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Modulating Charging Current in Battery Charger Applications

Victor Khasiev, Sr. Applications Engineer, Power by Linear Analog Device, Inc.

The LTC4012 is a very popular multichemistry battery charger used in a variety of applications. This controller provides the user with gate drivers, current sense inputs, temperature qualified charging and multiple signal outputs. There is also a range of useful functions detailed in the datasheet. One

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Date:

01/18/2019

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Figure 1. Battery Management Block Diagram

Battery Management for Sensing Resistors

Kory Schroeder, Director of Marketing & Product Engineering at Stackpole Electronics, Inc.

With end products ranging from laptop computers and other consumer electronics to industrial infrastructure UPS systems, solar power storage, and hybrid vehicles, battery management is a rapidly growing market segment for sensing resistors. Understanding the basic structure for battery management circuits and

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Date:

01/16/2019

Fighting Thermal Runaway in Electric Vehicle Batteries

Alysha Liebscher, Business Development Manager, Morgan Advanced Materials & Gary Gayman, Senior R&D Developer, Morgan Advanced Materials

It’s no secret that the electric and hybrid vehicle market is experiencing a high level of growth, particularly as consumers become more aware of global sustainability issues. Cultures are changing, with people willing to do their bit to safeguard the future generation, including considering the switch from

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Date:

01/15/2019

2019, a Year of Challenges

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

I’ve previously written about how excited I am for the industry, and I really do think we are in the middle of a power revolution. This revolution is both due to new technologies and materials like GaN, and also due to advances in alternative energy generation and storage. The innovation we have seen over

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Date:

01/15/2019

A New Way to Measure Solar Panel Degradation

American Institute of Physics

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Despite many benefits and relative popularity as a renewable energy source, eventually, the sun does set on even the best solar panels. Over time, solar cells face damage from weather, temperature changes, soiling, and UV exposure. Solar cells also require inspections to maintain cell performance

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Date:

01/10/2019

3-Volt Platform Designed for Wind Turbines

San Diego - Maxwell Technologies, Inc. announced the launch of a new full-featured 3.0-volt (3.0V) product platform. With the introduction of these next generation ultracapacitors, users have the ability to increase energy and power in the same form factor as the 2.7-volt product line and can

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Date:

01/10/2019

Lehigh University's Energy Research Center, which was recently awarded three projects with US and international funding, is positioned to help the energy industry meet the challenge of transforming fossil-fuel dependence.

Guiding the way to a More Sustainable Energy Future

Lehigh University

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released an alarming report this October about what it would take to cap rising global temperatures at 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. Hitting this

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Date:

01/09/2019

Researcher Receives Award to Develop Portable Solar Panels

Stevens Institute of Technology

Stephanie Lee, an assistant professor at Stevens Institute of Technology, was honored with a 2019 CAREER Award by the National Science Foundation to fund her research in engineering green, portable and cost efficient solar panels and other power sources. The NSF's CAREER program, established in 1995,

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Date:

01/06/2019

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