Power Matters Alliance
 |
|
| Abbreviation | PMA |
|---|---|
| Formation | March 2012 |
| Type | Industry Consortium Technology |
|
Region served
|
Worldwide |
|
Membership
|
Open |
|
Key people
|
Ron Resnick (President) |
| Website | www |
Power Matters Alliance (PMA) is a global, not-for-profit, industry organization whose mission is to advance a suite of standards and protocols for wireless power transfer. Founded by Procter & Gamble and Powermat Technologies in March 2012, PMA is networking technology companies in order to guarantee consumers interoperable devices which employ wireless power technology. Marked by the electron "P", PMA interface standard describes analog power transfer (inductive and resonant), digital transceiver communication, cloud based power management, and environmental sustainability. The PMA board of directors includes representatives from AT&T, Duracell, Starbucks, Powermat Technologies, Flextronics, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and Energy Star. The membership of the PMA is made up of companies across the mobile device ecosystem, including handset providers, service providers, chipset suppliers, manufacturers, test labs and public establishments.
PMA leadership has been working to help diminish the divide among wireless power transfer (WPT) standards and accelerate marketplace adoption by focusing on the following two areas in 2014 as the fastest way forward: 1. Encouraging delivery of multimodal forms of WPT within single devices for an optimal consumer experience - including technical harmonization of multiple inductive WPT standards. 2. Members have made recent strides in proliferating wireless power transfer technology within automobiles and popular public infrastructure venues. The Alliance’s working theory is that if the members focus on certifying and delivering power to consumers in a mobile way to help them power up wherever they are, the wireless power transfer industry as a whole will also benefit.
The PMA's stated mission is to formulate and advance a suite of interface standards for smart and energy-efficient transfer of wireless power. The PMA is actively publishing a suite of standards based on inductive coupling technology to provide advanced inductive and resonant power. In addition the PMA seeks to add a digital layer providing policy-setting, monitoring, and extensible APIs. The PMA manages interoperability, certification and logo programs according to these specifications.
...
Wikipedia