CEA, STMicroelectronics Collaborate on Miniaturized Energy Tech
July 7, 2007 // Published as a news service by IHS
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STMicroelectronics (ST) and CEA, a French public technological research organisation, signed an agreement to collaborate on the development of miniaturized energy technologies with an emphasis on powering mobile phones, laptop computers and other portable electronic products.
The two companies will pursue advanced research in fields such as solid-state microbatteries that promise longer life, greater safety and lower environmental burden than existing battery technologies and micro-fuel cells for clean energy generation.
Other energy generation, conversion and storage technologies that will be investigated include thermoelectric and mechanical scavenging techniques that convert, for example, physical motion into electrical power, with a focus on low-power applications.
The joint research team will work on:
- Micro-fuel cells designed to power mobile phones using fuel that can be topped up at any time.
- Thin-film microbatteries for use in applications such as smart labels, which are expected to replace existing barcode technology and radio-frequency ID (RFID) tags.
- Development of new energy-scavenging technologies.
"The proliferation of portable devices has created a huge demand for energy sources such as rechargeable batteries, but existing solutions still leave room for improvements in terms of performance, operating life and environmental impact," said Carmelo Papa, executive vice president and general manager of the ST industrial and multisegment sector (IMS).
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"We believe that the complementary skills of ST and CEA LITEN [Laboratory of Innovation for New Energy Technologies and Nanomaterials] will lead to the development and industrialization of cost-effective new technologies that will meet these challenges," he said.
Source: STMicroelectronics (ST).