Battery Recommendations by Application

In recent years, demand for devices with wireless communication capabilities for the purposes of remote controland motion detection has been increasing.

For example, adding communication functionality enables automated reading of gas and water meters that normallyrequire reading by a person. Primarily, technologies that enable low power consumption and long-distance datacommunication, such as LPWA, require batteries with high energy density as their power source.

Maxell contributes to the development of IoT devices by providing battery solutions capable of maintaining stableoutput and power for long periods of time.

LPWA：Low Power Wide Area Network

In medical/healthcare equipment for biomonitoring applications, devices are becoming smaller and thinner toreduce the burden on patients.

For example, it is possible to attach a biological information monitoring device such as a CGM device directlyto a patient's body to enable continuous monitoring of blood glucose levels. In order to facilitate the multifunctionality accompanying the increase in sensing information and communication functions in newer devices,Maxell provides products that achieve both a high level of safety and high energy density.

CGM: Continuous glucose monitoring

The number of sensors installed in vehicles will continue to increase in the future due to the spread of ADAS and EVs. At the same time, batteries with excellent durability and reliability even under harsh conditions such as high temperatures and high acceleration are required.

Maxell's heat resistant coin type lithium battery (CR) boasts the world's highest market share^* for TPMS applications that detect tire pressure in real time, contributing to the reduction of traffic accidents. For a system that automatically notifies you of the occurrence of a traffic accident such as eCall, a small battery that operates as an independent backup power source for long periods in harsh environments, such as high temperatures, and occupies minimal space in the vehicle is required.

ADAS: Advanced driver-assistance system

TPMS: Tire pressure monitoring system

eCall: Accident emergency notification system

* World's highest market share as of April 2024, surveyed by Maxell

With the decline in the working population, continuous monitoring over long periods of time is required for bridges, railways, tunnels, etc. to detect irregularities.

In order to respond to the increasing functionality of devices such as communication and sensing devices, Maxell offers a range of battery products with stable discharge characteristics and long-term reliability, even under the harshest conditions. Enabling appropriately timed maintenance via condition monitoring contributes to infrastructure safety over extensive periods of time.

A large number of sensors are mounted on industrial robots, and backup power supplies for RTCs equal in number to the number of sensors are required. Batteries with long-term stable discharge characteristics and a wide operating temperature range are required for reducing the size and accelerating the speed of robots, and reducing maintenance frequency by humans.

For logistics management systems, which have been increasing in recent years, the efficiency of logistics operations has been improved and traceability has been strengthened by providing batteries that enable communication in harsh environments such as warehouses and ships.

RTC: Real-time clock

With the development of wireless communication and sensing technologies, power consumption is increasing due to the miniaturization and multifunctionality of wearable device units. Consequently, the batteries with which they are equipped must also be smaller (thinner) and have higher energy density.

Maxell is developing and manufacturing small (thin) batteries with high energy densities utilizing its unique precision and manufacturing technologies. Maxell is contributing to the long life of wearable devices by providing these batteries.