Battery Management ICs are integrated circuits that regulate rechargeable batteries in electrical devices. Battery Management ICs can be used with any rechargeable battery chemistry, including lead-acid, nickel-based, lithium-ion, and lithium-polymer batteries, for both wired and wireless applications. Rapid technological advancements, rising urbanization, improved consumer purchasing, and higher living standards have all contributed to a growth in the usage of consumer electronics devices, which has led to a persistent need for battery management solutions. In this article, everything PE has listed some interesting Battery Management ICs that were trending on the website in 2024.
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Lithium-ion Battery Pack Fuel Gauge IC for UPS Applications
The MPF42793DRT-0B-0000-Z from Monolithic Power Systems is a Battery Pack Fuel Gauge IC that has been designed to provide comprehensive status information on lithium-ion battery strings up to 16 series cells. It requires an input voltage of 3 - 3.6 V. This IC estimates the internal state-of-charge (SOC) and state-of-health (SOH) for each cell, as well as the full pack along with determining impedance, remaining runtime, charge time, and available power. It offers on-board memory that allows for lifetime logging of key parameters. This battery management IC is available in a surface-mount package that measures 4 x 4 mm and is ideal for light electric vehicles such as scooters, bikes, and golf carts, renewable energy systems, industrial robots, cordless tools, gardening equipment and energy storage for UPS applications. Read more.
Negative Voltage Charge Protection IC for Handheld Applications
The BD6046GUL-E2 from ROHM Semiconductor is a Charge Protection IC that has been designed to protect electronic devices from abnormal input voltage events occurring at the USB port. It requires an input voltage of up to 28 V. This IC can prevent the negative voltage from occurring due to USB reverse insertion faults, without using additional components. It integrates a low drain-source on-state resistance FET transistor to provide faster switching and reduce thermal dissipation, which in turn results in an improved battery life. This RoHS-compliant battery management IC is available in a surface-mount package that measures 2.5 x 2.5 mm and is ideal for mobile phones, MP3 players, digital still cameras, PDAs, IC recorders, electronic dictionaries, handheld games, game controllers, camcorders and Bluetooth headsets applications. Read more.
Battery Monitoring IC with Coulomb Counter for Bluetooth Applications
The STC3100IST from STMicroelectronics is a Battery Management IC that is ideal for cell phones, PDAs, MP3 players, cordless phones, digital cameras, USB appliances, and Bluetooth device applications. It requires an input voltage of 2.7 - 5.5 V. This battery management IC (BMIC) consists of an A/D converter (11 bits-unsigned), multiplexer, temperature sensor, oscillators, voltage reference, 32 kHz time-base, control registers, memory units, and serial peripheral interfaces. It can be programmed using an I2C interface and uses appropriate control schemes to provide seamless communication for gas gauge monitoring and device control. This BMIC is available in a surface-mount package that measures 3 x 3 mm. Read more.
AEC-Q100 Qualified Li Battery Monitoring and Balancing IC
The TLE9012DQU from Infineon Technologies is a Li-ion Battery Monitoring and Balancing IC that is designed for Li-ion battery packs used in hybrid electric vehicles (HEV, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV), battery electric vehicles (BEV), as well as in 12 V Li-ion batteries. It requires an input voltage of 4.75 - 60 V. This BMIC can monitor, communicate with, and control up to 12 serially connected cells. It includes a cell management unit, a round-robin diagnosis unit, an auxiliary/temperature and voltage measurement unit, a UART/GPIO block, an iso UART interface, and a power supply unit. This RoHS-compliant BMIC is available in a surface-mount package that measures 9 x 9 mm. Read more.
