Technical and safety challenges in emerging trends of near-field wireless power transfer industrial guidelines

Wireless power transfer (WPT) has reached commercialization stage in consumer electronics and manufacturing industry. New initiatives by industry for expanding the scope of wireless charging in extended short-range and mid-range applications for portable electronics and electric vehicles and are actively underway. In this article, the author addresses some technical challenges in near-field WPT applications on consumer electronics and electric vehicles. In addition, he shares his views on some of the emerging topics about recently proposed industrial guidelines. It is hoped that this article will arouse more interests and discussions on these emerging guidelines among the research and industrial communities so that future industrial standards will cater for all key aspects of user friendliness, health and safety.