The Future of Wireless Power

Menno Treffers

London, 17 February 2017

More power

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60 – 200 Watt 200 – 2400 Watt

More choice

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Rapid Adoption

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Increasing consumer awareness

76% would use if wireless

charging were built into their smartphone

93% find wireless charging

appealing90%

have awareness of wireless charging

WPC 2016 Global Consumer Study with Toluna ResearchDecember 2016

~80% of which plan to purchase wireless charging products

£ £ £ £ £

£££

Highest volume where people charge most

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Competition, Cooperation, Intellectual Property, and Network Effects

Power for a Wireless World

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There is a battle ahead …

• Are these products compliant?

• Have they been tested?

• Are they safe?

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Fake Wireless Charging Products

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Example of a fake Qi product

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Non-certified products jeopardize consumer safety

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• Qi products must implement safety features to prevent– Metal objects getting hot

– Mobile phones getting hot

– Generating high voltages in mobile phones and other products

• Non-certified products can be a safety hazard

• The product in the example doesn’t report received power correctly and disables foreign object detection.

How to recognize a certified product

• Method 1: By the Qi logo

• Logo is allowed only on certified products

• Simple, but not very secure because the logo can easily be copied.

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How to recognize a certified product

• Method 2: By the Qi Certificate

• Issued by the WPC

• Valid only if the URL and QR code link to the same product on the WPC website

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How to recognize a certified product

• Method 3: Look up in the on-line Qi registration database

• Product is certified only when

a) Brand name, and

b) Product name, and

c) Type number

are in the on-line database

https://www.wirelesspowerconsortium.com/products/

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Looking forward

• Expect:

– Rapid adoption

– More smartphones with Qi built in

– Higher power

– Continuous innovation

• The next battle is to eliminate counterfeit products, and deliver a great, safe, user experience.

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