Wireless power transmission system including relay resonator and wireless power transmission method
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1. A wireless power transmission method comprising:
- searching for one or more routes to be used to transmit power to a reception resonator through one or more relay resonators;
converting the routes to respective one or more two-port networks;
calculating a transmission efficiency of each of the routes based on the two-port networks;
selecting a route with a highest transmission efficiency from the routes; and
wirelessly transmitting power to the reception resonator through the selected route,wherein;
the converting comprises converting the routes to respective ABCD matrices, andthe calculating comprises calculating the transmission efficiency of at least one of the routes based on a multiplication of the ABCD matrices corresponding to the at least one of the routes.
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A wireless power transmission method includes searching for one or more routes to be used to transmit power to a reception resonator through one or more relay resonators, and converting the routes to respective one or more two-port networks. The method further includes calculating a transmission efficiency of each of the routes based on the two-port networks, and selecting a route with a highest transmission efficiency from the routes. The method further includes wirelessly transmitting power to the reception resonator through the selected route.
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1. A wireless power transmission method comprising:
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searching for one or more routes to be used to transmit power to a reception resonator through one or more relay resonators; converting the routes to respective one or more two-port networks; calculating a transmission efficiency of each of the routes based on the two-port networks; selecting a route with a highest transmission efficiency from the routes; and wirelessly transmitting power to the reception resonator through the selected route, wherein; the converting comprises converting the routes to respective ABCD matrices, and the calculating comprises calculating the transmission efficiency of at least one of the routes based on a multiplication of the ABCD matrices corresponding to the at least one of the routes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A wireless power transmitter comprising:
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a power route searching unit configured to search for one or more routes to be used to transmit power to a reception resonator through one or more relay resonators; a transmission efficiency calculator configured to convert the routes to respective one or more two-port networks, and calculate a transmission efficiency of each of the routes based on the two-port networks; a route selector configured to select a route with a highest transmission efficiency from the routes; and a power transmitting unit configured to wirelessly transmit power to the reception resonator through the selected route, wherein the transmission efficiency calculator is configured to; convert the routes to respective ABCD matrices, and calculate the transmission efficiency of at least one of the routes based on a multiplication of the ABCD matrices corresponding to the at least one of the routes. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus comprising:
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a transmission efficiency calculator configured to convert one or more routes to respective one or more matrices, each of the routes comprising a transmission resonator, one or more relay resonators, and a reception resonator, and calculate a transmission efficiency of each of the routes based on the matrices; and a route selector configured to select a route with a highest transmission efficiency from the routes, to be used to wirelessly transmit power, the transmission efficiency calculator is configured to convert the transmission resonator, the one or more relay resonators, and the reception resonator to respective ABCD matrices, and calculate a transmission efficiency of the route based on a multiplication of the ABCD matrices. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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