Batteries

The Energy Harvesting Tipping Point for Wireless Sensor Applications
Ever since the first watermills and windmills were used to generate electricity, energy harvesting has...

Supercapacitors as a Long-Life Solution in Battery Powered Applications
Using electrostatic technologies in supercapacitors rather than the electrochemical technology of battery...

Save plant maintenance costs through reduced sensor power consumption
This paper describes a method for reducing the power consumption of sensor systems by utilizing the standby...

Balancing act
Lithium-ion batteries, like other battery types, are subject to a process of wear and tear during charging...

Ultracapacitor Usage in Wind Turbine Pitch Control Systems
As the costs for electricity generated by renewables such as wind and solar decrease and ultimately reach...

Power supply control loop response measurements
To ensure the stability of voltage regulators and switched mode power supplies, the control loop behaviour...

Using Ultracapacitors for Voltage Stabilization
When an electrically-driven machine starts, it may require very high current from the power supply for...

A NEW APPROACH TO PFC INRUSH PROTECTION
There are currently two common approaches to PFC inrush current protection. Such protection caters only...

Why Low Quiescent Current Matters for Longer Battery Life
Battery life is getting increased scrutiny as our devices continue to shrink but are still expected to...

PRACTICAL LOW POWER CPLD DESIGN
Any engineer involved with portable or handheld products knows that minimizing power consumption is an...

350V to12V DC “Yeaman Topology” Power System
This paper introduces a new DC/DC power supply architecture, called “Yeaman Topology”. The main characteristic...
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