The most powerful feature of USB Type-C - Power Delivery

By _Cadence - Cadence IP Blog

March 4, 2016

One thing that all mobile electronics devices have in common is that they all need to be charged. Over the years, despite the evolution of battery technology, the time between charges has become dramatically shorter. Just like our grandparents remember the good old days when a date was set with a telephone dial, all of us have memories of our Nokia phone lasting a week before it needed to connect the charger. And our loved ones, longing to communicate with us when we were grounded for seven days from using the phone. Memories take us back, but it’s effectiveness that counts.

There have been many advances that have created our current situation, but long story short there is currently no way for a mobile battery to power a current generation mobile device for a week. Therefore, all mobile vendors are looking at technologies that will allow for devices to charge faster, so that we can get enough juice, even in as little as 5 or 10 minutes.

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