Qualcomm today announced Qualcomm Quick Charge 3+ Technology, the latest addition to the Quick Charge family. Quick Charge 3+’ brings faster charging and affordability according to Qualcomm.
Quick Charge 3+ will be available first on Qualcomm Snapdragon 765 & Snapdragon 765G, followed by other new Snapdragon platforms across tiers in 2020.
Qualcomm says that Quick Charge 3+ can replenish a drained device to 50 percent of its capacity in just 15 minutes, which makes it 35 percent faster than the last generation. At the same time, it has managed to reduce the temperature by 9 degrees. In addition, the new solution uses 20V and 3A to deliver up to 60W of power.
Xiaomi’s Mi 10 Lite Zoom, powered by the Snapdragon 765G, is the world’s first smartphone with both Quick Charge 4+ and Quick Charge 3+ charging technology.
Quick Charge 3+ will support industry standard USB type A-to-type C cables and accessories that support scalable voltage with 20mV steps from Quick Charge 4, which are more affordable for OEMs and consumers
Quick Charge 3+ is backward compatible with previous-generation Quick Charge devices and newer devices can work with Quick Charge 3+ accessories thereby always providing the most flexible charging experiences
Other key features: Integrated cable power capability/identification and various safety mechanisms.
Quick Charge 3+ supports new PMICs such as SMB1395/SMB1396, meaning:
- Scalable architecture to allow OEMs to a move to higher charge power with the same software implementation and address different system requirement in terms of PCB design, charger IC location, etc.
- Support of ultra-fast charging with lower-cost, variable voltage charging accessories such as Quick Charge 3+
- Eliminating the need for external components such as OVP (Over Voltage Protection) chip, sense resistor and others
- Support of two input, wireless and wired (SMB1396)
