Certification Type: | Voluntary |
Certificate Validity: | No limit |
Local Testing: | Not required |
Local Representative: | Not required |
Marking Requirement: | No |
Modular Approval: | Not allowed |
Founded in 2008, the WPC Wireless Power Consortium is an open, collaborative standards development organization comprised of more than 300 member companies worldwide. WPC member companies include industry competitors of all sizes and ecosystem partners, representing brands from all sectors of the industry and all regions of the world. The members of the alliance work together with a common goal: to achieve universal compatibility of all wireless chargers and wireless power supplies.
As wireless charging technology continues to evolve, its application has expanded from consumer handheld devices to many new areas, such as laptops, tablets, drones, robots, connected cars, and smart wireless kitchens. WPC develops and maintains a number of standards for a wide variety of wireless charging applications, including:
- Qi standard for smartphones and other portable mobile devices. Qi currently supports up to 15W of charging power. This figure will be further increased to 200W in the future, enabling wireless charging of laptops on top of charging mobile phones and other portable mobile devices, and giving full positioning freedom.
- The Ki wireless kitchen standard, for kitchen appliances, can support up to 2200W charging power.
- The Light Electric Vehicle (LEV) standard, which makes wireless charging of light electric vehicles such as e-bikes and scooters faster, safer, smarter and more convenient at home and on the go.
- An industrial wireless charging standard for safe and convenient wireless power transfer to charge robots, AGVs, drones, and other industrial automation machinery.
- There are now more than 7,500 Qi-certified wireless charging products on the market. WPC verifies the safety, interoperability and suitability of products through its independent and authorized testing laboratories around the world.
CTTL-Terminal Lab is a WPC Authorized Test Laboratory (ATL).