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Quick Charge
Quick Charge (QC) is a proprietary battery charging protocol developed by
Qualcomm, used for managing power delivered over USB, mainly by
communicating to the power supply and negotiating a voltage.

Quick Charge is supported by devices such as mobile phones which run on

Qualcomm SoCs, and by some chargers; both device and charger must
support QC, otherwise QC charging is not attained. It charges batteries in
devices faster than standard USB allows by increasing the output voltage A USB charger that supports QC3.0
supplied by the USB charger, while adopting techniques to prevent the
battery damage caused by uncontrolled fast charging and regulating the
incoming voltage internally. Many chargers supporting Quick Charge 2.0 and later are wall adaptors, but it is
implemented on some in-car chargers, and some power banks use it to both receive and deliver charge.

Quick Charge is also used by other manufacturers' proprietary rapid-charging systems.

Details
Quick Charge is a proprietary technology that can charge battery-powered devices, primarily mobile phones, at
power levels exceeding the ten watts (5 volts at 2 amps) supported by the basic USB standard, using existing USB
cables. The higher voltage available allows more power (watts) to be supplied through wires without excessive
heating. As current is lower for the same power if voltage is increased, there is less resistive loss, which becomes
significant for longer cables.

Numerous other companies have competing technologies, including MediaTek Pump Express and OPPO VOOC
(licensed to OnePlus as Dash Charge), the latter of which supplies higher current without voltage increase,
relying on thicker USB wires to handle the current without overheating, as described in VOOC § Technology.[1]

Though not publicly documented, the voltage negotiation between device and
charger has been reverse-engineered, and a custom voltage can be manually
requested from the charger using a trigger circuit that simulates the
negotiation to an end device.[2][3]

Quick Charge requires both the power supply and the device being charged to
support it, otherwise charging falls back to the standard USB ten watts.

Quick Charge 2.0 introduced an optional feature called Dual Charge (initially Circuit board to simulate
called Parallel Charging),[4] using two PMICs to split the power into 2 QuickCharge voltage request
signals
streams to reduce phone temperature.[5]

Quick Charge 3.0 introduced INOV (Intelligent Negotiation for Optimal

Voltage), Battery Saver Technologies, HVDCP+, and optional Dual Charge+. INOV is an algorithm that
determines the optimum power transfer while maximizing efficiency. Battery Saver Technologies aims to
maintain at least 80% of the battery's original charge capacity after 500 charge cycles.[6] Qualcomm claims Quick
Charge 3.0 is up to 4–6 °C cooler, 16% faster and 38% more efficient than Quick Charge 2.0, and that Quick
Charge 3.0 with Dual Charge+ is up to 7–8 °C cooler, 27% faster and 45% more efficient than Quick Charge 2.0
with Dual Charge.[4]

Quick Charge 4 was announced in December 2016 for the Snapdragon 835 and later chips. Quick Charge 4
supports HVDCP++, optional Dual Charge++, INOV 3.0, and Battery Saver Technologies 2. It is cross-

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compatible with both USB-C and USB-PD specifications, supporting fallback to USB-PD if either the charger or
device is not QC-compatible. However, Quick Charge 4 chargers are not backward compatible with Quick
Charge. It also features additional safety measures to protect against over-voltage, over-current and overheating,
as well as cable quality detection. Qualcomm claims Quick Charge 4 with Dual Charge++ is up to 5 °C cooler,
20% faster and 30% more efficient than Quick Charge 3.0 with Dual Charge+.[5]

Quick Charge 4+ was announced on June 1, 2017. It introduces Intelligent Thermal Balancing and Advanced
Safety Features to eliminate hot spots and protect against overheating and short-circuit or damage to the USB-C
connector. Dual Charge++ is mandatory, while in prior versions Dual Charge was optional. Unlike Quick Charge
4, Quick Charge 4+ is fully backward compatible with Quick Charge C 2.0 and 3.0 devices.[7][8]

Quick Charge 5 was announced on July 27, 2020.[9] With up to 100 W of power, on a mobile phone with a
4500 mAh battery, Qualcomm claims 50% charge in just 5 minutes. Qualcomm announced that this standard is
cross-compatible with USB PD PPS programmable power supply, and that its technology can communicate with
the charger when charging double cells and double the voltage and current out. For instance, a single battery
requests 8.8 supply at V; the dual cell can then ask the PPS charger to output 17.6 volts and split it in half to the
two separate batteries, providing 5.6 amps total to achieve 100 watts. The first phone supporting this technology
was the Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra.[10]

Quick Charge for Wireless Power

On February 25, 2019, Qualcomm announced Quick Charge for Wireless Power. Quick Charge for Wireless
Power falls back on the Qi standard by the Wireless Power Consortium if either the charger or device is not
compatible.[11]

