Kiss Connectivity': The Future of Data Transfer Technology

Almost every component of mobile and computing devices has seen many major innovations over the past decades. Mechanical connectors have not. As the devices decrease in size and data rates increase, product designs continue to suffer from inherent limitations posed by mechanical connectors:

• The Reliability due to fragility of mechanical connectors
• EMI/RFI emitted from the metal inside a connector as well as a cable, especially at higher data rates
• Unsightly holes resulting from the need for a receptacle.

Wireless communications have eliminated many of the connector design issues, but has added new ones like cost, antenna design complexity, major power consumption and customer frustration with slow, shared wireless networks, managing passwords and pairing issues.

Solution

Keyssa reinvented the connector to meet the changing needs of both consumers and the manufacturers. Consumers bemoan the clutter of cables and adapters required to connect devices and yearn for sleek, elegant devices that can withstand water, dirt and everyday wear and tear. Manufacturers are looking for ways to minimize the size of devices yet provide the performance their customers expect. Kiss Connectors are completely new approach to connectors, based on solid-state technology and operating in the super-fast 60Ghz spectrum. They sit under the surface of a device skin, immune to wear and tear, invisible and they eliminate the need for a cable. Simply “kiss” two devices by touching the devices, and data will be transferred at up to 6Gbps. Kiss Connector Features:

• Superior Speeds: Data can be transferred at up to 6Gbps – that’s a 1GB movie in as little as two seconds.
• Protocol-agnostic: Supports standard protocols like USB 3.0, DisplayPort HBR2, and SATA II with no programming overhead or software drivers required.
• Power-friendly: Power consumption with Kiss Connectors is orders of magnitude lower than wireless solutions and it co-exists with wireless power standards.
• Secure: Kiss Connectors are a point-to-point connection – the data travels securely from one device to another.
• Simple: User experience is native to real-life experience of just a kiss – place two devices in the nearest proximity close to one another. They will connect and disconnect automatically.

Kiss connectivity white paper vs. Wired communications

The typical mechanical connector needed to move the data from one device to another takes up significant space inside mobile and computing devices.They also need to be placed at the outer edge of any device, in order to create a port or contact surface. What sets Kiss Connectivity apart is the design innovation it enables by allowing product designers to embed a Keyssa connector inside their product, on any surface, and not just along the outer edges. By eliminating unsightly holes in otherwise beautiful products, Kiss Connectivity ushers in a new age in product innovation.

Almost every part and component of mobile and computing devices has seen major innovation over the past decades, except for the metal connector. Many of today’s connector types are too large for modern.