Compare: Wireless power technology

Focus:

This blog entry provides an overview/update on the various wireless power standards and proprietary systems that are currently in the marketplace. It comments both on technical and market issues relating to adoption of wireless power technology. In terms of the technical, it provides a brief comparison of the technical differences between the various approaches including a chart that lists the frequency bands for the five different wireless power standards/proprietary systems as well as other characteristics such as frequencies used for communications, degree of coupling between Rx and Tx coils, and spatial freedom. Another chart compares the impact of each frequency band on compliance with emission standards, efficiency, and cost. The author gives his assessment of the technical and business merits of the different approaches.

What you’ll learn:

• How to understand the differences between various wireless power standards/proprietary systems
• How to understand what frequency bands are being used for wireless power transmission

Notes:

You must register on the Freescale website to access this blog material.

View the Source

Author & Publication:

Yves Legrand in The Embedded Beat blog, Vendor website, Nov 30 2012

This article summary appears
in the HOW2POWER Design Guide.

The Design Guide offers
organized access to
hundreds of articles
on dozens of power conversion
and power management topics.

The Design Guide search results
include exclusive summaries
and accurate "how to" analysis
to help you make faster,
more informed decisions.

Search
for more articles