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New Products * ICs & Semiconductors
I²C Battery Gas Gauge Operates Up to 20 Volts
Linear Technology Corp. has introduced the LTC2943 multicell battery gas gauge that makes direct measurements of 3.6
V to 20 V battery stacks. Absolutely no level shifting circuitry
on the supply and measurement pins is required to interface
with multicell voltages, so total current consumption is minimized and measurement accuracy is preserved. The LTC2943
is a true high voltage gas gauge that measures charge, voltage,
current and temperature to within 1 percent accuracy, all of the
essential parameters required to accurately assess battery state
of charge (SoC).
The LTC2943 is suited for multicell applications, including professional power tools and portable medical equipment.
Battery current is measured by monitoring the voltage across an
external, high side sense resistor and integrating this information
to infer charge. A bidirectional analog integrator accommodates
either current polarity (battery charge or discharge), and a programmable prescaler allows for a wide range of battery capacities. Charge, voltage, current and temperature information are
communicated to the host system over an I²C/SMBus-compatible 2-wire interface that is also used to configure the gas gauge.
The host can program high and low thresholds for all measured
parameters, which if tripped, signal an alert using either the
SMBus alert protocol or by setting a register flag.
The LTC2943 is offered in commercial and industrial versions, supporting operating temperature ranges from 0°C to
70°C and -40°C to 85°C, respectively. The LTC2943 is available
in a RoHS compliant, 8-pin 3 mm by 3 mm DFN package. Pricing starts at $2.35 each in 1,000 piece quantities.
Cree SiC MOSFETs Revolutionize Shinry Hybrid
Electric and Electric Vehicle Power Converters,
Achieving 96 Percent Efficiency
Cree, Inc. has announced that Shinry Technologies, a
high-tech enterprise focused on energy efficient applications in
transportation and lighting, employed Cree's 1,200 V C2M family of SiC MOSFETs in its new, high-efficiency, hybrid electric
and electric vehicle (HEV/EV) power converters to achieve 96
percent efficiency. According to Shinry Technologies, Cree's
C2M SiC MOSFETS also enabled a 25 percent reduction in
product size and reduced peak power losses by over 60 percent
compared to the traditional silicon versions.
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"Our customers care a great deal about efficiency, compact
size and system weight and cost," said Dr. Wu Ren Hua, CEO
of Shinry Technologies. "The new C2M family of SiC MOSFETs from Cree allows our new HEV/EV power converters for
passenger cars and busses to deliver industry-leading efficiency
of 96 percent in a compact size that is 25 percent smaller than
current platforms not using Cree C2M SiC MOSFETs."
Based in Shenzhen, China, Shinry Technologies Co., Ltd.
specializes in creating HEV/EV DC-DC converter, on-board
charger and rapid charger solutions for a market that demands
high reliability, efficiency and compact size. By implementing
Cree's advanced second-generation SiC MOSFETs in its latest
3 to 10 kW DC-DC converters designed for use in electric busses, Shinry achieved considerable efficiency improvement and
significant size and weight reduction.
Introduced in March 2013, Cree's C2M family of SiC
MOSFETs have been demonstrated to achieve more than three
times the power density of typical silicon technology in standard
power supply designs. Cree MOSFETs have been actively employed in solar inverters, industrial power supplies, battery chargers, uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems and several
other applications. These new 1,200 V and 1,700 V MOSFETs
allow manufacturers to differentiate their products in the market
through significant improvements in efficiency, reliability and/or
power density, the latter of which can also lead to reductions in
the size, weight, volume and, in some cases, even the total cost
of power systems.
Boost Battery Life in "Always On" Smartphones,
Tablets and Accessories with Ultra-Low Power
Microcontrollers
Enabling advanced contextual computing functionality in
next-generation handheld consumer devices, Texas Instruments
(TI) has released the MSP430 microcontrollers (MCUs) that
reduce power consumption in "always on" applications such as
smart phones, tablets and accessories. Developers who transfer sensor hub, keyboard control and battery/power management functionalities to
MSP430F525x MCUs can
create portable consumer
devices that put powerhungry application processors and touch screen
controllers on standby
instead of draining the
system's battery.
MSP430F525x MCUs
feature a 1.8V split-rail
I/O architecture that allows seamless interface
to the application processor without needing
an external level shifting circuit. Customers can now create
smartphones, tablets and accessories that maintain I/O at 1.8
V while operating the MCU at maximum performance. With a
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