Anker has been focusing on the field of 3C accessories, especially in fast charging. On October 25, 2018, it released an epoch-making new product in New York, USA, the industry’s first successful mass-produced 30W GaN charger. The popular Nano18W PD charger has the same size as Apple’s 5W charger but supports 18W PD fast charging power, subverting people’s perception of PD fast charging size. In order to meet the demand of iPhone12 20W fast charging, the power of the Anker Nano 18WPD charger is upgraded to 20W when the volume and power are close to the limit.
On this day of May 25, 2021, Anker launched several new fast charging products, combining GaN and fast charging chargers again. Today, the editor brings you the evaluation of the new 65W GaN charger: Anker 65W GaN Ultra Can charge. Anker Nano 65W GaN Super Charger Introduction.
This is Anker’s latest GaN Super Charger that supports 65W high-power fast charging. Unlike most long strip 65W chargers on the market, Anker’s new 65W GaN Super Charger often uses a block-like design ID. The design has also been seen in Anker’s industry’s first successful mass-produced 30W GaN charger.
The shell part of the charger is made of skin-friendly material, which feels very warm to the touch, and also improves the quality of the entire product. The charger adopts a two-stage design, and the 65W logo printed on the side of the housing indicates the performance of the charger.
Well, the plugs can be folded, and the shape of the charger with folded plugs are more like a square.
Specification Printed
Model Number：A2663
Input：100-240V2.1A50/60Hz
Output：5V3A、9V3A、15V3A、20V3.25A（65WMax）
Made in China
Different from the surrounding shells, the interface panel of the charger is covered by a gray matte shell, which has obvious layering. On the front is the “Anker” brand logo. IQ3 means that the charger supports Anker’s self-developed PowerIQ3.0 smart fast charging technology. The charger adopts a single USB-C physical output interface design.
The inside of the USB-C charging port is blue, and the color matching is also in line with the color style of Anker charging products.
It feels very small in your hand. It doesn’t look like a product that supports 65W output power. On the contrary, it is similar in size to a 30W charger.
The width of the charger measured with a caliper is about 35.97mm.
The thickness is about 41.57mm.
The length excluding the plugs is about 44.20mm.
It can be concluded that the measurement parameters of the charger are 35.97×41.57×44.20mm, the volume is about 66.09cm³, and the maximum output is 65W, and the power density is about 0.98W/cm³.
The weight of the entire charger is about 107.1g.
On the left is the industry’s first mass-produced ANKER 30W PD GaN charger, and on the right is the latest Anker Nano 65W GaN charger.
Compared with the Apple 61WPD charger, the Anker Nano 65W GaN super charger is more powerful, but smaller in size, and the visual impact is very obvious.
Looking at it from the side, it’s a big circle. Protocol detection
Fast charging protocol, the actual test supports PD, PPS, Apple2.4A, QC2.0, QC3.0, QC4+ and other fast charging protocols.
Read the PDO message of the charger, support four fixed output voltage gears of 5V3A, 9V3A, 15V3A, 20V3.25A, and additionally support a set of PPS gears of 5-21V3.25A. Charging compatibility test.
Let’s take a look at the actual fast charging situation of the device. The Black Shark 4Pro is a mobile phone that supports 120W fast charging. Use the charger to charge the Black Shark 4Pro. It can be seen that the 20V fast charging gear has been triggered at this time, and the actual charging power 51.31W.
Replace Black Shark 4Pro with Mi 11, trigger 9V fast charge gear, power 23.55W, this is also the stage with the highest power of Xiaomi general fast charge.
Charging Samsung S21, the power is 18.90W, Samsung S21 supports up to 25W fast charge, and is based on PPS fast charge development, this data is good.
When charging the Red Magic 6Pro, it can also trigger the 20V fast charge gear. The output voltage is 16.50V, and the final power is 53.40W, which almost reaches the maximum output power of the charger.
Yes, because the charger supports 15V3A fast charge output, this also just meets the input requirements of the Switch’s base TV mode. It is measured that using the charger can successfully activate the Switch’s base TV mode and trigger the 15V voltage range.
In the compatibility test section, the overall data performance is very beautiful. Both Black Shark 4Pro and Red Magic 6Pro can trigger 20V high-voltage fast charging with a power of 50W+, which has almost reached the maximum output power of the charger. In addition, high-power fast charging can be triggered when charging Samsung, Xiaomi and other models. For Apple devices, PD fast charging services can be provided.
This time the histogram is no longer the leader of notebook devices. The Red Devils 6Pro and Black Shark 4Pro, which support 120W high-power fast charging, rushed to the front. In addition, the power below is relatively flat, and the devices at the back are because the devices themselves have limitations on PD fast charging power.
