The IEEE is to start work on a revision to IEEE Std 1725, the standard addressing the quality and reliability of rechargeable lithium ion and lithium ion polymer batteries for cellular telephone applications.
"The cellular industry has grown tremendously since IEEE Std 1725 was first approved in 2006, as have the patterns of people using cellular phones," said Jason Howard, chair of the Cell Phone Battery Working Group, which will be in charge of updating the standard.
The standard also addresses battery pack electrical and mechanical construction, packaging technologies, and pack and cell level charge and discharge controls and overall system considerations.
The standard is sponsored by the Stationary Batteries Committee of the IEEE Power & Energy Society.
The Cell Phone Battery Working Group will hold its first meeting on 16-18 February 2010 in Washington, DC. The meeting will serve to review and refine the group's processes and procedures and to nominate and elect the group's officers.
The existing standard will also be reviewed at this first meeting, and other dates and locations for future meetings will be established.
Visit: http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/1725/Meeting_Information.html