How Safe is Your Battery Charger?

摘要

The Li-Ion battery is becoming the dominant battery chemistry for today's portable consumer electronics. A single-cell Li-Ion battery is Ideal to power portable products, such as multimedia players, electronic dictionaries or GPS navigators. As U-lon batteries dominate the world of consumer electronics, charging safety is becoming a topic of concern. Overcharging Li-Ion batteries can result in rapid disassembly of the battery cell. Microchip Technology's MCP7383X family of Battery Charge Management Controllers feature multiple safety features for safe charging of Li-Ion batteries.