Large, high-voltage rechargeable battery systems are now common sources of power in applications ranging from electric vehicles to power grid load leveling systems. These large battery stacks are ...

The stability and safety of lithium batteries require treating them with careful consideration. If lithium-ion battery cells do not operate within a constrained state-of-charge (SOC) range, their ...

Members can download this article in PDF format. One of the more overstated idioms in the battery technology world is that batteries have come a long way since Alessandro Volta invented the voltaic ...

Check out our embedded world 2023 coverage. The Qorvo PAC22140 Smart Battery Monitoring System (BMS) can monitor 10- to 20-series Li-ion, Li-polymer, and LiFePO4 battery packs. Integrating a ...

AMS has joined the firms offering cell balancing chips for electric vehicle Li-ion stacks. Its AS8506 can operate in both passive and active modes, and has a built-in balancing algorithm, cell ...