• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.11 no.12
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• pp.1219-1224
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• 2016

The current wireless power charge technologies are based on induction coupling, magnetic resonant coupling, electromagnetic wave, etc. However, the current wireless power charge technologies has several disadvantages including short transfer range, electromagnetic interference, etc. In this paper, we investigate and demonstrate a laser wireless power charge technology. A laser source is used in the transmitter to convert from electric power to optical power and a solar cell or a photodiode is used in the receiver to convert from optical power to electric power. The laser wireless power charge technology may be the most efficient wireless power charge technology in the long distance over than 10 meters. Our experimental results show a transfer efficiency of 2.15% at the 70-m long distance with a 100 mW laser transmitter and a photodiode receiver.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.605-610
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• 2021

Wireless charging method using a laser is considered as the most efficient method at a long distance of the wireless charging method. Combining long-range laser wireless charging technology with wireless communication technology will make it possible to use it for a variety of applications. Accordingly, this paper shows the results of research and experiments on wireless charging and wireless communication simultaneously based on a laser. This technique uses a laser as a light source for E/O(: Electric-to-Optical) conversion at the transmitter for optical wireless power transmission. In the experimental results, the optical power transmission using a 100 mW laser transmitter and a solar cells receiver showed a DC-to-DC efficiency of 1.9 %, wireless optical communication showed a transmission speed of up to 90 kbps when the transmission distance is 15 m.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2020.08a
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• pp.334-335
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• 2020

본 논문에서는 레이저 광원을 적용한 무선전력전송 시스템에 적용되는 PV 모듈의 출력 특성을 분석하고, PV 모듈로부터 최대 전력을 발생시키면서 배터리를 충전시킬 수 있는 컨버터 개발 결과를 제시한다. 먼저, 특정 파장에서 최대전력이 발생되도록 개발된 PV 수신모듈에 레이저 빔을 조사하였고, 레이저에 공급되는 전력 크기에 따른 PV 모듈의 전압-전류의 특성 데이터를 확보하였다. 전압/전류 특성 데이터로부터 PV 수신모듈의 소신호 저항을 분석하였고, 이를 컨버터 회로모델에 적용함으로써 제어기 설계를 위한 시스템의 전달함수를 유도하였다. 이로부터 레이저 일사량에 따른 전류원/전압원 전영역에서 PV 모듈의 입력전압을 안정적으로 제어할 수 있는 제어기를 설계함으로써 레이저 수신용 PV 모듈이 최대 전력을 발생시킬 수 있도록 하였다. 본 논문에서 제안된 방법은 MCU 제어기반 25W급 배터리 충전용 부스트 컨버터의 프로토타입 제품을 통해 실험 검증되었다.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.853-858
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• 2022

In this paper, we show a simultaneous transmission of underwater optical wireless power transfer and underwater optical wireless communication. A laser diode is used for electric-to-optic conversion at the transmitter and a solar cell is used for optic-to-electric conversion at the receiver. We optimized the transmitter and receiver for the best performance. The laser diode is a 100-mW laser diode and showed a conversion efficiency of 18.5%. The experimental results showed a 0.33-% DC-to-DC underwater power transfer efficiency at 5 m and a data rate of 100 kbps at 1 m.

• IEMEK Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications
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• v.11 no.6
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• pp.379-392
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• 2016

This paper presents the design and simulation of a laser power beaming (LPB) system for an electric vehicle that establishes an optimal power transmission path based on the received signal strength. The LPB system is possible to transfer power from multiple transmitters to a single receiver according to the characteristics of the laser and the solar panel. When the laser beams of multiple transmitters aim at a solar panel at the same time, the received power is the sum of all energy at a solar panel. Our proposed LPB system consists of multiple transmitters and multiple receivers. The transmitter sends its power characteristics as optically coded pulses with a class 1 laser beam and powers as a high-intensity laser beam. By using the attenuated power level, the receiver can estimate the maximum receivable powers from the transmitters and select optimal transmitters. Throughout the simulation, we verified the possibility that different LPB receivers were achieved their required power by the optimal allocation of the transmitter among the various transmitters.