Patent attributes
In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, a wireless power transmitter includes a transmit coil that includes a plurality of concentric coils; a switch circuit coupled to the plurality of concentric coils; a driver coupled to provide a voltage to the switch circuit; and a controller coupled to the switch circuit, the controller providing control signals to the switch circuit selecting to provide the voltage across one or more of the plurality of concentric coils depending on a Q-factor measuring in the presence of a receive coil. A method of operating a wireless power transmitter includes determining a measured Q-factor for each of a plurality of configurations of concentric transmit coils; determining a difference between each of the measured Q-factors and a standard Q-factor; and selecting one of the plurality of configurations based on the differences.
