Hybrid Flywheel System Extends UPS Run Times with Batteries
Jan 4, 2012
A hybrid UPS with a fully integrated energy storage system provides power loss protection by combining flywheel and battery technologies. The VDC XEB supports connected loads with clean backup power that is predictable and seamless....
Battery Management IC Protects High Current Loads
Aug 31, 2011
Intended for high power, Li-ion-based products, a battery management and protection IC can handle peak currents in tens of amps as well as monitoring the battery pack to ensure cells are balanced and faults do not harm the battery, equipment, or user.
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Multi-Stage Charge Timer Enhances Li-Ion Battery Safety and Functionality, Complies with IEEE Std. 1725-2006
Jul 28, 2011
A multi-stage charge timer provides charge safety and battery fault detection benefits to Li-Ion charging. It also provides application flexibility by terminating charging when the charger output current is shared with an operating load. The multi-stage timer tops off the battery without resorting to perpetual float charging. It provides fault detection and charging safety, and enhances battery capacity and service life.
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Li-Polymer Enables Product Distinction
Jul 28, 2011
Lithium polymer batteries have become common in single-cell consumer applications like cell phones and MP3 players, but industrial and commercial applications are now putting them to good use as well. The thin and custom shaped cells are now used in large, complex packs.
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Hearing Aid Balances Energy Efficiency and Performance
Jun 1, 2011
High energy efficiency is a critical design criterion for the electronic hearing aid placed in or around the ear to improve the hearing of those with...
0% Mercury Button Cells In Advance of New Regulations
May 17, 2011
To help OEMs of portable medical and consumer electronic devices remain compliant with new laws banning the use of mercury in button cell batteries, the Renata Batteries division of The SWATCH Group (Switzerland) has developed a comprehensive line of 0% mercury silver oxide batteries. ...
NEI, UC San Diego Ink Pact On Li-Ion Battery Materials
Oct 1, 2010
NEI Corporation and The University of California, San Diego have announced that NASA has awarded a Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer contract...
Replace SLA Batteries with Li-Ion Technology
Mar 1, 2010
Applications with high-voltage, high-capacity requirements are adopting lithium-ion (Li-ion) technology because of its high energy density, small size,...
Mobile Power Sources Impact Military Operations
Mar 1, 2010
As modern military systems become more mobile and electronically sophisticated, there is a greater reliance on associated power sources. The growing need...
Detecting Lithium-Ion Cell Internal Faults In Real Time
Mar 1, 2010
Internal cell faults continue to lead to thermal runaway failures in Li-ion battery packs used in the field. Though these events are rare, the proliferation...
International Battery Awarded $2.1 Million in Federal Funding
Nov 9, 2009
International Battery announced it has been awarded $2.1 million in federal appropriations funding, secured by U.S. Representative Charles W. Dent through the Department of Defense...
Argonne's Lithium-Ion Battery Technology To Be Commercialized by BASFArgonne's Lithium-Ion Battery Technology To Be Commercialized by BASF
Jul 7, 2009
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and BASF, have signed a world-wide licensing agreement to mass produce and market Argonne's patented composite cathode materials to manufacturers of advanced lithium-ion batteries. The patented cathode materials licensed to BASF are part of a large and diverse suite of lithium-ion battery inventions and patents developed at Argonne with funding from DOE's Vehicle Technologies Program....
