Wireless Charging Loop Antenna

Abstract

Provided is a wireless charging loop antenna. The wireless charging loop antenna includes an extracorporal planar loop antenna and an intracorporal planar loop antenna. The intracorporal planar loop antenna is disposed inside a body, and the extracorporal planar loop antenna is disposed on a skin outside the body. The extracorporal planar loop antenna includes an extracorporal antenna substrate, an extracorporal loop radiation patch, paired connection radiation patches and a patch capacitor. The extracorporal loop radiation patch is provided with at least one extracorporal radiation patch gap. The patch capacitor is disposed at one of the at least one extracorporal radiation patch gap. The extracorporal loop radiation patch and the paired connection radiation patches form a circuit. The extracorporal loop radiation patch, the paired connection radiation patches and the patch capacitor are all on a same surface of the extracorporal antenna substrate. The wireless transmission antenna is designed to be planar and multi-loop to reduce the antenna area, and introduces the patch capacitor to increase the energy transmission efficiency.

Claims

1. A wireless charging loop antenna, applied to an implantable cardiac pacemaker, comprising: an extracorporal planar loop antenna and an intracorporal planar loop antenna, wherein the intracorporal planar loop antenna is disposed inside a body, and the extracorporal planar loop antenna is disposed on a skin outside the body; the extracorporal planar loop antenna comprises an extracorporal antenna substrate, an extracorporal loop radiation patch, paired connection radiation patches and a patch capacitor; the extracorporal loop radiation patch and the paired connection radiation patches form a circuit; the extracorporal loop radiation patch, the paired connection radiation patches and the patch capacitor are all on a same surface of the extracorporal antenna substrate; the extracorporal loop radiation patch is provided with at least one extracorporal radiation patch gap; the extracorporal loop radiation patch comprises a first loop radiation patch, a second loop radiation patch, a third loop radiation patch and a fourth loop radiation patch; the second loop radiation patch is disposed outside a ring of the first loop radiation patch, the third loop radiation patch is disposed outside a ring of the second loop radiation patch, and the fourth loop radiation patch is disposed outside a ring of the third loop radiation patch; the patch capacitor is disposed at one of the at least one extracorporal radiation patch gap; and the paired connection radiation patches comprise: a first pair of connection radiation patches, a second pair of connection radiation patches and a third pair of connection radiation patches; the first pair of connection radiation patches connects the first loop radiation patch to the second loop radiation patch; the second pair of connection radiation patches connects the second loop radiation patch to the third loop radiation patch; and the third pair of connection radiation patches connects the third loop radiation patch to the fourth loop radiation patch.

2. The wireless charging loop antenna of claim 1, wherein the patch capacitor is disposed at an extracorporal radiation patch gap of the first loop radiation patch, or at an extracorporal radiation patch gap of the second loop radiation patch, or at an extracorporal radiation patch gap of the third loop radiation patch, or at an extracorporal radiation patch gap of the fourth loop radiation patch.

3. The wireless charging loop antenna of claim 1, wherein the at least one extracorporal radiation patch gap is disposed at any angle of the extracorporal loop radiation patch.

4. The wireless charging loop antenna of claim 1, wherein an extracorporal feed point points from one end of an extracorporal radiation patch gap of the fourth loop radiation patch to the other end of the extracorporal radiation patch gap of the fourth loop radiation patch.

5. The wireless charging loop antenna of claim 1, wherein the intracorporal planar loop antenna comprises an intracorporal antenna substrate and an intracorporal loop radiation patch; the intracorporal loop radiation patch is disposed on the intracorporal antenna substrate; and the intracorporal loop radiation patch is provided with an intracorporal radiation patch gap.

6. The wireless charging loop antenna of claim 5, wherein the intracorporal radiation patch gap is disposed at any angle of the intracorporal loop radiation patch.

7. The wireless charging loop antenna of claim 5, wherein an intracorporal feed point points from one end of the intracorporal radiation patch gap to the other end of the intracorporal radiation patch gap.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0011] This disclosure is further described below with reference to the drawings and embodiments.

