A buck-boost single-inductor dc-dc regulator provides bidirectional operation. In one direction the regulator takes current from the supercapacitor and produces a regulated voltage to the load. In the ...

There was a recent news item regarding a teenager's project to use a super capacitor as a quick-charging energy storage device. The primary claim is that this could be used to fully charge a phone in ...

Before Lunar New Year, I had ordered two 3000 F, 2.7 V supercapacitors from China for about $4 each. I don’t actually remember why, but they arrived (unexpectedly) just before the holiday.

Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are widely used in today’s portable electronic devices; particularly those demanding either significant amounts of power or a heavy usage frequency. When designing ...