Solutions
With wireless technology enabling hundreds of consumer and commercial devices, the world has become power hungry, and more specifically, power pulse hungry. Mobile phones, wireless modems, digital cameras, and PDAs require short bursts of power for data transmissions or other high functions - power that batteries or current-limited power supplies like USB, PCMCIA and Compact Flash simply can't supply.
Supercapacitors bridge the gap between the average level of power required and the peak power needed for a specific action. Used alone, with a power supply, or together with batteries, supercapacitors create advanced power solutions that enable the latest technologies. Discover how CAP-XX products add value in wireless, consumer, and commercial devices.

Advantages and Uses

In addition to providing pulse power, CAP-XX supercapacitors many other benefits:

• Extend battery run time by minimizing the voltage droop caused by a high-current load
• Smooth out fluctuating power requirements from a low current source
• Minimize electrical and acoustic noise generated by current pulses in RF-enabled devices
• Permit low-temperature and high-temperature operation in harsh environments
• Provide technical benefit in small volume/mass, particularly in space-constrained environemnts like USB sticks, CF cards, PCMCIA modems and RFID tags, in which height and footprint are severely limited
• Enable thinner, smaller industrial design for PDAs, mobile phones, and other consumer applications
• Meet all relevant environmental standards for disposal and hazardous operation

When to use a Supercapacitor

Do I Need a Battery or a Supercapacitor or Both?	Battery Benefits: Large Energy Density	Supercapacitor Benefits: Large Power Density Quick Discharge & Recharge Very Thin Long Life (no electrochemical reactions)
When should I use a Supercapacitor to improve the Power Source?	As a Power SUPPORT (High Source Impedance) Current-limited Host Battery Support: size technology low temperature end of charge ageing Non-linear with Current Comms Support Fuel & Solar Cells	As a Power REPLACEMENT (Infinite Source Impedance) UPS Battery Backup Hot Swap Battery Contact Chatter (Drop Test) Toys Medical Short term energy storage
Leveling Pulsed Loads	PHYSICAL LAW IF AVERAGE output power < AVERAGE input power SUPERCAPACITOR BENEFIT WILL BE GAINED IF PEAK output power > PEAK input power APPLICATION FINDER (Pulsed Load) Load AC component (peak) > Load DC component (average)