Planar wireless charging technology for portable electronic products and Qi

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1290-1301

  Hui, S Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer electronics; contactless charging; wireless power standard Qi; wireless power transfer

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; MAGNETIC COUPLINGS;

CONTACTLESS CHARGING; HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT; PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES; SHORT RANGE APPLICATIONS; WIRELESS POWER; WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER;

INDUCTIVE POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84877922023     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2013.2246531     Document Type: Article

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