Panasonic presents lithium batteries with innovative BR and CR technologies
With its range of extremely high power cylindrical lithium batteries, Panasonic has extended
its offer for the markets of measuring instruments, data acquisition and identification (RFID), electronic toll collection systems for cars and lorries (ETC) and safety engineering. Thanks to innovative Panasonic technologies, they are extremely long-lasting (BR series), feature top pulse currents (CR series) with a 3-volt voltage depending on the design-in. The lithium batteries are available at distributor Rutronik now. The two new models BR-1/2AA and BR-AA have capacity's of 1,000 and 2,500 milliamp hours (mAh) at a nominal voltage of three volts. The poly-carbonmonofluoride technology ensures a self-discharge rate below 0.5 percent per year (at room temperature), in addition the batteries can be used in a particularly wide temperature range of between -40 °C and +85 °C.
The three models from the CR series feature capacity's of 1,400 mAh (CR-2/3AZ), 1,650 mAh (CR-AAZ) and 2,400 mAh (CR-AG) also at a nominal voltage of three volts. Here, too, the self-discharge rate of one percent per year is very low, whereby the batteries are designed more with applications that have a high pulse current in mind.
With its wide range including not only cylindrical types but also coin cells, Panasonic offers the ideal model for every field of application. A particularly distinguishing feature of Panasonic's lithium technology is the fact that no "passivation" occurs: operating voltage remains constant over a long period of time guaranteeing that devices run on these batteries function properly. In practice the failure rate of Panasonic batteries is almost zero.
The new lithium batteries are ideally suited for long-term applications, e.g. in smoke detectors, car alarm systems or also measuring devices, as their high degree of reliability reduces the time and effort required for frequent exchanges. Other areas of application include Electronic Toll Collect Systems (ECT) where the on-board-units are equipped with these long-life batteries, as well as logistic applications using RFID units for identifying and storing data. The batteries are also ideal for medical technology, in blood glucose meters, defillibrators or infusion pumps and for marine technology applications such as automatic emergency radio buoys, man-over-board devices or for the illumination of life jackets.
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