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A Class-E Power and Data Transmitter with On–Off Keying Data Modulation for Wireless Power and Data Transmission to Medical Implants

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This paper presents a new on–off keying modulation circuit for a Class-E power transmitter used in high-data-rate wireless links used for powering medical implants. A circuit technique is proposed to keep the current of the RF choke of the power transmitter constant, while the transmitter turns on and off. This allows the transmitter to quickly turn on and off. To prove the feasibility of the proposed circuit, a wireless power and data transfer link based on the proposed circuit was designed and implemented. At a carrier frequency of 2.5 MHz, the measured data rate was 625 kbps, which means that a data-rate-to-carrier-frequency ratio of 25% has been achieved. The power transfer efficiency and the power delivered to the load, with a 2.37-μH transmitter coil and a 1.4-μH receiver coil separated by a 1.0-cm air gap, were measured to be 21% and 80 mW, respectively. The measured bit error rate of the link was less than 10−5.

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    Mohammad Mahdi Ahmadi & Mohammadreza Sarbandi-Farahani

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Ahmadi, M.M., Sarbandi-Farahani, M. A Class-E Power and Data Transmitter with On–Off Keying Data Modulation for Wireless Power and Data Transmission to Medical Implants. Circuits Syst Signal Process 39, 4174–4186 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00034-020-01362-5

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