Product category: Power Supply ICs and Controllers
News Release from: Texas Instruments (April 2006-) | Subject: bq24314, bq24316 and bq24300 ICs
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 06 September 2007
Circuits protect portable devices
Texas Instruments' bq24314 adds extra protection to a lithium battery when a charger circuit fails due to a fault condition.
Texas Instruments has released battery charger front-end integrated circuits which dramatically increases protection when charging a mobile phone or other portable electronic device The 2 x 2mm safety circuits protect a system from input over-voltage, over-current and battery over-voltage conditions, which may result from a power spike during charging or a defective or incorrect wall adapter
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 4 Apr 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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