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WattUp Distance Wireless Charging Coming To Major-Brand Phone

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Apr 7, 2016, 7:55 PM by Rich Brome

Energous has revealed that a "tier 1" consumer electronics company has agreed to implement WattUp wireless charging technology in a number of consumer products, including a phone. WattUp is an RF-based wireless charging technology that can be implemented in a number of ways, including transmitters that can send power wirelessly up to 15 feet, using a large array of antennas and beam-forming technology to send focused energy in the 5.8 GHz radio band. Smaller transmitters using fewer antennas can be pocket-sized, but only send power about an inch. In both cases, typical power sent is about a half a watt, enough to charge a wearable, or trickle-charge a phone, although higher power is possible with more antennas and shorter distances. Energous representative Gordon Bell gave an example of a computer monitor with the company's transmitters built into the bezel, that could wirelessly charge any wearable device on the user's desk, or trickle-charge a phone. A wearable device might ship with a small WattUp charger in the form of a USB stick, eliminating the need for a wired charger and wired connector. WattUp receiver antennas are smaller than wireless charging antennas from competitors such as Qi. Energous expects this tier-1 manufacturer to release WattUp-enabled products by the end of this year or early next year. Further details about products and configurations has yet to be announced.

source: Energous

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Editor in Chief Rich became fascinated with cell phones in 1999, creating mobile web sites for phones with tiny black-and-white displays and obsessing over new phone models. Realizing a need for better info about phones, he started Phone Scoop in 2001, and has been helming the site ever since. Rich has spent two decades researching and covering every detail of the phone industry, traveling the world to tour factories, interview CEOs, and get every last spec and photo Phone Scoop readers have come to expect. As an industry veteran, Rich is a respected voice on phone technology of the past, present, and future.

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