The Anker Nano 65W GaN charger itself supports 65WPD fast charge output. This power has reached the point where it can provide full-load fast charging for laptops, so this time the editor has added the test data for the entire process of charging the laptop. The following is the use The charger is the measured data of the charging process of MacBookPro13.
Use the charger to charge the MacBookPro. After connecting the charger, the power starts to rise. The power remains around 47W before 51 minutes. Then the power and current began to decline in a stepped manner. From 59 minutes to 1 hour and 07 minutes, the power was around 35W, and from 1 hour, 11 minutes to 1 hour and 31 minutes, the power was around 30 minutes. Then the power and current gradually decrease until the charging is over, the whole process takes about 2 hours and 17 minutes, and the highest power is 19.74V2.90A57.38W.
Draw the whole charging process into a graph. Anker Nano 65W GaN supercharger can charge the MacBookPro by 32% in half an hour and 64% in 1 hour. It takes 2 hours and 17 minutes to fully charge. Other performance tests
Charger heat is related to power density, efficiency value, internal design, ambient temperature, etc. Products with low power density are large and have enough space to separate the component layout, large surface area, lower temperature, but often very large huge. For products with high power density, the internal design of small-board stacking combination is often adopted, and the charger is made as small as possible for users to carry, and the surface area is relatively small. In theory, the temperature will be higher than that of products with low power density.
In addition, single-port chargers and multi-port chargers are different because of the different circuit design. Single-port chargers belong to the direct output mode of AC to DC. In order to take into account the independent voltage output of multiple ports, the multi-port charger after AC to DC, then DC to DC, after the second step-down, the calorific value will be higher than that of a single-port charger.
Test the temperature rise of the charger. The test condition is to test the temperature rise in a constant temperature box with a temperature of about 25°C with a power of 20V3.25A65W for one hour.
After 1 hour of continuous full-load output with 65W power, the highest surface temperature of the charger is 75.1℃.
Flip to the other side, the highest temperature of the charger surface is 75.8℃.
We usually see that the parameters on the charger output 100W or 65W is the maximum output power that the charger can provide for the device, but the power drawn by the charger from the socket is often greater. The following is Anker Nano 65W GaN supercharger The conversion efficiency test was carried out in the case of 220V50Hz and 110V60Hz AC input, and the test results are as follows:
Under 220V50Hz, test the output power of Anker Nano 65W GaN supercharger in each voltage range to full test: the AC end input power and USB end output power of the plug-in board are measured in the four gears. Through calculation, you can get The conversion efficiency of the charger ranges from 89.01% to 93.02%.
Anker Nano 65W GaN supercharger has conducted no-load and heavy-load ripple tests under 220V50Hz AC input. The test results are as follows:
Under no-load conditions: The peak-to-peak value of ripple varies from 22mVp-p to 52mVp-p when the four gears are output.
Under heavy load: the peak-to-peak value of ripple varies from 76mVp-p to 94mVp-p when outputting in seven gears.
The charger has conducted no-load and heavy-load ripple tests under the condition of 110V60Hz AC input. The test results are as follows:
Under no-load conditions: The peak-to-peak ripple of the four gear output ranges from 20mVp-p to 42mVp-p.
Under heavy load: the peak-to-peak value of ripple varies from 72mVp-p to 96mVp-p when outputting in seven gears.
Test summary
The Anker Nano 65W GaN charger performs well under the 110V60Hz, 240V50Hz input voltage, and all output power ripple peak-to-peak values are lower than the standard of 200mVp-p.
The Anker Nano 65W GaN supercharger introduced today has the same appearance design as the Anker 30W PD GaN charger, which increases the fast charging power to 65W. The charger adopts a two-stage design, the shell is made of skin-friendly material, and it feels very high-grade to get started. Single USB-C interface, folding plugs, and silver-gray shell cover on the interface panel, which looks more layered.
In terms of performance, the charger supports fast charging protocols such as PD, PPS, Apple2.4A, QC2.0, QC3.0, QC4+, etc. When the PD fast charging output is triggered, it supports four fixed output voltages of 5V3A, 9V3A, 15V3A, and 20V3.25A. Gear and a set of PPS gears of 5-21V3.25A.
I believe many friends have discovered that as a 65W output charger, it supports the PPS gear of 5-21V3.25A.
The direct benefit is that it can provide high-power fast charging for some specific models. The measured charging of the Red Magic 6Pro and Black Shark 4Pro can provide 50W+ fast charging power, and it can also have good fast charging for Samsung and Xiaomi models. support.
The 65W PD fast charge can also meet the power requirements of iPads and laptops, and it can also activate the base TV mode of the Switch.