1. Report on the platform establishment of medium-range wireless power transfer technology for smart home application, including: User requirements, feasibility and IP analyses for high-Q resonator (e.g., rigid or flexible substrate), automatic impedance matching (e.g., devices, sensors, passive components, matching algorithm) and wireless quick charging circuit; Tx / Rx IC design and verification; Sensors, components & power modules design methodologies and tools. [Completion Date: 6 months after the project start] 2. Report on the development of medium-range wireless power transfer system for smart home applications, including: High-Q resonator structure (e.g., rigid or flexible substrate) design, modeling & simulation, prototype sample builds, performance testing & evaluation; Automatic impedance matching (e.g., devices, sensors, components, algorithms) circuit design, high power current sensor & high voltage tunable capacitor design, modeling & simulation, prototype sample builds, and performance testing & evaluation; Tx / Rx IC tape-out and performance testing & evaluation; Wireless quick charging circuit design, modeling & simulation, prototype sample builds, and performance testing & evaluation. [Completion Date: 12 months after the project start] 3. Report on the integration of the medium-range wireless power transfer product for smart home applications, including: Tx/Rx IC samples with the output power >= 33W; Integrated system with the output power >= 33W, simultaneous PRUs >= 7 and distance >= 150mm; System field test results and long-term reliability evaluation; Sensors, components & power modules manufacturing process recipes, reliability tests and failure analyses. [Completion Date: 18 months after the project start] 4. Contract Service Deliverables with Customer (1) : Report on the design, sample build and testing of wireless charging module for consumer electronic applications. [Completion Date: 18 months after the project start] 5. Contract service deliverables with customer (3) : (a) Design report on power module and control circuit module including interconnect design, substrate design, package design, and electrical modeling & simulation. (b) Report on engineering sample build, electrical testing and performance evaluation of power module and engineering sample build of control circuit module. [Completion Date: 15 months after the project start]1. Report on the platform establishment of medium-range wireless power transfer technology for smart home application, including: User requirements, feasibility and IP analyses for high-Q resonator (e.g., rigid or flexible substrate), automatic impedance matching (e.g., devices, sensors, passive components, matching algorithm) and wireless quick charging circuit; Tx / Rx IC design and verification; Sensors, components & power modules design methodologies and tools. [Completion Date: 6 months after the project start] 2. Report on the development of medium-range wireless power transfer system for smart home applications, including: High-Q resonator structure (e.g., rigid or flexible substrate) design, modeling & simulation, prototype sample builds, performance testing & evaluation; Automatic impedance matching (e.g., devices, sensors, components, algorithms) circuit design, high power current sensor & high voltage tunable capacitor design, modeling & simulation, prototype sample builds, and performance testing & evaluation; Tx / Rx IC tape-out and performance testing & evaluation; Wireless quick charging circuit design, modeling & simulation, prototype sample builds, and performance testing & evaluation. [Completion Date: 12 months after the project start] 3. Report on the integration of the medium-range wireless power transfer product for smart home applications, including: Tx/Rx IC samples with the output power >= 33W; Integrated system with the output power >= 33W, simultaneous PRUs >= 7 and distance >= 150mm; System field test results and lo
Guangdong Fenghua Advanced Technology (Holding) Co., Ltd
L Lab Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited (“L Lab”)
Silicon Micro-System Technologies (Shanghai), Inc. ("SMS")
Wireless power transfer (WPT) is believed to be one of the most promising technologies with wide application prospect. It has superior flexibility and portability over conventional wired power transfer. WPT is a fundamental technology that can be used by various electronic products. The flexibility and new usage scenario introduced may have profound impact on the whole CE industry. However, the existing induction-based WPT technology has the limitations of short charging distance, high position alignment and single loading per device, etc. Therefore, a more advanced and long-term WPT solution is desired by the industry. This project aims to develop the medium-range power transfer solution based on magnetic resonant coupling theory. The deliverables consist of 4 key technologies: automatic impedance matching (sensing component, matching circuit and control algorithm); resonator with uniform magnetic field generation; wireless quick charge circuit and Tx/Rx IC for higher power wireless charging. The reference design of the WPT module has a targeted performance of transmission power bigger than 33W, charging distance larger than 15cm, and supporting multiple device simultaneously charging. It will become a wireless power technology platform for various electronic products and applications. Wireless power transfer product is a rapid growing market worldwide. The market size is forecasted to exceed 12 Billion dollar by year 2020. The WPT module to be developed in this project can be installed in home or in public area to provide charging function for the end users; it also can be embedded in various wearable electronics, portable devices, smart manufacturing facilities as well as electronic cars. It will bring big economic returns and social benefits to both local and overseas industries.