Enfucell Breaks Current Record With Soft Battery Plus

The latest version of Soft Battery is a significant step forward according to its manufacturer Enfucell.

Critically by optimising its internal design the Finnish company has raised the peak current output of the Soft Battery Plus model by 50% to 20mA.

Bluetooth power
A peak current of 20mA is significant as it would allow a battery to power a communications circuit like a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) module without the assistance of a separate capacitor.

Jouni Heinonen, a member of Enfucell's board of directors, says: 'You would normally need to use a capacitor on the label to fire the BLE. With Soft Battery Plus we believe you can fire the BLE without a capacitor or boosters so it is a unique achievement.'

'If you have to build a capacitor it raises the cost. With full integration and taking components out of a system you make it cheaper.'

Wearable disposable
Enfucell's primary batteries have a bending radius of 25mm, meaning they are conformable enough to be wrapped around a human finger.

Consequently the new battery will be suited to a range of applications which require the power to engage a communications circuit, but are also readily disposable. This will include biomonitors for hospital and home healthcare, smart labels for the retail and logistics segments, and cosmetic or therapeutic patches.