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DoCoMo Develops 'Intelligent' Li-ion Battery Pack

[2008-7-29]

Tag : Mobile Phone Pack

NTT DoCoMo Inc unveiled a battery pack that can detect thedeterioration and troubles of a Li-ion secondary battery used in acell phone July 22, 2008.
 
The company exhibited the "intelligent battery pack" atWireless Japan 2008, which is an exhibition of wirelesstechnologies and runs from July 22 to 24 at Tokyo Big Sight.
 
NTT DoCoMo developed the battery pack in response to the explosionsand fire accidents of Li-ion secondary battery packs for cellphones that occurred in 2006 and 2007.
 
"As a measure to enhance the reliability of battery packs, wewill start to employ the new battery pack in our new models withina year," said Kazuhiko Takeno, director in charge oftechnology promotion, the Mobile Device Development Department ofNTT DoCoMo.
 
The company developed the intelligent battery pack with MitsumiElectric Co Ltd by adding functions that detect the troubles anddeterioration of the battery, measure a remaining battery level andmanage other information to the existing protection circuit module.
 
Though the company did not reveal the details, the battery pack isequipped with an 8-bit microcomputer and can detect the troublesand deterioration of the battery based on the information of thebattery's voltage, current, temperature, etc.
 
The status of the battery is recorded in the battery pack;therefore, even if it is used in other cell phones, the status,such as the deterioration of the battery, can be assessed.Furthermore, it can notify the users of the time and date torecharge the battery and suggest replacing the battery or going toa shop to solve a battery problem.

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