15W I²C Power Manager Charges LiFePO4 Cells
May 15, 2012
Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC4156, a high power, I²C controlled, high efficiency PowerPath(tm) manager, ideal diode controller and Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) battery charger for single-cell devices such as portable medical and industrial devices, backup devices and other high power density battery-powered applications. ...
Compact Lithium-Ion Battery-Charging Control IC Supports USB Charging
Jan 25, 2012
Renesas Electronics Corporation announced a charging control integrated circuit (IC), the R2A20055NS, that achieves further miniaturization and safe charging control for single-cell lithium-ion batteries used in portable devices....
External DC/DC Converter Completes Battery Charger Circuit
May 1, 2011
A high voltage controller and power manager IC combines with virtually any externally compensated DC/DC power supply IC to create a full-featured battery charger....
Real Time Waveform Analysis Helps Optimize Charger Performance
Mar 1, 2011
Real-time cycle-by-cycle waveform analysis shows that controllers can deliver optimum charger
performance and cost to end users, while providing cell phone manufacturers with a robust design that is
insensitive to manufacturing processes and component tolerances...
Sub 1µA IQ Battery Charger Also Provides Pack Protection
Nov 23, 2010
Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC4071, an easy-to-use, tiny shunt battery system for Li-Ion/Polymer batteries that integrates a charger and battery pack protection in one IC. The LTC4071, with its 550nA operating current, charges and protects batteries from previously unusable very low current, intermittent or continuous charging sources....
Dual-Input Linear Charger Safely Charges Li+ Cell
May 21, 2010
Maxim Integrated Products introduces the MAX8934, a dual-input linear charger with Smart Power Selector circuitry to implement the JEITA (Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association) recommendations...
Programmable 2A 2-Cell Supercap Charger with Automatic Cell Balancing
Apr 28, 2010
Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC4425, the latest in a family of 2-cell supercapacitor chargers for addressing high peak power, data backup and "dying gasp" needs in portable and data storage applications...
28V, Dual-/Single-Input Battery Chargers
Oct 26, 2009
Maxim Integrated Products introduces the MAX8844/MAX8845 28V, dual-/single-input, linear Li+ battery chargers with battery detection and overvoltage-protected outputs. ...
LiFePO4 Batteries Help Consumer Devices COME TO LIFE
Oct 1, 2009
Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) batteries were introduced a decade ago and, in recent years, have begun to be adopted for mass production. LiFePO4, also...
1A Lithium-Ion Battery Charger
Sep 8, 2009
Semtech Corp. announced the SC824, a linear, triple mode, single-cell lithium-ion battery charger in a ten-lead 2x2mm MLPD package for handheld devices....
Power circuit simplifies USB battery charger design
Jun 22, 2009
Texas Instruments bq25040 is a 1.1-A single-cell Li-Ion battery charger with integrated 50-mA regulator that offers 2.3-A production test support and high-voltage protection....
2A Switching Charger IC for Feature Rich Mobile Devices
May 12, 2009
Advanced Analogic Technologies Inc. introduced the AAT3620, said to be the industry's first fully integrated single-cell Lithium-ion battery charger capable of supplying up to 2A charge current in a small 3x3 mm TDFN package. ...
