EnerChip™ CC Smart Solid State Battery
Energy Storage with Integrated Power Management
The EnerChip CC is the worlds first intelligent solid state energy storage device. It is an integrated solution that provides battery backup functions and power management for systems requiring power bridging and/or secondary power. A single EnerChip CC can charge up to 10 additional EnerChips connected in parallel.
During normal operation, the EnerChip CC charges itself with a controlled voltage using and internal charge pump that operates from 2.5V to 5.5V. An Enable pin controls the charge pump in order to minimize current consumption and take advantage of the fast recharge time of the EnerChip. When the primary power supply dips below a user defined threshold voltage, the EnerChip CC will signal this event and route the stored power to Vout. The EnerChip CC also has battery protection circuitry to enable thousands of recharge cycles. The diagram below shows the EnerChip CC internal functions.
EnerChip CC smart solid state batteries are very cost effective and are priced as low as $0.50 for CBC3105 packaged parts in high volumes. Click here to get a quote and learn more....
A Full Uninterruptible Power Supply in a Chip
The EnerChip™ CC is a UPS in a chip that provides backup energy storage and power management for systems requiring power bridging and/or secondary power. The EnerChip single chip UPS provides many advantages for electronics designers:
- EnerChips last the life of the product
- Never change a battery again
- Bury the EnerChip anywhere on either side of a PCB
- Surface Mount Technology supplied on Tape and Reel
- Reflow solderable
- Small size foot print fits anywhere
- Only 0.9mm height
- All Uninterruptible Power Supply electronic functions are built into the EnerChip
EnerChip UPS in a Chip - Product Development Resources
There are many resources available to make designing EnerChips into your next product easy and inexpensive. Click on any of the areas in the Resource Selector box on the right to access these resources. An easy and inexpensive way to evaluate the EnerChip UPS functionality is to use the CBC-EVAL-06 Evaluation Kit shown in the photo below. This USB stick comes with an Cymbet EnerChip CBC3112 that provides 72 hours of power back-up for a Micro Crystal RV-2123 Real Time Clock Chip. The EVAL-06 can be purchased from any of Cymbet's Distributors. For the EVAL-06 Datasheet click here.
EVAL-06 Power Backup Eval Kit
EnerChip for Drop-in Solar Energy Harvesting
Given the unique integrated capabilities of the EnerChip CC, it can be used as an Energy Harvesting power management module. Using a standard off the shelf solar cell, the EnerChip CC can effectively convert the incoming power, charge the EnerChip energy storage device and regulate the output power to the load. The EnerChip CC provides a single chip solution with low Bill of Materials cost that can be used to create many new innovative Zero Power Devices. For more information, go to the Energy Harvesting page and read the EVAL-10 description.