While lithium-ion (Li-Ion) batteries offer many advantages for portable consumer electronics, they require extremely accurate charging current and output voltages to optimize battery life and ...

Testing a Li-ion battery charger using its natural load (i.e., a battery) is time consuming because the charging process can take an hour or more. The test time varies widely, depending on whether you ...

Energy-storage devices such as batteries continue to change how people live. Here's an article that will point you toward the design of your own linear Li-ion battery charger using today's ...

Solar window chargers have several advantages when compared with other charger types. You can stick this DIY solar window charger to the inside of a glass window with the solar panel facing out and ...

Lithium batteries now form an integral part of modern-day living and can be seen in multiple applications such as power tools, vacuum cleaners, mobile devices, and electric bicycles. Holtek, with its ...

The bulky batteries that power mobile devices could one day be extinct. Oki Printed Circuits has showcased technology that embeds a 170?m-thick thin-film all-solid-state lithium-ion (Li-ion) ...