A Hybrid Rectifier Mode Control for Communication-Free Wireless Power Transfer

This paper presents a hybrid rectifier mode control for broad-range output power regulation in wireless power transfer (WPT) systems. The proposed control method employs a secondary-side active rectifier for output tuning, thereby eliminating the necessity for communication links. Furthermore, leveraging the pulse-skipping technique, two hybrid modes are introduced in the proposed approach. These hybrid modes reduce circulating reactive power within the resonant circuits, thereby optimizing the transmission efficiency of the WPT systems. To validate the effectiveness of the proposed method, experiments were conducted using a WPT prototype. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed approach achieves higher efficiency than the conventional phase-shift control strategy, with a maximum efficiency improvement of up to 3.7%.