misalignment and to achieve a stable output voltage without using additional control methods, a laminated magnetic coupler (LMC) optimized by the balanced particle swarm optimization (BPSO) method is proposed to improve the performance of WCSs. First, the output characteristics of the LCC-S compensated WCS are analyzed to illustrate the working principle of the LMC. Next, the misalignment characteristics of the LMC, which employs the magnetic integration technique and coil self-decoupling method, are analyzed. Then, the operating principle of the BPSO method is analyzed and used to optimize the LMC in terms of the mutual inductance and anti-misalignment range. Finally, experimental results indicate that the optimized LMC achieves high-efficiency constant voltage charging within a reasonable horizontal misalignment range. When compared to commonly used methods (such as the exhaustive method) for optimizing magnetic couplers, the BPSO method avoids complex algorithms and a heavy computation burden.

Automated summary

This study proposes an optimized laminated magnetic coupler (LMC) to improve the performance of wireless charging systems (WCSs) by achieving alignment and stable output without additional control methods. Experimental results demonstrate that the optimized LMC enables high-efficiency constant voltage charging within a certain misalignment range.