Wireless charging reference designs widen application-net

Wireless charging and fast charging are two important features on latest smart phones. Although some of the smart phones facing battery issues, fast charging is already a sought-after feature in latest Smart phones. Wireless charging too a fast-growing trend among smartphone users. Year 2015 has seen significant growth in usage of wireless charging for smart phones. And the trend is continued in the year 2016 and expected to see Wireless charging in lot more mid-range phones in year 2017 and further. One of the semiconductor vendor who is progressing well in this area is Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT), which had successfully launched below 5 Watts reference designs for wireless charging has now added 15W wireless power reference design kit meeting the latest Wireless Power Consortium Qi 1.2.2 specs. Operating at efficiency of 87%, the new reference design is suitable for charging high power portables such as tablet computers, industrial portable scanners, Bluetooth speakers and mobile accessories such as charging pads, smartphone sleeves and cases. So its not only smart phones having cordless charging, the overall application of wireless charging is widened to cover lot more devices with the power range increasing. Chris Stephens, general manager of IDT’s Wireless Power Division said “Our wireless power chips are in products from many of the world’s most resp...