Today, portable applications have many unique battery requirements. They require a high-energy density to provide unlimited power (both transient and continuous). They need to be lightweight with ...

Charging a battery using the constant-current/constant-voltage (CC/CV) method involves using the constant current in the initial state of charging and then switching ...

For the PDF version of this article, click here. Far too often, the battery-charging system is given low priority, especially in cost-sensitive applications. However, the quality of the charging ...

Linear Technology Corporation introduced the LTC4013, a highly integrated, high voltage multi-chemistry synchronous step-down battery charger controller. With a wide input voltage range that spans up ...