Wireless Power Transfer

Takehiro Imura is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering at Tokyo University of Science. His research interests include wireless power transfer using magnetic resonant coupling and electric resonant coupling for stationary electric vehicles, in-motion electric vehicles, medical equipments, space equipments, IoT devices and sensors. His research interests also include fusion of dynamic wireless power transfer for electric vehicle and solar power to reduce CO2. He is a member of the IEEE, IEEJ, IEICE and the JSAE. He received the First Prize Paper Award from the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics in 2017.

About wireless power transfer.- Basic knowledge of electromagnetism electric circuit.- Basic phenomena of magnetic resonant coupling.- Basic resonant circuit topology (S-S).- Comparison of electromagnetic induction and magnetic resonant coupling.- Other resonant circuit topologies (PS, PP, LCL, LCC).- Open end and short end type coil.- System of magnetic resonant coupling.- Repeater and multiple coils.- Development of multiple coils.