Implementation of a wireless charging system for mobile devices

Abstract

This work describes the implementation of an RF based wireless charging system using RF transmitting and receiving modules. The objective of this work is to implement a system that has the ability to interact and communicate wirelessly within short range. This mobile wireless charging switching system consists of two sections, the transmitting and the receiving section. Each section was interfaced to 433MHz transmitting and receiving modules. The transmitter section of the wireless mobile charging system sends bursts of 433MHz signal through push button switch which is used in the initiation of the charging process to the receiver; when this signal is received by the receiver, it activates a relay which in turn switches on the internal power that comprises the backup battery, DC-to DC converter via a Universal Serial Bus (USB) port to the mobile device to begin charging. This work was able to achieve a wireless transfer of power for distance of about one metre between the transmitter and the receiver.

Keywords: wireless charging, radio frequency radiation, electromagnetic induction, inductive coupling, microcontroller,