Apple released a new iPhone and charging pad AirPower for wireless charging technology in its September launch using the Qi wireless charging standard.It is expected that AirPower will be able to charge up to three devices that support the Qi standard at most once in 2018 including the iPhone, Apple Watch and AirPods. Followed by the end of October came Apple's acquisition of wireless charging company PowerbyProxi news.
According to Computerworld reports, Creative Strategies analysis pointed out that the reason Apple phase PowerbyProxi, because of the company's technology has the possibility of multiple applications in the future everyone's home there will be more and more devices need to charge, in addition to the iPhone, there are mice , Stylus, Apple TV remote control, etc., these are business opportunities.
PowerbyProxi, headquartered in Auckland, USA, is a member of the Steering Committee of the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC), a consortium that spearheaded the evolution of Qi technology standards. PowerbyProxi products charge from 2 Watts to 150 Watts, Including wireless rechargeable AA batteries.
PowerbyProxi just started selling large-scale systems for building, telecommunications, defense and agriculture, such as wireless control systems used in wind farms, and most recently focused on the development of charging boxes and bowls and the ability to place multiple devices together Into, synchronous charging.
Qi is the industry's most popular wireless charging standard, the latest v1.2 technology version of the charging power of 5 W to 15 W. Apple's latest iPhone 8 Series and iPhone X choose to use 7.5-watt specifications.
Charging devices using Qi technology charge from less than 1 watt to more than 2,000 watts, so they can charge large appliances, and charge up to 15 watts for mobile devices at the same speed as wireless and wireline charging .
The Qi standard not only supports tightly-coupled but also loosely-coupled inductive charging, so the mobile device can be wirelessly charged for as little as 1.75 inches near the charging pad. In other words, the device does not necessarily need to be charged Precise on a specific location.
PowerbyProxi has developed prototypes of charge plates that can be vertically charged wirelessly, and mobile devices are also capable of charging up to 1.25 inches vertically from the charge plate.In 2014, the company demonstrated its highly resonant bowl-charging system with 7.5 watts of charging power, Thin devices that can be filled, including smart phones and phablets, have no effect even if the devices overlap.
The company's next-generation system delivers up to 15 watts of charging power, charging a single tablet or multiple smartphones or tablets using a box-shaped or bowl-shaped, uncovered container. PowerbyProxi's technology provides downward Qi support for Apple's latest iPhone technology standards.
PowerbyProxi's wireless charging products are proof-of-concept, and the company has partnered with Samsung, Texas Instruments and Linear to produce hardware according to design prototypes.