TowerJazz and MAPS Launch First Resonant Wireless Power Transfer (Rx Chip) for Mobile Devices; New Paradigm Enables Charging at Much Greater Distances
Worldwide revenues from wireless power devices to exceed
MIGDAL HAEMEK,
Korea’s mobile market is one of the strongest in the world. MAPS, as a
local fabless company, has a high potential to be dominant in the
wireless charging market as the trend moves from inductive to resonant.
A recent report from
MAPS’ exclusive technology, combined with TowerJazz’s 0.18um Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS (BCD) process, enabled the first successful resonant wireless power transfer (WPT) product in the market. Although inductive WPT was already introduced by others, the resonant type that MAPS has developed using TowerJazz’s BCD process is a first of its kind and offers wireless power charging at greater distances than ever before.
TowerJazz’s 0.18um BCD process combines high-density digital CMOS,
embedded non-volatile memory, and area-efficient high voltage devices
with a sophisticated design kit that allows the optimization of
performance and die size and enables the fast introduction of innovative
and cost-effective products. The process design kit (PDK) includes
accurate analog models with
“TowerJazz’s support, based on our strategic partnership, contributed to the success of our technology development. This offering is significant for both MAPS and TowerJazz as it is the leading product in the market that can possibly bring big production volume in the near future,” said Shin Hyunick, Chief Executive Officer of MAPS.
“We are excited that MAPS was successful using our 0.18um BCD process to
launch, in a very short time frame, its resonant wireless power transfer
as the first in the market. We will continually work closely with MAPS
to support mass production of the product. Moreover, as MAPS has diverse
roadmaps in addition to mobile products, we expect our capabilities can
support upcoming projects in other areas as well and bring about a
win-win result,” said
Availability
MAPS is currently sampling the product to various smartphone and battery manufacturers and is working on system co-development. The current charging efficiency of the receiver IC (Rx) is over 80%.
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