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A new single-cell battery fuel gauge has been unveiled by Texas Instruments today which will help in monitoring devices in systems. Impedance Track technology accurately predicts battery capacity instantly under all operating conditions, including battery age, temperature and discharge behavior.

Today, TI ships millions of battery fuel gauge ICs with Impedance Track technology to customers worldwide in applications ranging from notebooks to smart phones.

Key features:

• Patented Impedance Track next-generation gauging algorithm
• Accurate and complete battery fuel gauge
• CPU-based IC reports remaining capacity, time-to-empty, voltage, current, temperature and more
• Calculates remaining charge under all conditions
• System-side implementation even with a removable battery
• 12-pin, 2.5 x 2 x 0.625 mm WCSP package

Key benefits

• Provides complete “state-of-health” battery information so a system can effectively manage the battery and extend run-time
• No calculations needed with the host microcontroller for easy implementation
• Accurate display of run time under all conditions
• No extra circuitry needed inside the battery pack
• Smallest Impedance Track solution in the industry

(Source) Press