Large-area wireless charging enabled by metamaterials: integration of the novel technology into existing wireless-power infrastructure

该项目是一项可行性研究，旨在采用Metaboards的超材料技术，使用最近广泛采用的无线电源联盟（Qi）标准，在大型充电面上为多种移动智能手机设备和配件供电和充电。该项目的主要成果是一项可以集成到市场准备产品中的技术。该项目将使Metaboards能够以经济有效的方式发展其产品组合，这将使我们能够解决新的细分市场和客户。今天的无线充电仅限于电源和接收器之间的紧密对齐。由于用户体验不佳，无线的采用速度很慢：对用户来说，这并不是远离现有有线充电的重大一步。自由对齐将促进用户对无线充电的采用。Metaboards的技术将满足对大面积、灵活和可扩展的无线电源解决方案的需求，在这种解决方案中，能量可以在不需要校准的情况下路由到接收器设备。这使我们能够创造更灵活、更实用的无线电源解决方案。Metaboards的专利技术可用于许多不同的环境，包括家庭、办公室和公共空间。Metaboards Ltd是一家英国初创公司，基于将超材料技术应用于商业应用的原则而成立。凭借我们在超材料、电气和电子工程方面的专业知识以及相关的业务经验，我们可以为无线电力传输提供改变游戏规则的技术，并推动其在消费电子领域的广泛市场采用。

This project is a feasibility study into adapting Metaboards' metamaterial technology for powering and charging multiple mobile smartphone devices and accessories anywhere on a large charging surface using the recently and widely-adopted Wireless Power Consortium (Qi) standard. The main outcome of this project is a technology that can be integrated into market-ready products. This project will enable Metaboards to grow its product portfolio in a cost-effective way that will allow us to address new market segments and customers.Wireless charging today is limited to close alignment between power source and receiver. The adoption of wireless is slow due to poor user experience: to the user, this is not a significant step away from existing wired charging. Freedom of alignment would enhance the adoption of wireless charging among users. Metaboards' technology will address the need for large area, flexible and scalable wireless power solutions, where energy can be routed to the receiver devices without the need for alignment. This allows us to create more flexible and functional wireless power solutions. Metaboards' proprietary technology can be used in many different environments, including home, office and public spaces.Metaboards Ltd is a UK start-up, founded on the principle of using metamaterials technologies in commercial applications. With our expertise in metamaterials and electrical and electronic engineering and relevant business experience, we can deliver a game-changing technology for wireless power transfer and drive its adoption to a wide market within the consumer electronics sector.