Maxim Integrated has announced a high-accuracy Li-ion fuel gauge and protection IC circuit that extends run-time on multi-cell battery-powered products while also monitoring against self-discharge hazards.

Clarke Calculator is a smart invention that facilitates electricity distribution over long-distance HVDC or HVAC transmission lines. Wondering about Clarke Calculator and its application? Understand all the details about the innovation that enabled seamless long-distance transmission in today’s smart grid technology!

The IoT, and now 5G, has accelerated the growth of mobile electronic devices including smartphones and smartwatches. However, these devices’ performance is always limited by that of their batteries and charging circuits. This article looks at how modern charging circuits address the diverse power challenges of high-performance 5G smartphones and of wearables.

BMW Group UK, including MINI, has entered into a new partnership with the firm Off Grid Energy to give a second life to BMW and MINI electric batteries from the brands’ PHEVs and EVs, which will be adapted to create mobile power units.

Gallium nitride (GaN) is a very promising material that has demonstrated the capability to displace silicon semiconductors in power conversion, RF, and analogue applications.

At the recent launch of its BEV Factory Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) revealed that its next-generation BEVs (battery electric vehicles) will start production in 2026. Not only will they be designed and built differently, they will also be powered by a range of new advanced batteries developed specifically to exceed Toyota customers’ diverse needs and expectations.

According to a new joint report conducted by the European Patent Office and the International Energy Agency, batteries account for almost 90% of all patents in electricity storage globally, growing at an annual average rate of 14% between 2005 and 2018.

The 5G rollout holds the promise of much higher bandwidth, much lower latency, and significantly increased connection density compared with 4G. One particular result of this is the opportunity created for higher-performance IoT infrastructures. However, 5G implementation will call for some rethinking of data center design.

The seemingly constant advances in digital technologies bring a new set of challenges and complexities to firms operating in the industry. Cybersecurity is one of these challenges, identified as one of the most significant by “Big Four” multiservice firm Deloitte.

This article gives an overview of how to quantify the power supply noise sensitivity of the loads in signal processing chain, and how to calculate the maximum acceptable power supply noise. Measurement setups are also discussed as well as strategies to meet power domain sensitivity with realistic power supply noise requirements.