When charging multichemistry batterieswith different cell capacities, the batteryvoltage can be higher or lower thanthe supply voltage at various stages ofthe charging. Thus, the supply voltageneeds ...

Most currently available battery chargers are switched-mode types. Yet, a niche application exists for modern lithium-ion, single-cell linear-IC chargers, which have per-cell voltage of 4.2V. Further, ...

To describe the constraints on developing consumer battery technology as ‘challenging’ is an enormous understatement. The ideal rechargeable battery has conflicting properties – it has to store large ...