By Staff, January 19, 2010
The bq3060 debuts as the smallest battery fuel gauge in a 24-pin TSSOP measuring 7.8 mm x 6.4 mm
By Tim Bradow, January 04, 2010
A look at prospective developments in thin-film batteries and support chips in 2010
By Staff, November 10, 2009
The industry’s first two-chip protection solution including all necessary functionalities, the ATA6870/71 chipset requires less external components than comparable offerings because it includes a hot plug-in capability, six integrated ADCs wi
By Tim Regan, August 13, 2009
Battery-powered vehicles are in vogue, making accurate battery-temperature monitoring that much more important. Here's an Idea for Design that will show you how to implement temperature monitoring in battery-management systems.
By David Gunderson, July 29, 2009
The emergence of larger lithium-chemistry batteries means higher charge/discharge currents, and that means more heat. Contributing Editor David Gunderson discusses the ins and outs of guarding against overtemperature issues with Li-ion cells.
By Staff, May 07, 2009
Energy-storage devices such as batteries continue to change how people live. Here's an article that will point you toward the design of your own linear Li-ion battery charger using today's state-of-the-art battery-charger ICs.
By ED News Staff, March 19, 2009
By Sam Davis, March 12, 2009
Here's a summary of what's required to put together a complete battery-based power-management system, with a look at what's new in battery-charger ICs, gas-gauge ICs, and everything else concerned.
By ED News Staff, March 12, 2009
Infinite Power Solutions unveils a major breakthrough in energy storage by achieving greater than 3 mAh of discharge capacity within a single cell of its thin-film micro-energy storage technology.
By Staff, February 27, 2009
The FDMA1024NZ and FDMA410NZ dual n-channel and single n-channel MOSFETs from Fairchild Semiconductor extend battery life in space-constrained applications such as cellular handsets, electric toothbrushes, and shavers.
By Sam Davis, February 23, 2009
The simplest protection method for battery packs is a fuse that opens if the system draws excessively high current. A more complex protection circuit is found in some battery packs. The battery-protection ICs prevent excessive current, which could lead to
By Robin Tichy, December 23, 2008
Most people involved in the design and manufacture of portable devices have heard that there are significant restrictions and in-depth testing associated with the shipment of lithium-based battery packs. However, the details of the regulations are