All about supercapacitors explained in this app note from Abracon. Link here (PDF) While batteries have been a mature technology for over a century, the need for energy storage solutions with faster charging and discharging cycles than traditional batteries has led to the search for a new alternative. Although conventional capacitors offer the fastest charging […]
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App note: Supercapacitor leakage current and self discharge characteristics
App note from KEMET about supercapacitor’s leakage and self discharge and their differences in order to take account the back-up time of an application. Link here (PDF) Supercapacitor is widely used for RTC backup application to provide power to RTC circuit in electronics when the power source to the system is disconnected. Self-discharge characteristics is […]
App note: Integrated supercapacitor charger
Application circuit of supercapacitor ENYCAP(TM) power management from Vishay. Link here (PDF) The MAL219699001E3 demonstration circuit is a fully transparent power management solution with a regulated 2 W output and integrated power backup. It provides a DC/DC regulator with a wide power input range from 4.0 V to 20 V and adjustable regulated output between […]
App note: Lithium Ion Capacitors: An Effective EDLC Replacement
Hybrid capacitor of EDLC and LIB, Lithium Ion capacitors from TAIYO YUDEN offers solution to conventional EDLC lesser characteristics. Link here (PDF) EDLCs were first created in Japan in the 1970s and began appearing in various home appliances in the 1990s. Since the 2000s, they have been used in mobile phones and digital cameras. EDLCs […]
App note: Enhancing cellphone battery performance during GSM pulses through the use of a parallel supercapacitor
Low ESR and ESL supercapacitor paralleled to cellphone batteries can react more quickly to the demanding power required by GSM pulses. A great appnote read from AVX, link here (PDF) With the constant addition of data-intensive features and functionality such as continuous GPS tracking, high-definition media streaming, and the real-time server connections required by mobile […]
App note: LED lighting and supercapacitors
An app note (PDF) from KEMET on coupling two high lifetime devices: LEDs and Supercapacitors. Light emitting diodes, or LEDs, have come to prominence in recent years in conventional lighting applications including flash lights, street lamps, traffic lights and emergency lighting. Their advantages over incandescent and compact fluorescent light sources include greater robustness, higher energy […]