Versions

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Release Maximum
Technology Voltage New features SoCs
date Current Power[a]

AICL (Automatic Input

Current Limit) Snapdragon
Quick Charge 1.0 2013 Up to 6.3 V[12] 2A 10 W 215,
APSD (Automatic Power 600[13][14]
Source Detection)

Snapdragon
200, 208,
210, 212,
Class A: 5 V, 9 V, HVDCP (High Voltage 400, 410,
12 V 1.67 A, 18 W Dedicated Charging 412, 415,
Quick Charge 2.0 2014[b] Port)
Class B: 5 V, 9 V, 2 A, or 3 A (9 V × 2 A)[17][c] 425, 610,
12 V, 20 V[16] Dual Charge (optional) 615, 616,
653, 800,
801, 805,
808, 810[18]

Snapdragon
427, 429,
430, 435,
HVDCP+ 439, 450,
3.2 or 3.6 V – 20 V Dual Charge+ (optional) 460, 617,
in 0.2 V increments. 2.6 A, or 36 W
Quick Charge 3.0 2016 INOV 1.0 & 2.0 620, 625,
(inconsistent 4.6 A[19] (12 V × 3 A)
626, 632,
sources)[19][16][20] Battery Saver
650, 652,
Technologies
653, 662,
665, 680,
820, 821[18]

scalable voltage Integrated cable power

capability/identification Snapdragon
with 20mV steps
Quick Charge 3+ 2020 ? ? 765,
from Quick Charge Various safety 765G[21]
4 mechanisms

HVDCP++
Dual Charge++ Snapdragon
(optional) 630, 636,
660,
INOV 3.0
Quick Charge 4 710,[23][24]
Battery Saver 720G,
Technologies 2.0 835,[25][26]
USB PD compatible 845[27]
Cable Quality Detection
via QC: 3.6–20 V in Snapdragon
20 mV 480, 480+,
increments via QC:
2.6 A, or via QC: 100 W 4 Gen 1,
via USB PD: 5 V, 670, 675,
4.6 A (20 V × 5 A)[17]
2017 9V 678, 690,
via via USB PD:
via 695, 6 Gen
USB PD: 27 W
USB PD 3.0 PPS: Dual Charge++ 1, 712, 730,
3A
3–21 V in 20 mV (mandatory) 730G,
increments[22] 732G,
Intelligent Thermal 750G, 765,
Quick Charge 4+
Balancing 765G,
Advanced Safety 768G,
Features 778G,
780G, 7
Gen 1,[28]
855,
855+/860,
865, 865+,
870[29][30]

>100 W charging power Snapdragon

Quick Charge 5 2020 ? ? >100 W 100% in 15 minutes 888, 888+,
8 Gen 1, 8+

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Release Maximum
Technology Voltage New features SoCs
date Current Power[a]
Better thermal
management (not Gen 1,[31]
more than 40 °C) 7+ Gen 2[32]
Dual Charge

Other charging protocols

Compatible with QC-enabled chargers

Adaptive Fast Charging (Samsung)[d]
BoostMaster (Asus)
Dual-Engine Fast Charging (Vivo, pre-2020 models only)
Mi Fast Charge (Xiaomi)
TurboPower (Motorola)

USB Power Delivery

Other proprietary protocols

DART (Realme, 2020 onwards) – interchangeable with SuperVOOC
Pump Express (MediaTek)
Super Flash Charge (Vivo, 2020 onwards)
SuperCharge (Huawei)
SuperVOOC (OPPO, from 2019 to present)
VOOC (OPPO, until 2019 and pre-2020 Realme models)
Warp, formerly Dash, Charge (OnePlus) – interchangeable with SuperVOOC
XCharge (Infinix)

Notes
a. Some mobile phones deactivate fast charging during operation, and only activate fast charging during
standby mode or power-off state.
b. The Galaxy Note 4, released in September 2014, was already equipped with Quick Charge 2.0.[15]
c. Because Quick Charge 3.0 power supplies are backwards-compatible with Quick Charge 2.0, Quick Charge
3.0 chargers are often able to deliver more power to Quick Charge 2.0 loads than Quick Charge 2.0
chargers, since Quick Charge 3.0 chargers support higher currents at the same voltages.
d. Samsung's own 15 W Quick Charge 2.0 mobile phone chargers only support 5 and 9 volts (at 2 A and 1.67 A
respectively), not 12 volts (at which 1.25 A is supported by some other 15 W Quick Charge 2.0 chargers).
[33][34]

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External links
Qualcomm Quick Charge (https://www.qualcomm.com/products/features/quick-charge)
Qualcomm Quick Charge Technology Device List (https://www.qualcomm.com/content/dam/qcomm-martech/
dm-assets/documents/Accessory_List_QCOM_Quick_Charge.pdf)

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