Analog Devices’ Battery Management IC Delivers Longer Battery Runtime

By Tiera Oliver

Associate Editor

Embedded Computing Design

November 17, 2021

News

Analog Devices’ Battery Management IC Delivers Longer Battery Runtime

Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) announced the MAX17330 battery management integrated circuit (IC) with integrated fuel gauge and advanced battery protection for one-cell lithium-ion/polymer batteries that are designed to deliver longer battery runtime for consumer applications than similar products.

The new IC expands ADI’s battery management portfolio for automotive and industrial markets. Compared with similar products, the MAX17330 is designed to extend run-time and monitor internal cell self-discharge hazards, while also shrinking solution size of single cell battery-powered products. ADI’s proprietary AccuCharge and ModelGauge technologies deliver high top-off charge and deep safe discharge, enabling longer run-time of medical and fitness wearables, home and building automation sensors, handheld computers, and terminals. The MAX17330 also aims to simplify battery management for devices using parallel cells, such as foldable smartphones and tablets, as well as AR/VR smartglasses.

Conventional battery charger ICs implement techniques that result in inconsistent charging and consequently, requiring an additional margin for the battery protector. The MAX17330 addresses these challenges by controlling the charger using its integrated fuel gauge for each individual cell.

MAX17330 Battery Management IC Features and Benefits:

  • Higher top-off charge for longer battery runtime: 20 percent more accurate charging with AccuCharge technology delivers higher top-off charge for longer runtime.
  • Higher fuel gauge accuracy: The ModelGauge m5 fuel gauge algorithm delivers 40 percent more accurate state-of-charge (SOC) readings; EZ configuration eliminates any need for battery characterization.
  • Smaller size: Small wafer level package (WLP) and integration of the battery charger, fuel gauge, protector and authenticator functions reduce the total solution size by 36 percent when compared to similar solutions.

Product

Availability

Price

Packaging

MAX17330

Now

$2.25 per 1,000 Units

15-bump, 0.5mm pitch, 1.9mm x 2.5mm WLP package

MAX17330X2EVKIT

Now

$94.34

N/A

 

For more information, visit: https://www.analog.com.

Tiera Oliver, Associate Editor for Embedded Computing Design, is responsible for web content edits, product news, and constructing stories. She also assists with newsletter updates as well as contributing and editing content for ECD podcasts and the ECD YouTube channel. Before working at ECD, Tiera graduated from Northern Arizona University where she received her B.S. in journalism and political science and worked as a news reporter for the university’s student led newspaper, The Lumberjack.

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