A4WP创始者高通加盟WPC，推动无线充电标准融合

高通(Qualcomm)表示将加盟无线充电产业组织 WPC (Wireless Power Consortium)，该组织是该公司所创始的另一无线充电产业组织 A4WP (Alliance for Wireless Power)的对手阵营；高通此举是为了鼓励市场对共振(resonant)/松散耦合(loosely coupled)无线充电技术的采用。 高 通同时支持两大无线产业组织的消息，是因为 WPC 主席Menno Treffers 所发表的一篇博客文章，透露高通与美国电信业者Verizon Wireless加入该组织。高通的WiPower 技术与A4WP 的1.0版磁共振充电技术规规格一致；该技术可同时进行数个设备的充电，且具备充电平台上设备摆放位置的弹性。 A4WP的支持者包括创始成员高通、三星(Samsung)、英特尔(Intel)等大厂，以及其它超过50家厂商成员；WPC则是一家历史更悠久、成员数更多且标准更成熟的组织。 高 通在提供给EETimes美国版的声明稿中表示，该公司的目标是藉由与其它产业创新者更紧密的合作，提供一个机会以进行全球性单一共振无线充电技术的标准 化工作；该公司表示，WPC先前宣布计划转向发展类似高通与A4WP所开发的一种共振/松散耦合无线充电技术，透过加盟WPC，高通能贡献其无线充电技术 专长，并将目光投向无线充电标准的融合。 此外高通强调，该公司做为A4WP创始成员与董事会成员的身分，并不影响其加入WPC的决策：“A4WP代表最成熟、最佳实现的共振充电技术标准，高通相信WPC可利用到A4WP已经完成的共振无线充电技术。” 高通并表示，该公司已经自2013年3月起推出A4WP标准评估工具，并预期该公司采用A4WP标准无线充电技术的产品，将在2014年初开始出货。 本文授权编译自EE Times，版权所有，谢绝转载 编译：Judith Cheng 参考英文原文：Qualcomm Explains Wireless Charging Move，by Peter Clarke

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{pagination} Qualcomm Explains Wireless Charging Move Peter Clarke Qualcomm has said it has chosen to join the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC), a rival organization to the Qualcomm-founded Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP), to encourage the broad adoption of resonant and loosely coupled wireless charging. The news that Qualcomm was backing two industry organizations emerged when WPC chairman Menno Treffers published a blog announcing that Qualcomm and Verizon Wireless had joined the organization (see Qualcomm Move Raises Wireless Charging Questions). Qualcomm's WiPower technology is in line with A4WP v1.0 which specifies magnetic resonance technology that is capable of simultaneous charging multiple devices and is flexible with regard to the positioning of devices on a charging platter. A4WP has the backing of co-founders Qualcomm and Samsung, Intel, which has done its own R&D on resonant magentic charging technology and more than 50 other companies. However, WPC is an older organization with more members and more mature standards. In a statement supplied to EE Times Qualcomm said: "Qualcomm aims to provide the opportunity to standardize around a single global implementation of resonant wireless power technology by working more closely with other industry innovators. The WPC has previously announced plans to move toward a resonant/loosely coupled wireless power similar to that being developed by Qualcomm WiPower and the A4WP. By joining the WPC, Qualcomm can bring its expertise in resonant wireless power to bear and to look toward harmonization across wireless power standards." Qualcomm added that its status as a founder and board member at A4WP was unaffected by its decision to join WPC. "A4WP represents the most mature and best implementation of resonant charging. It is Qualcomm's belief that the WPC can leverage the work in resonant wireless charging that has been completed by the A4WP." Qualcomm also said that it started shipping A4WP evaluation kits to companies in March 2013 and that it expects products incorporating A4WP-compliant wireless charging to begin shipping early in 2014.