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Selular.ID – Oppo Research Institute officially launched its newest white paper entitled Zero-Power Communication. Zero-Power Communication Tags can be attached to easily lost objects (such as ATM cards, keys, and cell phones), so users can find their location easily and no need to change batteries.
Henry Tang, OPPO’s Chief 5G Scientist, explained that Oppo plans to launch Zero-Power Communication technology within the next three to five years and build a communication system that is smarter, more convenient, and environmentally friendly.
Zero-Power devices have excellent features such as battery-free, compact, low power consumption, and affordable
Henry Tang, mentioned that most of today’s portable electronic devices use batteries as their power source, the existing batteries still carry various problems such as their large size, and the fact that the battery is a technology that is not environmentally friendly.
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“With Zero-Power Communication technology, there is no need to use batteries anymore. Zero-Power Communication technology can absorb ambient radio-frequency energy in the environment around us to generate power, making devices more compact, efficient, and affordable,” said Henry Tang.
Technology like this can be applied to business, for example in the warehousing, logistics, and agriculture sectors. This technology is also very useful when it can be applied to frequently used devices (such as smartwatches), smart homes, and other cutting-edge devices aimed at consumers.
“Zero-Power Communications technology presents a new way for electronic device manufacturers to no longer use batteries in their products, reduce production costs and reduce impact on the environment. Thus, Zero-Power Communications is one of our main focuses as B5G/6G technology develops,” said Henry Tang.
Passive communication technology is already available today in the form of RFID (radio frequency identification) technology. However, this technology still has various limitations because it only has a short communication distance, is inefficient, and has a small system capacity.
Given these limitations, RFID technology will be difficult to apply to more specific or complex uses, such as in industrial sensor networks, low-cost and high-capacity logistics and warehousing, low-cost and low-power smart homes, and wearable mini technologies.
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