In the News
October 8, 2007 - EDN: Battery Fuel-Gauge Chip Provides 99% Accuracy
Battery-gauge ICs for lithium-ion-battery packs have always involved complex algorithms. For example, battery gauges in laptop computers and cell phone measure current, voltage, and temperature and integrate the current over time to find the charge. They must model the cell’s reaction to discharge rate, temperature, age, and self-discharge rate, and they must relearn the full-charge capacity over time. They also must predict and accumulate the error for all of these numbers.
September 12, 2007 - Product Design & Development: Micro Power Design Li-Ion for VIASYS Healthcare
Micro Power recently announced that it has designed and manufactured the new Li-ion battery pack and charger system for VIASYS Healthcare Inc.'s portable ventilators. The portable power systems supplied by Micro Power are currently available with VIASYS Healthcare’s LTV series ventilators.
August 1, 2007 - ECN: High Performance Chargers for Mil Spec Batteries
Many handheld or portable devices carried by soldiers operate on rechargeable batteries. Examples of these handheld or mobile devices include radios, GPS receivers and handheld computers. Designing rechargeable battery packs for these devices has its own set of challenges due to the electrochemical nature of the Lithium-Ion cells embedded in the pack.
August 7, 2007 - Frost & Sullivan: Movers & Shakers Profile
Movers and Shakers Interview with Dr Robin Tichy, Technical Marketing Manager, Micro Power Electronic Inc.
August 1, 2007 - MD&DI: Micro Power Partners with Viasys to Power Portable Ventilator
Mission-critical medical devices, such as defibrillators, infusion pumps, and ventilators, require reliable, portable power. Traditionally, OEMs have struggled to design power systems that can meet the stringent needs of such devices.
July 1, 2007 - Military & Aerospace Electronics: Power Trip
The modern battlefield is an intricate network of sophisticated electronics systems enabling increasing communications, information exchange, situational awareness, and other advanced capabilities. All these systems, which contribute to the realization of the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DOD’s) vision of a network-centric battlefield, drive the military’s need for ever-increasing amounts of efficient and reliable power. This need shows no sign of subsiding, given an increased reliance on electronics systems and the technologies that power them.
July 1, 2007 - Electronic Products: Medical Electronics Forum
As the medical electronics industry keeps on growing, today’s designers face challenges to keep products small, reduce power consumption, understand the ongoing changes in regulatory requirements, and communicate effectively among manufacturers and healthcare professionals. Representatives from various industries including Dr. Robin Sarah Tichy of Micro Power recently discussed issues they face and how those issues impact the design process.
June 30, 2007 - Medical Device Daily: Product Briefs
Micro Power (Beaverton, Oregon) said that it has designed and manufactured a new Li-ion battery pack and charger system for Viasys Healthcares (Conshohocken, Pennsylvania) portable ventilators.
June 29, 2007 - NW Innovation: Micro Power Gets Design Win with VIASYS Healthcare
Beaverton, Oregon-based Micro Power, a manufacturer of portable power systems for medical and other equipment, said this week that it has designed and manufactured a Lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery pack and charger system for VIASYS Healthcare, a manufacturer of ventilators for the medical market.
June 11, 2007 - Military Embedded Systems: Modern Battery Technology Distinguishes Military Handhelds
Numerous challenges await designers of reliable, portable power systems for use in rugged, mobile military applications such as Multiband Inter/Intra Team Radios (MBITR). Robin presents information on innovations in cell chemistries, power management electronics, enclosure designs, and safety strategies that address these challenges.