8.1 Use Cases

The ECC204-TFLXWPC is specifically designed to address the authentication needs of the WPC Qi charging market and the WPC Ki cordless kitchen market. For Qi the power transmitter is required to be authenticated for Qi standards 1.3 and 2.x and beyond. For the Ki market, both the power transmitter and receiver are required to be authenticated. Microchip is an authorized Manufacturing CA for the WPC in both markets. In addition to security ICs, Microchip offers a complete power receiver and power transmitter reference designs for Qi mobile charging markets with authentication.