Batteries & Other Energy Storage Devices

December 2021

This submarine drone is powered by a 20-meter-long fiber battery that is wrapped on its surface.

Ally Winning

For me, one of the most interesting areas of the industry is flexible electronics. Traditional devices are designed onto a circuit board and enclosed in a box. The advent of the Internet of Things has meant that electronic designs have to be integrated into all sorts of places, some of which have no room for any si

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12/21/2021

Balázs Kulcsár, Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering at Chalmers University of Technology

The Correct Route Extends EV Range

Ally Winning

One of the main stumbling blocks to electric vehicle adoption is range anxiety. Until now most of the focus on extending range was on the vehicle itself and the battery that holds the electric charge. There is no doubt that making the vehicle lighter, the electric drivetrain more efficient and the battery hold m

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12/14/2021

ROHM's New 13.56MHz Wireless Power Supply Chipset up to 1W

ROHM Group company LAPIS Technology announced they have developed a chipset capable of providing up to 1W of wireless power for compact, streamlined wearable devices and for industrial smart, miniaturized, and sealed solutions. The ML7661 (transmitter) and ML7660 (receiver) el

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12/09/2021

nanoPower Modules Extend Battery Life in Space-Constrained Applications

Designers can now extend battery life and reduce size in space-constrained internet of things (IoT) devices with two nanoPower modules with built-in inductors from Analog Devices, Inc. Both products are part of Analog Devices’ Essential Analog family of efficient power ICs. The MAXM38643 1.8V to

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12/02/2021

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Figure 1: The efficiency of Battery Resourcers’ closed-loop approach

True Sustainability for Batteries

Michael O’Kronley, CEO, Battery Resourcers

With the transportation and energy industries driving wide scale adoption of lithium-ion batteries, robust, scalable and reliable supply chains are becoming a priority for major vehicle OEMs, electric grid operators and even national governments. That’s the reason for the U.S. National Blueprint for Lithium Ba

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12/01/2021

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Figure 1: EV charging systems are migrating rapidly in the direction of DC-based 50kW to 350kW power solutions

Empowering Next-Gen EV Fast Charging with Advanced Electrical Protection

Jinsong Dai, Senior Global Marketing Manager – Electrification, Sensata Technologies

Now that the latest Electric Vehicles (EVs) are exhibiting operational ranges satisfactory to the general public, the attention has shifted to battery charging times. These EVs are using the latest in wide-bandgap semiconductor solutions and power topologies, with system voltages often well over several hundred vo

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12/01/2021

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Figure 1. Modern bus depot with charging infrastructure

Charging Electric Commercial Vehicles

Dr. Martin Schulz, Global Principal, Application Engineering, Littelfuse

With the electrification of heavy-duty or commercial vehicles, charging larger batteries than the ones in electric passenger cars becomes necessary. As time is money especially in logistics, either assigning idle times for charging or increasing charging power are preferred options. This leads to three different ch

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12/01/2021

EV Wireless BMS: Your Questions Answered

Mark Ng, Texas Instruments

With Strategy Analytics estimating 36 million EVs on the road by 2026, wireless BMS offer promising ways to make vehicles more efficient and reliable – features that appeal to both original equipment manufacturers and consumers. For consumers, wireless BMS could potentially mean lower EV costs, along with be

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12/01/2021

Transportation and Electrification

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

It has been a challenging and often frustrating year for us all and hopefully next year will give us a fresh start, or at least put us on the path to one. The chip shortage has persisted longer than most analysts thought and it may now be the middle of next year before the fabs have caught up with demand. The sh

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12/01/2021

Transporting You Into the New Year

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

We stand on the precipice of one of the greatest gauntlets all year (and into the next) with two intertwined topics for December and January – “Transportation” and “EV + Charging Infrastructure + Hybrid Vehicles,” respectively. But before we dive into this month’s focus, I wanted to personally thank ou

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Date:

12/01/2021