Evaluation of High-Frequency Leakage Current from Air-Core Transcutaneous Energy Transmission System by Comparison of Circuit Measurements and Simulations
Evaluation of High-Frequency Leakage Current from Air-Core Transcutaneous Energy Transmission System by Comparison of Circuit Measurements and Simulations
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10.1109/apccas47518.2019.8953159
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2019-11
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Shunsuke Takahashi;K. Shiba
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作者:
Shunsuke Takahashi;K. Shiba
Usage of the air-core transcutaneous energy transmission system (TETS) is a method that shows great potential with respect to the supply of energy to ventricular assist devices. The TETS is composed of two coils of the transformer with spirally wound conductive wires; the primary (external) coil is fitted outside the body and the secondary (internal) coil is embedded in the subcutaneous tissue of a patient. Here, it should be noted that high-frequency leakage current (HFLC) from the TETS can flow between the primary and secondary coils into the ground because of the capacitive coupling of the coils and human tissue, and we developed air-core coils and covered them with an insulation cloth made of cotton and polyethylene terephthalate sheets in this study. We analyzed the HFLC of a TETS using a circuit simulator and designed a circuit model of a TETS using SIMetrix SPICE, we created a circuit model of TETS consisting of a regulated DC power supply, inverter circuit, High-frequency isolation transformer, transcutaneous transformer, rectifier circuit, and load resistance. The parasitic capacitance was based on the datasheet of MOSFET which was used in actual measurement. The respective circuit parameter (e.g. inductance of the primary and the secondary coil) was used as the measurement value of LCR meter at the transmitting frequency of 207 kHz, the HFLC was analyzed using transmitting powers of 10–30 W. The results showed that the simulated value of the HFLC was 3.40 mA, and the measured value was 3.93 ±0.32 mA at 15 W of output power. These results are seen to be in good agreement.