Energous Corporation Announces Active Energy Harvesting Developer Kit Supporting Over-The-Air Wireless Charging
July 14, 2021 at 11:30 am
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Energous Corporation announced the availability of its 5.5W Active Energy Harvesting Developer Kit, to enable at-a-distance wireless charging for the growing ecosystem of industrial Internet of Things and other connected devices. Unlike passive solutions that harvest ambient energy from the surrounding environment, which typically offer extremely low amounts of power and can be unpredictable in terms of how much power is available, Energous’ active energy harvesting solution includes a dedicated transmitter that emits 5.5W of conducted power in a specific area or direction via its RF-based, WattUp wireless charging technology. This RF-based energy is harvested by Energous-enabled receiving devices, which can be combined with RF energy harvesting IC technology from e-peas. The Energous 5.5W active energy harvesting solution supports “one to many” charging, allowing multiple devices to be simultaneously charged from a single transmitter. Energous active energy harvesting technology is applicable to a wide range of industries and applications, from drug storage monitors and patient trackers in a healthcare setting, to smoke detectors and motion sensors in a smart home, to fault prevention and other safety sensors in an industrial environment. The 5.5W WattUp Active Energy Harvesting Developer Kit includes e-peas’ power management IC technology with a broad array of Energous’ IP including: DA4100 highly integrated system-on-chip (SoC) wireless power transfer (WPT) transmitter IC; EN3921 Power Amplifier Controller; EN3913 High-Efficiency, GaN, Power Amplifier Module; and e-peas’ AEM30940 RF energy harvesting IC solution.
Energous Corporation is a developer of radio frequency (RF)-based charging for wireless power networks. The Companyâs total network solution is designed to support a variety of applications, including inventory and asset tracking, smart manufacturing, electronic shelf labels, Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, digital supply chain management, inventory management, loss prevention, patient/people tracking and sustainability initiatives. It has developed its wireless power networks technology (WPNT), consisting of semiconductor chipsets, software controls, hardware designs and antennas, that enable RF-based charging for IoT devices. The WPNT has a broad spectrum of capabilities to enable the next generation of wireless power networks, delivering power and data in a device portfolio. This includes near field and at-a-distance wireless charging with multiple power levels at various distances. Its networks are powering its customerâs RF-based systems in a variety of industries.