Analysis of Bidirectional Wireless Power Transfer for EV applications

The wireless power transfer technology for electric vehicles charging has been largely improved during the last years in terms of system configurations, coil design, and control schemes with the aim to achieve higher power, higher efficiency, and longer transmission distance. The compensation stage is usually designed considering sinusoidal voltages and currents. However, the full-bridge converters used to generate the controlled voltage generate a square waveform, requiring design adjustments, reducing the efficiency of the compensation, and impacting the control performance. In this paper, a design guideline for the compensation stage and the evaluation of the performance of the wireless power sources system using power converters instead of sinusoidal sources is given.