[0012] FIG. 1 is an assembly diagram of a wireless charging loop antenna applied to an implantable cardiac pacemaker according to the present case;

[0013] FIG. 2 is a structure diagram of an extracorporal planar loop antenna of the wireless charging loop antenna applied to an implantable cardiac pacemaker according to the present case;

[0014] FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing size marking of the extracorporal planar loop antenna of the wireless charging loop antenna applied to an implantable cardiac pacemaker according to the present case;

[0015] FIG. 4 is a structure diagram of an intracorporal planar loop antenna of the wireless charging loop antenna applied to an implantable cardiac pacemaker according to the present case;

[0016] FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing size marking of the intracorporal planar loop antenna of the wireless charging loop antenna applied to an implantable cardiac pacemaker according to the present case;

[0017] FIG. 6 is a return loss curve of the extracorporal planar loop antenna of the wireless charging loop antenna applied to an implantable cardiac pacemaker according to the present case; and

[0018] FIG. 7 is an efficiency curve of wireless energy transmission between the extracorporal planar loop antenna and the intracorporal planar loop antenna of the wireless charging loop antenna applied to an implantable cardiac pacemaker according to the present case.

REFERENCE LIST

[0019] 1 Extracorporal planar loop antenna [0020] 2 Intracorporal planar loop antenna [0021] 3 Local human body model [0022] 4 Skin [0023] 5 Fat [0024] 6 Muscle [0025] 11 Extracorporal antenna substrate [0026] 12 Patch capacitor [0027] 13 Extracorporal radiation patch gap [0028] 14 First loop radiation patch [0029] 15 Second loop radiation patch [0030] 16 Third loop radiation patch [0031] 17 Fourth loop radiation patch [0032] 18 First pair of connection radiation patches [0033] 19 Second pair of connection radiation patches [0034] 110 Third pair of connection radiation patches [0035] 21 Intracorporal antenna substrate [0036] 22 Intracorporal loop radiation patch [0037] 23 Intracorporal radiation patch gap

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Embodiment

[0038] As shown in FIGS. 1-2, a wireless charging loop antenna, applied to an implantable cardiac pacemaker, includes an extracorporal planar loop antenna 1 and an intracorporal planar loop antenna 2. The intracorporal planar loop antenna 2 is disposed inside a body, and the extracorporal planar loop antenna 1 is disposed on a skin outside the body. The extracorporal planar loop antenna 1 includes an extracorporal antenna substrate 11, an extracorporal loop radiation patch, paired connection radiation patches and a patch capacitor 12. The extracorporal loop radiation patch is disposed on the extracorporal antenna substrate 11, the extracorporal loop radiation patch is provided with at least one extracorporal radiation patch gap 13, and the patch capacitor 12 is disposed at one of the at least one extracorporal radiation patch gap 13. The extracorporal loop radiation patch includes a first loop radiation patch 14, a second loop radiation patch 15, a third loop radiation patch 16 and a fourth loop radiation patch 17. The paired connection radiation patches include a first pair of connection radiation patches 18, a second pair of connection radiation patches 19 and a third pair of connection radiation patches 110. The second loop radiation patch 15 is disposed outside a ring of the first loop radiation patch 14, and the first pair of connection radiation patches 18 connects the first loop radiation patch 14 to the second loop radiation patch 15. The third loop radiation patch 16 is disposed outside a ring of the second loop radiation patch 15, and the second pair of connection radiation patches 19 connects the second loop radiation patch 15 to the third loop radiation patch 16. The fourth loop radiation patch 17 is disposed outside a ring of the third loop radiation patch 16, and the third pair of connection radiation patches 110 connects the third loop radiation patch 16 to the fourth loop radiation patch 17. The extracorporal loop radiation patch and the paired connection radiation patches form a circuit, and the extracorporal loop radiation patch, the paired connection radiation patches and the patch capacitor 12 are all on a same surface of the extracorporal antenna substrate 11. The patch capacitor 12 is disposed at an extracorporal radiation patch gap 13 of the first loop radiation patch 14, or at an extracorporal radiation patch gap 13 of the second loop radiation patch 15, or at an extracorporal radiation patch gap 13 of the third loop radiation patch 16, or at an extracorporal radiation patch gap 13 of the fourth loop radiation patch 17. The extracorporal radiation patch gap 13 is disposed at any angle of 0 to 360° of the extracorporal loop radiation patch, and an extracorporal feed point points from one end of the extracorporal radiation patch gap 13 of the fourth loop radiation patch 17 to the other end of the extracorporal radiation patch gap 13 of the fourth loop radiation patch 17.

