Simultaneous High-Efficiency Power Delivery and Energy-Efficient Forward Data Transmission Over Single Inductive Link.

This paper presents a system for simultaneous wireless power and data transfer (SWPDT) over a single inductive link. We design the frequency-splitting inductive link to address the trade-off between high power transfer efficiency (PTE) and high data rate (DR). An active rectifier is designed for high power conversion efficiency. Forward data communication is based on frequency-shift keying (FSK) modulation to support high DR transmission while delivering uninterrupted power. Moreover, we proposed low-power FSK demodulation circuits to further improve the energy efficiency of the data demodulation. The system is implemented with 180nm CMOS process and occupies an area of 0.836mm(2). The post-layout simulation results show that the overall PTE (including the resonant tanks and the active rectifier) of the SWPDT system can be up to 76.5% while delivering 40mW power to the load. Meanwhile, a data rate of 1.11Mbps can be achieved. The power consumption for data demodulation is 69.1 mu W, showing an energy efficiency of 62.2pJ/bit. The proposed SWPDT system based on a single inductive link shows potential for implantable biomedical applications.