Wireless charging for electric vehicles (EVs) enjoys many benefits, such as convenience, safety, and automation. One of the major issues concerning EV wireless charging is misalignment tolerance along the door-to-door direction of the EV . This letter proposes a misalignment-tolerant dual-transmitter EV wireless charging system with a reconfigurable topology. At central positions, the system can be reconfigured to the S-S (series-series) topology where the two transmitting coils are connected in series to feed the load. At boundary positions, the two transmitting coils form the LCCC-S (inductor-capacitor-capacitor-capacitor-series) topology to enhance power transfer capability and tolerate weak couplings. In this way, not only the output power can be smoothed with door-to-door misalignment, but also wireless charging is guaranteed at weak couplings. Experimental results reveal that within the cover area of the transmitting coils, high-efficiency stable output can be achieved.

reconfigurable;misalignment tolerance;dual transmitter;wireless charging;wireless power transfer