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Recent research in the emerging field of RF wireless energy transfer and harvesting has shortcomings such as low charging rates, and real-time adaptability and intelligent control to changing energy demands of the network. In this chapter, we introduce DeepCharge, a new architecture for next-generation wireless charging systems that act as an integrated hardware and software solution, and consists of software controller, programmable energy transmitters with distributed energy beamforming, and multiband energy harvesting circuits. DeepCharge realizes a software-defined wireless charging system through separation of controller, energy, and hardware planes. We demonstrate our indoor and outdoor prototypes with extensive experimental measurements, and discuss the RF exposure safety limits besides the most important research challenges toward next-generation DeepCharge-based wireless charging architectures and systems.
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Plane-wave equivalent power density, which has both E-field and H-field components. Equivalent for far-field and near-field power density can be calculated based on: \(|E_{total}|^{2}/3770\,\mathrm{mW/cm}^{2}\), and \(|H_{total}|^{2}/37.7\, \mathrm{mW/cm}^{2}\).
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Yousof Naderi, M., Muncuk, U., Chowdhury, K.R. (2019). Next-Generation Software-Defined Wireless Charging System. In: Ammari, H. (eds) Mission-Oriented Sensor Networks and Systems: Art and Science. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, vol 164. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92384-0_15
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