Collaboration speeds mainstream adoption of wireless charging for smartphones Renesas Electronics expands its ongoing work with Qualcomm Technologies to include 30W wireless charging abilities for mid-range smartphones powered by the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G 5G Mobile Platform. This high-power wireless charging smartphone reference design collaboration is the second for the two companies. The first solution, created for flagship devices, is sampling commercially now. This latest phase is a notable step that increases the collaboration to bring highly integrated, advanced wireless power features as a standard feature in 5G smartphones from flagship to mainstream devices. Qualcomm Technologies’ 5G mobile reference designs offer turnkey solutions that are designed to aid smartphone OEMs to quickly and cost-effectively implement fast wireless charging on flagship and mid-range smartphones, with MTP and OTA updates to simplify software development and Qi certification process. The solution provides the highest integration with over 85% end-to-end system efficiency to further expand the range of wireless power technology to an even wider set of customers and simplify the means of adding wireless charging.