4-28 V Li-ion Battery Fuel Gauge IC
The RAJ240080DFP from Renesas is a Li-ion Battery Fuel Gauge IC that has been designed to support up to 5 Li-ion or Li-Polymer battery cells in series. It requires an input voltage of 4-28 V. This IC integrates Renesas ultra-low power RL78 CPU core MCU and an analog front end (AFE) in a single package which enhances multi-functioning to deliver a complete battery management solution. It is available in a surface-mount package that measures 9 x 9 x 0.5 mm and is suitable for e-bikes, e-scooters, pedal-assist bicycles, power tools, vacuum cleaners, drones, battery backup systems, and energy storage system (ESS) applications. Read more.
18-Cell Battery Stack Monitoring IC for Security Systems Applications
The LTC6813ILWE-1#3ZZPBF from Analog Devices is an 18-cell Battery Stack Monitor IC that has been designed for precise and efficient battery management. It requires an input voltage of up to 112.5 V. This IC offers selectable data acquisition rates for reducing noise interference. It enables seamless and high-speed communication over long distances while minimizing susceptibility to RF interference owing to its stackable architecture. This IC is available in a surface-mount package that measures 10.25 x 10.25 mm and is ideal for fleet and asset tracking, automotive GPS data loggers, automotive telematics systems, toll collection systems, security systems, and USB-powered device applications. Read more.
Automotive Qualified Lithium-ion Battery Cell Controller IC
The MC33772B from NXP Semiconductors is an Automotive Qualified Lithium-ion Battery Cell Controller IC that has been designed for automotive applications such as hybrid electric vehicles (HEV), electric vehicles (EV) along with industrial applications such as energy storage systems, and uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems. It requires an input voltage of 6 - 30 V. This BMIC consists of a microcontroller unit (MCU), digital interfaces, and a memory unit (EEPROM). This AEC-Q100-qualified BMIC has an in-built diagnostic feature and supports ASIL D safety standards. It is available in a surface-mount package that measures 9 x 9 mm. Read more.
Optimized Smart Battery Protection IC for Wearable Applications
The GLF73610-CE23C from GLF Integrated Power is an Optimized Smart Battery Protection IC that is ideal for Bluetooth low energy (BLE) wireless headphones, hearing aid, smart IoT devices, and wearable applications. It requires an input voltage of up to 6 V. This IC is based on a patent-pending circuit architecture that consists of a main switch, control logic, slew rate-controlled driver, and other protection circuitries. It has been designed to protect Lithium-ion/Polymer batteries from potential short-circuit and over-discharge events and keeps the rechargeable battery working within safe operating limits. The battery protection IC is available in a wafer-level package that measures 0.97 x 0.97 x 0.55 mm. Read more.
Single Cell Li-ion/Li-Polymer Rechargeable Battery Protection IC
The NB7120ZA105DHE2S from Nisshinbo Micro Devices is a Single-Cell Li-ion/Li-Polymer Rechargeable Battery protection IC that is ideal for hearable wearable devices, smartphones, and handheld data terminal applications. This battery protection IC requires an input voltage of 1.5 - 5 V. It features high accuracy over-charge/discharge, over-current, and temperature protection capabilities for external high-side FET transistors and sense resistors. This IC incorporates a built-in short-circuit protector to prevent excessive external short-circuit currents. It supports temperature sensing by connecting a thermistor, which improves overall safety and reliability for battery management. This battery protection IC is available in a surface-mount package that measures 1.5 x 1.08 mm. Read more.
Low-Loss Battery Charging IC for Mobile Device Applications
The FAN54161 from onsemi is a Low-Loss Battery Charging IC that has been designed for charging batteries safely at 6 A. It requires an input voltage of 2.66 – 6.4 V. This battery management IC (BMIC) includes an integrated protection and regulation feature that controls a pair of MOSFETs to ensure that the output voltage and current stay within a safe programmed operating range. It provides a configurable hardware-based safety feature that turns off the MOSFET in the event of a fault and notifies the system. This BMIC benefits from hardware−based safety protections against input over−voltage, input under−voltage, output over−voltage, input over−current, die over−temperature, and internal switch short-circuit conditions. It is available in a wafer-level package that measures 2.4 x 2 x 0.612 mm and is ideal for tablets and mobile device applications. Read more.
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