Another embodiment provides a method for non-contact power transfer including establishing communication between a power transmitter device and a power receiver device, and negotiating power transfer requirements between the power transmitter device and the power receiver device. The method also includes providing a first alternating current to a transmitter coil of the power transmitter device, and generating, using the transmitter coil, an oscillating magnetic field. The method further includes generating a second alternating current in a receiver coil of the power receiver device based on the oscillating magnetic field, and converting the second alternating current to output power. The method also includes providing the output power to a load of the power receiver device. The second alternating current is a single phase alternating current and converting the second alternating current to the output power includes converting the single-phase alternating current to multi-phase alternating current.

Another embodiment provides a method for non-contact power transfer including establishing communication between a power transmitter device and a power receiver device, and negotiating power transfer requirements between the power transmitter device and the power receiver device. The method also includes providing a first alternating current to a transmitter coil of the power transmitter device. The first alternating current is a multi-phase alternating current. The method further includes generating, using the transmitter coil, an oscillating magnetic field, and generating a second alternating current in a receiver coil of the power receiver device based on the oscillating magnetic field. The method also includes converting the second alternating current to output power, and providing the output power to a load of the power receiver device.