[0039] The intracorporal planar loop antenna 2 includes an intracorporal antenna substrate 21 and an intracorporal loop radiation patch 22. The intracorporal loop radiation patch 22 is disposed on the intracorporal antenna substrate 21, and the intracorporal loop radiation patch 22 is provided with an intracorporal radiation patch gap 23. The intracorporal radiation patch gap 23 is broken at any angle of 0 to 360° of the intracorporal loop radiation patch. An intracorporal feed point points from one end of the intracorporal radiation patch gap 23 to the other end of the intracorporal radiation patch gap 23.

[0040] The extracorporal antenna substrate 11 is made of polytetrafluoroethylene, glass fiber reinforced polytetrafluoroethylene, glass-epoxy resin or the like, and has a thickness of 0.25 mm to 1.5 mm, a length of 5 mm to 90 mm and a width of 5 mm to 90 mm. The first loop radiation patch 14 has an inner radius of 0.5 mm to 5 mm and an outer radius of 1 mm to 10 mm. The second loop radiation patch 15 has an inner radius of 1.5 mm to 15 mm and an outer radius of 2 mm to 20 mm. The third loop radiation patch 16 has an inner radius of 2.5 mm to 25 mm, and an outer radius of 3 mm to 30 mm. The fourth annular radiation patch 17 has an inner radius of 3.5 mm to 35 mm and an outer radius of 4 mm to 40 mm. The extracorporal radiation patch gap 13 has a width of 0.3 mm to 5 mm. The paired connection radiation patches have a length of 0.5 mm to 15 mm and a width of 0.4 mm to 5 mm. A capacitance value of the patch capacitor 12 is 1 pF to 50 pF. The intracorporal antenna substrate 21 is made of polytetrafluoroethylene, glass fiber reinforced polytetrafluoroethylene, glass fiber epoxy resin or the like, and has a thickness of 0.25 mm to 1.5 mm, a length of 5 mm to 50 mm, and a width of 5 mm to 50 mm. The intracorporal loop radiation patch 22 has an inner radius of 0.5 mm to 10 mm and an outer radius of 1 mm to 20 mm. The intracorporal radiation patch gap 23 has a width of 0.5 mm to 5 mm.

[0041] In this embodiment, the detailed dimension data and labels are shown in Table 1. The extracorporal antenna substrate 11 is made of glass fiber epoxy resin having an electrical constant of 4.3, a thickness of 1.5 mm, a length of 40 mm and a width of 40 mm, and the first loop radiation patch 14 has an inner radius of 0.5 mm and an outer radius of 3.34 mm. The second loop radiation patch 15 has an inner radius of 6.06 mm and an outer radius of 12.09 mm. The third loop radiation patch 16 has an inner radius of 14.44 mm and an outer radius of 15.08 mm. The fourth loop radiating patch 17 has an inner radius of 17.1 mm and an outer radius of 17.7 mm. The first pair of connection radiation patches 18 has a length of 2.75 mm and a width of 2.47 mm. The second pair of connection radiation patches 19 has a length of 2.36 mm and a width of 1.91 mm. The third pair of connection radiation patches 110 has a length of 2.2 mm and a width of 1.67 mm. The patch capacitor 12 may be placed at a common extracorporal radiation patch gap 13 of the second loop radiation patch 15 and the third loop radiation patch 16. The extracorporal radiation patch gap 13 of the first loop radiation patch 14 has a width of 0.57 mm, the extracorporal radiation patch gap 13 of the second loop radiation patch 15 has a width of 0.5 mm, the extracorporal radiation patch gap 13 of the third loop radiation patch 16 has a width of 0.64 mm and the extracorporal radiation patch gap 13 of the fourth loop radiation patch 17 is 3.4 mm. The capacitance value of the patch capacitor 12 is 7.9 pF. The intracorporal antenna substrate 21 is made of glass fiber epoxy resin material having a dielectric constant of 4.3, and has a thickness of 1.5 mm, a length of 25.5 mm and a width of 25.5 mm. The intracorporal loop radiation patch 22 has an inner radius of 5.56 mm and an outer radius of 10.23 mm. The intracorporal radiation patch gap 23 has a width of 4.1 mm.

