EPC’s Wireless Power Fix: Get a Load of This Antenna

January 16, 2018

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CES 2018 – Las Vegas, NV

Jan. 12, 2018

Wireless power, the ability to deliver electricity to gadgets without plugging those gadgets into a cable, is a hotbed of innovation at the moment. The dominant standard, called “Qi,” is ever under attack from other efforts.

There are other contenders. On Wednesday in Las Vegas, during the Consumer Electronics Show, I met with Alex Lidow, who is founder of a privately held chip company EPC of El Segundo, California.

Alex Lidow, founder of Efficient Power Conversion Inc., shows off a novel antenna design to help make possible large charging surfaces for magnetic resonance.