Dedicated mobile devices are widely used for tracking people who need special care or assistance, for example, patients suffering from dementia. Apart from wireless data transfer, it has been a challenging task to maintain the power needed for driving these devices. This project is to develop a wireless/contactless platform for charging the battery or supercapacitors in UWB (Ultra-WhiteBand) devices for tracking dementia patients. The work involves a literature review of existing techniques, the design of a new inductive or capacitive power supply with energy storage, circuit simulation, and practical evaluation.
Undergraduate
A thorough literature review of existing power supplies for driving low-power mobile devices.
A prototype power supply demonstrating the capability of wireless charging.
Perspective students should have a very good background in electric circuit design, and at least one student should take the power electronics course. Successful candidates will work closely with postgraduate researchers in the research group.
Power Electronics (405.614, Lab)