US WPT Deployments Hinge on FCC RF Action: Energous
The FCC needs to “diligently move forward” on RF exposure rules “specific” to wireless power transfer devices, or the U.S. risks “losing its leadership role in the WPT industry,” said an Energous filing posted Monday in docket 19-226. “Commission action…
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is needed to enable U.S. companies and consumers to realize the substantial benefits that can be derived in the near term from the further deployment of WPT technologies.” Energous electronics manufacturer customers are “clamoring for access to its technology for deployment in the U.S. market” for enabling wireless charging of devices over distances of more than 1 meter (39 inches), it said. But until the FCC acts on the WPT issues raised in its 2019 RF NPRM, U.S. WPT developers such as Energous “will be unable to satisfy the needs of the U.S. electronics industry,” it said.