Highly Efficient Inductive Power Transfer: Variable Compensation for Misalignment Tolerance and Voltage/Current Doubler for Battery Interoperability

Wireless charging has the potential to speed up the transition to electric vehicles (EVs) because it is intrinsically a user-friendly technology. Furthermore, it is essential when charging completely autonomous EVs, and it enables the charging of EVs in motion without using overhead cables. The most common technology used in EV wireless charging...

Contactless Photovoltaic Cell Power Transfer

One of the main reasons that the efficiency drops from cell to module is the conduction losses. To increase the efficiency of the PV module, the produced charge carriers in the semiconductor materials should be transferred to the PV module terminals with minimum conduction losses. As an alternative to the conventional cells and modules...

Wireless Charging System for the Wireless Powerlizer

Wireless power transfer has been around for a long time. In 1899 Nikola Tesla demonstrated that it was possible to transfer power using a pair of coils. This technology has advanced to now charge a wide range of portable devices, such as phones. In this thesis, a wireless charging system is designed to be integrated into a power bank with UV-C...

Wireless Power Transfer and Optogenetic Stimulation of Freely Moving Rodents

Animal studies are often used to test the feasibility and effectiveness of neuroscience research ideas. Optogenetics is a state-of-the-art technique that allows researchers to control brain activity with light. Current methods are limited as they use tethered setups with the animal in a fixed position, resulting in stress and reduced animal...