The high-voltage lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery packs in electric vehicles have high energy density and are long-lasting. But they also tend to be fragile. Mechanical stress or damage caused by a crash ...

NXP unveils industry-first, battery management system (BMS) chipset with built-in Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) using precise hardware-based synchronization of all battery cell ...

NXP Semiconductors has unveiled the MC33777, said to be the world’s first battery junction box IC that integrates critical pack-level functions into a single device. Credit: NXP Semiconductors Unlike ...

NXP is aiming at ASIL D safety approval with a vehicle battery junction box controller IC, intended to fire the pyrotechnic disconnect switch during a serious fault, as well as report faults over a ...