Batteries & Other Energy Storage Devices
September 2022
Single-Stage Flyback Controller for Battery Charging Applications, Enabling Hassle-Free and Scalable
Single-Stage Flyback Controller for Battery Charging Applications, Enabling Hassle-Free and Scalable
Battery-powered appliances, one of the industry’s fastest-growing segments, require energy-efficient, robust, and cost-effective battery charging. For this reason Infineon Technologies AG extends its offering of AC-DC controller ICs by introducing the ICC80QSG single-stage PWM controller for flyback topologies. Th
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Date:
09/22/2022
Bill Burger, CEO of NexTech Batteries
NexTech Batteries received UN/DOT 38.3.5 safety certification for its patented semi-solid-state lithium-sulfur 5.4 amp hour cell – exceeding test standards required for air transportation and other modes of transit.
“The UN/DOT safety certification is yet another confirmation that our patente
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Date:
09/22/2022
NXP Collaborates with Elektrobit to Develop Software for Next-Generation Automotive Battery Management Systems
The software jointly developed with Elektrobit aims to reduce the entry-level cost of battery management system (BMS) development and enhance ease-of-use of NXP’s high-voltage BMS reference design (HVBMS RD).
What’s new: NXP Semiconductors has joined forces with Elektrobit to co-develop the softw
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Date:
09/22/2022
Huolin Xin, UCI professor of physics & astronomy
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and four national laboratories have devised a way to make lithium-ion battery cathodes without using cobalt, a mineral plagued by price volatility and geopolitical complications.
In a paper published today in Nature, the scientists describe how they
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Date:
09/22/2022
KiloVault Announces Upgrade to its Deep Cycle Solar Batteries
KiloVault, a provider of innovative and affordable residential and commercial renewable energy solutions, is announcing several crucial enhancements to its line of HLX+ lithium batteries.
The enhancements include:
HLX+ Bridge: This new product allows viewing information of ent
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Date:
09/21/2022
800 V and 950 V AC-DC Integrated Power Stages Expand the Fixed-Frequency CoolSET Portfolio
Optimized performance, efficiency, and reliability in high-voltage power supplies need to be combined with reduced bill-of-material (BOM) count and cost, as well as lower design efforts. With its 5th generation fixed-frequency (FF) CoolSET portfolio, Infineon Technologies AG offers the ri
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Date:
09/14/2022
Ruggedised 250W Non-Isolated DC-DC Converters, Conduction-Cooled and Wide Range Inputs and Outputs
TDK Corporation announces the introduction of the 250W rated TDK-Lambda RGA series of ruggedised non-isolated DC-DC converters. Capable of operating from an input voltage of 9 to 40V or 9 to 53V, the non-isolated step-down converters deliver output voltages that can be adjustable from 3.3 to 15V, 3.3 to 24V or
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Date:
09/13/2022
Adden Energy will work to scale the battery up to a palm-sized pouch cell, and then upward toward a full-scale vehicle battery in the next three to five years
Solid-state batteries offer all the upsides of the Li-ion batteries that electric vehicles use, but have much fewer downsides. The time it takes them to charge can be measured in minutes, rather than hours, and because they don’t have a liquid electrolyte, they are much safer and far less prone to bursting in
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Date:
09/06/2022
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Figure 1. Keysight 34980A data acquisition switch / measure unit (SMU)
Large-scale applications typically use battery packs with modules wired in series and parallel connections. Thermal sensors placed strategically across a battery pack detect temperature variations. Large battery-pack thermal imbalance usually starts with the non-uniformities of battery cells affecting their charging and
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Date:
09/01/2022
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Figure 1: A bidirectional OBC enables new vehicle-to-everything use cases
Electric vehicle (EV) on-board chargers (OBCs) can take several forms based on power level and functions. Charging powers vary from less than 2 kW in applications such as electric scooters to 22 kW in high-end EVs. Traditionally, charging power is unidirectional, but bi-directional charging is gaining traction.
Why bidirectional OBC
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Date:
09/01/2022
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