[0042] As shown in FIG. 5, the intracorporal planar loop antenna 2 is placed in a local human body model 3 which is 5 mm deep from a body surface, including a thickness of 2 mm of a skin 4, a thickness of 2 mm of a fat 5, and a thickness of 1 mm of a muscle 6. A dielectric constant of the skin 4 is 46.7, a dielectric constant of the fat 5 is 11.6 and a dielectric constant of the muscle 6 is 57.1. A conductivity of the skin 4 is 0.689 S/m, a conductivity of the fat 5 is 0.0808 S/m and a conductivity of the muscle 6 is 0.797 S/m. The human body model has a length of 100 mm, a width of 100 mm and a height of 15 mm. The extracorporal planar loop antenna 1 is 1 mm away from the body surface, and thus a total distance d from the extracorporal planar loop antenna 1 to the intracorporal planar loop antenna 2 is 6 mm. The extracorporal planar loop antenna 1 converts electric energy into field energy and transmits the field energy to the intracorporal planar loop antenna 2 through magnetic coupled resonance, and the intracorporal planar loop antenna 2 converts the received field energy into the electric energy to complete the process of wireless energy transmission, thereby supplying power to the implantable cardiac pacemaker. Computer simulation technology (CST) software is used for testing and analyzing, and an obtained return loss curve of the extracorporal planar loop antenna 1 is shown in FIG. 6. It can be obtained from the figure that in a case where a center frequency is 403 MHz, the return loss |S11|=−20.8 dB, the return loss |S22|=−22.2 dB, and the transmission coefficient |S21|=−2.27 dB. According to a transmission coefficient graph, an efficiency curve of wireless energy transmission between the extracorporal planar loop antenna 1 and the intracorporal planar loop antenna 2 can be obtained as shown in FIG. 7. In a case where the center frequency is 403 MHz, the energy transmission efficiency is 59.28%, which can meet the requirements for implantable medical equipment with low power consumption.

TABLE-US-00001 TABLE ONE Dimension Dimension Dimension/ Dimension Dimension Dimension/ Name Number mm Name Number mm Substrate width of the Lp 40 Substrate width of the Ls 25.5 extracorporal intracorporal planar planar loop antenna loop antenna Gap of the n.sub.P 3.4 Gap of the intracorporal n.sub.s 4.1 extracorporal planar loop antenna planar loop antenna Inner radius of the Rp 0.5 Inner radius of the Rs 5.56 extracorporal intracorporal planar planar loop antenna loop antenna Width of the first W.sub.1 2.84 Outer radius of the Rw 10.23 loop radiation intracorporal planar patch loop antenna Width of the second W.sub.2 6.04 Total distance between the d 6 loop radiation extracorporal planar patch loop antenna and the intracorporal planar loop antenna Width of the third W.sub.3 0.64 Substrate widths of t 1.5 loop radiation extracorporal planar patch loop antenna and the intracorporal planar loop antenna Width of the fourth W.sub.4 0.6 Distance between the d.sub.gap 1 loop radiation extracorporal planar patch loop antenna and the body surface Gap between the first gap1 2.72 Skin thickness d.sub.skin 2 loop radiation patch and the second loop radiation patch Gap between the gap2 2.35 Fat thickness d.sub.fat 2 second loop radiation patch and the third loop radiation patch Gap between the third gap3 2.02 Muscle thickness d.sub.muscle 1 loop radiation patch and the fourth loop radiation patch Width of the n.sub.1 0.57 extracorporal radiation patch gap of the first loop radiation patch Width of the n.sub.2 0.5 extracorporal radiation patch gap of the second loop radiation patch Width of the n.sub.3 0.64 extracorporal radiation patch gap of the third loop radiation patch Width of the first Con1 2.47 pair of connection radiation patches Width of the second Con2 1.91 pair of connection radiation patches Width of the third Con3 1.67 pair of connection radiation patches

[0043] The present disclosure has the following advantages.

[0044] 1. The wireless transmission antenna is designed to be planar and multi-loop to increase the magnetic field induction area and enhance the magnetic field density;

[0045] 2. The patch capacitor is used so that the resonance frequency is reduced to implement impedance matching, thus improving the energy transmission efficiency.