Strive : Open Hardware Contest

Registration Form
1. Team Info :

Name of the Team :

Team Leader: Anupam shekhawat

Number of members in the Team (Should not

exceed 4) :

Name of other
members who have
contributed in the
model but won’t be
there in
presentation(if any)

Details :
S. Name of Team Email id Contact No.
No. Members
1. Anupam Anupam.shekhawat@yahoo.com 9251633157
shekhawat
2. Himanshu himanshu_sharma_257@yahoo.i 9829972609
sharma n
3. Kshitij lamba kshitijlamba0110@yahoo.co.in 9929589845
4.

Contact Address :

52/522,sector-5
Pratap Nagar,Sanganer,Jaipur[Raj]-302033

Phone: +91- 9251633157,9782667902

2. Project Details
Name of the Project:

WIRELESS BATTERY CHARGER

A brief description of the project (in not more than 150 words):

This project covers the basic design of the wireless battery charger. This charger will convert
the RF/ microwave signal at 900 MHz frequency into a DC signal, and then store the power
into an AAA & a mobile battery. The project is divided into 3 parts: Transmitter, Antenna,
and the Charging circuit. Specification of the battery charger will be provided after data
measurements. This report also includes component list, cost of the product, data results, and
other key information.

Underlying Principles / Technical Details (include any relevant

schematics, circuit diagrams, drawings and photos (preferable) or video) :

The design is divided into three subsystems: the transmitter, the antenna, and the charging circuit.
This charger will charge the battery by utilizing the microwave signal at 900 MHz frequency. It
will convert the microwave signal to DC signal, and then it will use the DC signal to charge the
battery. Following are the design specifications of the charger circuit.
Design Specifications
Source frequencies: 900 MHz
Charging distance: 10 m
Voltage output: 2.0V
Power output: 60 mW
Battery type: One AAA

The final design of the wireless battery charger consists of: these major components:
1. Transmitter
2. Yagi antennas
3. Full-wave rectifier circuit
4. RC circuit
5. Battery holder
Problems encountered in implementing the project and proposed
solution to it:
Difficulties faced in the project were that the team spent excess amount of time to search the
parts for our project. Too much time was spent in searching the diodes, and then we found out
later that we could not use them due to the unmatched frequencies. At first, we planned to use
the 2.4 GHz frequency, and then we changed to 20 MHz and then 900 MHz later due to the
restriction from the equipment in the laboratory. So all the parts were searched and bought as
early as possible. Then each member had to look around and spend time searching and
ordering new parts for our project again, and this took a lot of time and the was delayed.
Consequently, we were behind the schedule. However, we could overcome this difficulty
successfully and accomplish our project on time.

Proposed Applications of the project:

The working prototype uses Yagi-Uda antenna for the design. The prototype may not seem
like an attractive design for today’s wireless devices; however it could be implemented into
other applications. For instance, it could be implemented onto devices in the tower and used
when needed .The team strives to improve the wireless charger using the spiral patch
antennas in the future. The spiral antenna can be tuned for a wider range of frequencies
instead of just tuned to one particular frequency. In addition, the spiral antenna is smaller at
higher frequency, small enough to fit in a cell phone or any wireless devices. The multiple
rectifier design will also increase the received power. Therefore, these improvements show
that this project still holds valid for the market demands.

Any other relevant information:

In conclusion, power loss and efficiency are the major problems in this design. Our design
team has noticed the potential problem whether the converted DC power will be significant
enough to charge up the battery. Therefore, the characteristics of the diodes should be
mounted directly onto the antenna for minimum power dissipation. In addition to harmonics,
the nonlinear diode creates a DC-bias in the resonant circuit which can be extracted without
affecting the RF/ microwave characteristics of the resonant circuit. The time varying voltage
and current relationship at the physical point of the diode in the cavity determines the loss in
the diode and, consequently, the RF/ microwave to DC efficiency.
3. Present State:

What is the present state of the project :

Almost complete.

By when is the project supposed to be completed:

Before 7 feb.

Has the project been displayed in any other competition (If Yes
then please mention in which competition)*
*this is just for additional information and has nothing to do with the
chances of a project being selected for the exhibition
This is first time we are presenting our project.

A brief on demonstration (a brief over what your demonstration is

going to be and what you are going to exhibit out here) :
As discussed previously, there have been projects completed to lay the foundation for this
research. One of these projects involved the charging of a cellular phone battery directly from
a charge pump. The results of this experiment were sufficient to provide a starting point. The
previous project used the same charge pump we have chosen, i.e., stages of voltage doublers.
3. Infrastructure Requirements :

Power Supply (we will only provide you with 220V standard supply, for
anything else please come in prepared) :
(Please specify how many socket do you require)
3-5 socket will be needed

Any Other Requirements (Please specify your requirements) :

Tables

5. Budget Analysis
A Detailed Costing Analysis of the Project (essential, try being as
precise as possible):
Approximately 18,000/-

Declaration :
We hereby declare that the project described above is an original work of
our team and all help taken from external sources has been duly
mentioned.

Note :

1) It is expected that you have carefully gone through the Rules &
Regulations of the event available on the site before filling in this
registration form. Any discrepancies later won’t be taken care of.
2) You can attach your own sheet of paper if the space provided is
insufficient. (Please avoid unnecessary description)
3) Do attach any pictures or videos pertaining to your project. This
will help us gain a better insight into the project.
4) Registration form should reach us by mail (softcopy) or post
(hardcopy) before 10th January, 2010.
5) For online abstract submission, subject of the mail should be
“Endeavour : Strive_Abstract_<Team Name>”.

Postal Address :
Mr. Pavan Sharma
Room No. C - 216, Hall-5
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Kanpur 208016, India

Website : http://www.techkriti.org

Email : endeavour@techkriti.org or techkriti11.endeavour@gmail.com