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How To Choose a Charger for Your Li-ion Batteries—Maximizing Battery Life

How To Choose a Charger for Your Li-ion Batteries—Maximizing Battery Life

Choosing the correct method of charging your batteries is important in ensuring they perform optimally and last longer. Selecting the right charger…


LTO Batteries for Peak Shaving in Mobile and Stationary Applications

LTO Batteries for Peak Shaving in Mobile and Stationary Applications

This article explains the battery requirements involved and highlights the unique characteristics of Lithium Titanium Oxide (LTO) batteries…


Safety and Reliability in Battery Management Systems: Do We Have It Covered?

Safety and Reliability in Battery Management Systems: Do We Have It Covered?

For lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries, safety takes top priority. In this article, we examine how to best partition system functions, implement…


Medical Converters for Healthy Batteries

Medical Converters for Healthy Batteries

Rechargeable batteries have been used for decades to store electrical energy. Maintenance-free AGM or EFP batteries not only make usage easier and…


Battery Fast Charging Using Raspberry Pi and Python

Battery Fast Charging Using Raspberry Pi and Python

By implementing fuel gauge functionality in the battery pack, original equipment manufacturers can design smart fast chargers that increase system…


Lead-Acid Battery Basics

Lead-Acid Battery Basics

This article examines lead-acid battery basics, including equivalent circuits, storage capacity and efficiency, and system sizing.


Understanding Cell and Battery Construction

Understanding Cell and Battery Construction

In this article, learn the aspects of cell and battery construction, including electrodes, separators, electrolytes, and the difference between…


What Are the Benefits of Wireless Battery Management Systems?

What Are the Benefits of Wireless Battery Management Systems?

This article examines wireless battery management systems to optimize battery performance.


Unearthing the Nano-Silicon Solution

Unearthing the Nano-Silicon Solution

As the demand for higher capacity, more scalable and greener next-generation battery materials accelerates, a nano-silicon solution comes forward.


Designing Intelligent Battery Junction Boxes for Advanced EV Battery Management Systems

Designing Intelligent Battery Junction Boxes for Advanced EV Battery Management Systems

As electric vehicles become more popular, the challenge for automakers is to reflect true range while making vehicles more affordable. This means…


Gassing Voltage in Battery Charging: Mitigation Strategies

Gassing Voltage in Battery Charging: Mitigation Strategies

This article discusses what gassing voltage is, how it affects battery health, and methods of preventing and mitigating it.


Examining Failures in Lithium-ion Batteries

Examining Failures in Lithium-ion Batteries

Lithium-ion batteries are popular in modern-day applications, but many users have experienced lithium-ion battery failures. The focus of this…


Intro to High-voltage Battery Disconnect Switches

Intro to High-voltage Battery Disconnect Switches

This article introduces high-voltage battery disconnect switches, where transistors have replaced the old-fashioned relays.


Evaluating Battery Charger Voltage Characteristics

Evaluating Battery Charger Voltage Characteristics

This article focuses on the voltage characteristics in battery chargers and their relation to battery charging and examines voltage charging methods.


Voltage Cells in Parallel

Voltage Cells in Parallel

In this article, learn how to compute the output current and equivalent resistance of voltage cells connected in parallel.


Low Loss and Low Forward Voltage Drop SIPOS Passivated Fast Recovery Diode

Low Loss and Low Forward Voltage Drop SIPOS Passivated Fast Recovery Diode

This article introduces a 1700V soft recovery diode with different current ratings.


Electricity in the Blood Utilizing IVT Current Measuring Technology in Today’s Racing Cars

Electricity in the Blood Utilizing IVT Current Measuring Technology in Today’s Racing Cars

This article discusses how IVT current measuring technology are utilized in modern racing cars.


Hitachi Suijin Series of Power Modules for Electric Vehicles

Hitachi Suijin Series of Power Modules for Electric Vehicles

Hitachi’s Suijin series of automotive power modules provide a range of high power, high-performance power modules to meet the most demanding…


Novel 100V Power MOSFET Technology with Soft Body Diode Recovery

Novel 100V Power MOSFET Technology with Soft Body Diode Recovery

This article discusses Fairchild Semiconductor's latest Generation 100V MOSFET and its benefits for low loss, low noise switching converter…


Avoidance of Reverse Recovery Ringing in Wide Band Gap Devices

Avoidance of Reverse Recovery Ringing in Wide Band Gap Devices

This article discusses the benefits of nHPD2 packaging technology and the wider market need for operational high power wide band gap devices.