Many of today’s electronic products depend on the use of batteries. Battery life and performance are key aspects of overall product performance, so incorporating the right battery into the product design is a very important consideration. According to Al Backlund, who manages Percept’s battery testing team, “ Percept’s specialized battery testing gives clients a thorough and accurate analysis of battery performance in their particular application, under both typical and extreme operating conditions. This precise data helps clients select the correct battery for their product, understand the various tradeoffs in design for different battery technologies, and optimize the battery type and size for their product’s intended operation.”

Performed under controlled environmental conditions, Percept’s battery testing covers the key industry standard functions typically tested when qualifying a rechargeable battery and verifying important electrical characteristics. This testing v alidates the actual operating time, verifies battery capacity and performance in a real world user profile and compares it with the manufacturer’s specification, measures battery drain currents to determine if the battery contributes to a product failure, and evaluates peak and average currents and power consumption.

Tailored to meet the specific requirements for each client, Percept's Battery Testing methodology typically includes:

• Battery Capacity Testing (Rated Capacity)
• Battery Drain Analysis
• Battery State-Of-Charge (SOC) Testing
• Battery Charge/Discharge Performances (Load Testing)
• High rate charge & discharge for rechargeable batteries
• Battery Internal Resistance Measurement, (DC and AC method) and Joule Heat Generation Calculation
• Battery ESD Testing

Percept Technology Labs is an established, independent product test and consulting company with a proven track record of helping customers test and improve their products since 1996. Specializing in data storage, ITE and consumer electronics products, Percept does more than simply test products in its 5,000 square foot real world and environmentally controlled lab spaces. With years of specialized technology testing experience and absolute commitment to customer care, the Percept team manages the entire product testing, improvement and certification process from start to finish. Percept provides everything clients need to launch and deliver their products around the world – on time and within budget. Customers include leading information technology equipment (ITE), data storage, consumer electronics, scientific instrumentation, and telecommunications firms. To learn about Percept’s full line of testing and consulting services, visit www.percept.com or call 303-444-7480.

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