Resonant Inductive Coupling Wireless Power Transfer is a key technology to provide an efficient and harmless wireless energy channel to consumer electronics, biomedical implants and wireless sensor networks. However, there are two factors that are limiting the applicability of this technology: the effects of distance variation between transmitter and receiver and the effects of interfering objects. While distance variation in WPT has been thoroughly studied, the effects of interfering objects in resonant inductive coupling links are still unclear. In this article we propose a new circuit-based analytical model that predicts the behavior of a resonant inductive coupled link in the presence of interfering objects and verify the obtained results with a Finite Element Field Solver.

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