If you are an ODM, OEM, or value add Lithium-ion pack manufacturer in the consumer or industrial mobile electronics space and interested in early access to cell specifications and initial samples, thenMARKET SOLUTIONS - 3D Wave Array™
Ultra High Energy Density
Rechargeable Cells
Bluetooth/DECT Headset & ultra-small form factor applications
Devices such as Bluetooth headsets strive to increase talk time, run more sophisticated noise reduction and audio enhancement, and increasingly play high quality podcasts or music for extended periods of time. To date such devices have had to be bulky unappealing if they use batteries large enough for even 4 hours talk time plus any music or podcast listening.
ENOVIX 3D Wave Array™ based Silicon Lithium-ion cells can provide up to 100% more energy in the same volume over traditional Lithium-Polymer cells. This can enable over 10 hours talk time in very small consumer desired form factors.
Mobile phone, PDA, Media Player, Industrial Mobile
Many smartphones use batteries in the class of 1200-1500mAh and fail to make it through the day if the owner uses any kind of active mix of phone calls, text messaging, basic web browsing, and emails. Emerging trends such as more music listening, streaming TV, Movies, Youtube, etc will make the problem even worse. ENOVIX cells based on a Silicon Lithium-ion chemistry and its 3D Wave Array architecture will be available in capacities up to 4000mAh at sizes up to half that of a typical Lithium-ion alternative.
For industrial mobile communications & PDAs there is usually the added power consumption of fulltime WiFi connections, RFID readers, GPS, scanners, printers, etc. Traditional cells can not make it through an entire workshift in such cases without resorting to very large cell sizes. ENOVIX offers an appealing alternative of up to 2X the operational time in the same form factor.
Notebook/Tablet/PAD style mobile computing
For larger portable computing weight becomes more of an issue. ENOVIX 3d Wave Array cells also weigh much less per Whr of energy storage than traditional cells. of the many advantages of the architecture is flexibility in form factor. Solutions can range from 1mm thick, not practical for high capacity conventional Li-ion cells, to more conventional thicknesses well over 20mm, yet with far more energy in a given size & weight. Solutions for Notebook computing operating in series cell packs above 4V will be in the 2nd phase of ENOVIX cell releases.
High Power Military & Industrial applications
High power applications are even more of a problem for typical Lithium-ion solutions. The ability to handle high rate capability typically requires conventional cells to add even more inactive materials to handle the technical requirements. The 3D Wave Array architecture enables High Power/High rate cells with a much smaller impact on energy density.
Today's soldiers can end up carrying tremendous battery weight during grueling missions, between 15 to 70 lbs of batteries and rechargers depending on the mission. Furthermore many of the traditional Lithium ion solutions are not ideal for such missions as they are far from the energy density of their primary (non rechargeable) counterparts, in addition to not handling the power and rate requirements of some modern field communications and weaponry. ENOVIX 3D Wave Array based cells can provide a dramatic reduction in size and weight for soldiers in the field as well as increasing equipment effectiveness.
Niche commercial/industrial portable applications
For lower volume niche commercial applications in industrial, medical, and other segments, ENOVIX will be partnering with value added battery pack manufacturers for supply of customized packs around standard form factor cells such as the popular 103450 prismatic cell. Interested Niche OEMs with preferred custom pack suppliers should inform ENOVIX of the contact information of their desired value added pack supplier.
Transportation
Though not immediately addressed by initial ENOVIX cells, the 3D Wave Array architecture has tremendous potential to make Hybrid Electric and Electric Vehicles more cost competitive vs fossil fuel based vehicles. Traditional Lithium ion cells have failed to provide a realistic roadmap that meets critical energy density goals and cost per kwh for rechargeable batteries laid out by both the Automotive industry and the Department of Energy. Large government incentive subsidies and higher costs to the consumer will remain to offset lack of competitiveness vs fossil fuels.
To achieve the automotive and transportation markets energy storage goals, a rechargeable solution must be developed that has 1)significantly less grams of materials in the battery cells for each kwh of energy storage 2) a lower cost per gram of materials required for each kwh of storage and 3) the ability to enable much simpler and cost reduced pack management and safety circuitry. The ENOVIX 3D Wave Array cell architecture has strong revolutionary advantages on all 3 aspects which will be exploited over time to truly enable this critical market.
