Is Micro Power moving towards the mixed metal oxide trend?
RT: Yes, we have already designed the mixed-metal oxide cells into a number of our designs as many of our customers are very interested in it. We have already gone through to the cell qualification process and are in production for products utilizing the mixed metal oxide cells. VS: What are some of Micro Power’s key offerings to the market? RT: Micro Power enables the differentiation of our customer’s products by designing the entire system, including the cell selection, battery electronics and charger. We do custom battery packs and chargers for military, medical and industrial handheld computing applications, and are unbiased with respect to both the chemistry and the cell supplier, so we’ll help a customer determine what chemistry best suits their needs and these days most often it is Li-ion but in some cases it will be Nickel metal hydride. For example, we make a battery pack that is autoclaveable for an orthopedics surgical tool manufacturer, and the Nickel metal hydride cells di
