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The green challenge of USB charging for mobile phones

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Who could have thought that the mobile phone industry could have an impact on the environment? When you think about reducing your ecological footprint, you think about changing your car or using green energy, which has nothing to do with a mobile phone.

However, mobile phone chargers do have an impact on the environment, and mobile phone industry stakeholders have started to address it through the universal charging solution (UCS). UCS will change the way mobile phone makers will design handsets, and we will analyze the trade-offs they need to cope with to implement a safe charging interface.

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