Wireless charging is a new technology good to charge almost any device − smartphones, tablets, wireless speakers, mice, keyboards, wearables, digital cameras − and many more battery-powered devices. You can charge a device to charge automatically by placing it on a surface without bothering with plugs or cables. Most wireless chargers are Qi-certified and can be used with Qi-enabled smartphones, while some cellphones require a special case or receiver to charge. Nowadays, wireless charging can coexist with NFC (Near Field Communication) and Bluetooth, allowing for very creative solutions such as paired phones charging each other.
If you are curious to design your own wireless charger, here are some industry-standard reference designs targeting a variety of applications including smartphones, automobiles, electronics point of sale terminals (ePOS), PC accessories, and more. Each design is equipped with complete documentation for quick time to market and easy development. Take a look!
5W Automotive Wireless Charger For Smartphones:
This is a 5W wireless transmitter designed for automotive wireless charging applications. The design is Qi-certified as a WPC-A13 transmitter type and uses multi-coil to support any Qi-enabled smartphone. Advanced features such as NFC, CAN, touch sense, and robust foreign object detection algorithm are supported. The design also addresses automotive specific issues such as EMC, key FOB and Start/Stop. More on this Reference design.
15W Wireless Charger For Smart phones/ePOS Terminals/Battery Banks:Â
Freescale offers a reference design of a wireless charging transmitter with target applications including mobile phone chargers, Tablet PCs, Point-of-sale terminals, hand-held medical devices, mobile phone accessories such as battery banks and active phone sleeves. The reference design uses Freescale’s innovative wireless charging transmit controller IC to perform digital demodulation on incoming signals from the receiver. This unique feature provides a major reduction in BOM costs and reduces the PCB footprint. An additional feature of the solution is robust foreign object detection (FOD) which detects metallic objects, such as aluminum or steel objects which may be present in the charging environment. More on this Reference Design
Wireless Charger For Wearables:Â
TI’s Qi-compliant wireless charger design is suitable for low power wearable devices such as smart clothing, smart watches, ID tags, portable medical meters, ECG, etc. Designed for 135mA charge current application, the design features an ultra small size (5x15mm2), and utilizes a Qi compliant wireless receiver (bq51003) and ultra low current 1 cell Li-ion linear charger (bq25100). More on this Reference DesignÂ
Great This will resolve major problem of carrying multiple chargers for those who keep traveling with multiple mobile phones also usefully for the complete family members to charge their phones together