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Motorola Original Batteries
impres™ Energy System Technology

Motorola Original Batteries Are Proven Tough

Superior Performance

Only Motorola original Products are performance matched to ensure the same high standards of quality that you enjoy with your Motorola two-way radio. When you see the Motorola original logo, you know the products are built and tested to meet the toughest standards. Tough Motorola original products protect your communication system from the hazards of everyday life - you can count on it.

Motorola engineers each battery to provide optimum performance with specific Motorola radios and accessories, and Motorola stands behind its batteries with industry-leading warranties. So you get clear, reliable communication even under tough conditions - something you can't be sure of with a competitor's battery.

Motorola's batteries and radios also conform to the "intrinsically safe" standard: certified and rated by an approval agency as intrinsically safe for use in classified hazardous areas.

Built Tough
All batteries are not alike. Motorola two-way wireless radio batteries employ the highest standards of quality and consistency, from the manufacturing floor to the rugged requirements of real-world use.

Motorola starts with premium grade battery cells from reliable suppliers. These premium battery cells provide high capacity, long cycle life, low impedance, a wide operating temperature range (-30°C to +50°C) and the best shock resistance available. They are tough enough to survive sudden impacts without increasing impedance, and they are also more uniform, which means you can count on the same high energy, high number of charge cycles and durability with every Motorola battery you buy.

A common source of battery failure lies in the connecting circuitry between battery components: Motorola uses soft film copper flex circuitry which has the ability to "give" in the case of an impact - unlike the thin wires found in other battery brands. This circuitry also enables the most efficient flow of electrical current, reducing impedance and improving performance. And Motorola solders, rather than welds, battery components to the flex circuits, which reduces aging and impedance build-up.

Battery shock absorbers and filler hold all battery components in place. Motorola uses a variety of pliable shock absorbing materials to protect the cell back and flex circuitry. By damping vibration inside the battery housing, these materials reduce component damage during sudden impact. (Many competitors cut costs by not including shock absorbers, making their batteries more susceptible to breaking from a drop or impact).

For battery casings, Motorola only uses tough polycarbonate plastic, which provides maximum protection against battery failures from falls or sudden impacts. Polycarbonate has significantly more tensile strength (the ability to resist lateral forces) and flexural strength (the ability to withstand flexing or bending) than ABS plastic.

Motorola's ISO 9000 manufacturing environment, powered by state-of-the-art, computer-controlled equipment, ensures automated, monitored and consistent assembly for every battery produced. (Often, competitive batteries are assembled by hand, leading to lower quality construction.) And Motorola batteries are performance-matched to the corresponding Motorola two-way wireless radio, optimizing all parts of the communications system: radios, batteries, antennas and reception/transmission circuits.

Tested Tough
As part of Motorola's manufacturing process, each two-way radio battery model must pass grueling Accelerated Life Testing (ALT) that includes a rain test (steady rainfall and wind for 30 minutes on every surface), a salt fog test (exposure to an atomized salt solution for 48 hours), a dust test (six hours of dust blowing on all surfaces), a vibration test (up to nine hours of exposure to vibration) and a shock test (18 shocks with a minimum G force of 40 Gs apiece).

In addition to in-line process control during manufacturing, Motorola routinely tests radios and batteries as a system (within varying levels of expended life cycles) to make sure they'll operate within specifications every time you need them.

The results were that Motorola batteries dramatically outperformed competing batteries from Battery Zone, Honeywell, Power Products and Multiplier.

3 Test Average:

• Motorola: 96% passed
• Multiplier: 38% passed
• BatteryZone: 47% passed
• Honeywell: 42% passed
• Power Products: 56% passed

impres™ Energy System Technology

The Intelligent Motorola Portable Radio Energy System (impres) demonstrates an optimal energy system solution, not only for 2-way radios, but the technology can be applied to a wide variety of portable products. It is a trichemistry (nickel-cadmium, nickel-metal hydride, lithium-ion), patented technology that was developed by our expert design team. The primary elements of the system are an impres compatible battery and an impres compatible adaptive charger. The system incorporates the following key features:

• Battery data storage in the battery
• "Smart" charger with adaptive reconditioning capability
• Structured priority communication protocol used between the battery and charger

Impres compatible batteries perform "smart" battery functions:

• Monitor elapsed time
• Record charge & discharge current
• Monitor battery voltage and temperature
• The battery has an expandable memory architecture that serves as a repository for all "smart" battery data.

Impres compatible chargers are designed to manage charger and battery data and provide periodic battery "fuel gauge" re-calibration. Impres compatible chargers also perform battery reconditioning:

• Automatic adaptive reconditioning by monitoring battery usage data
• Automatic voltage threshold reconditioning
• Manual initiation or termination of reconditioning
• Automatic reconditioning allows maximum run time without sacrificing battery life to unnecessary charge/discharge cycles associated with manual reconditioning.

The impres system provides the following functions:

• Record of date of manufacture
• Unique battery serial number
• Date of battery initial ("smart") use
• Periodic battery fuel tank recalibration
• Record of battery charge cycles: "smart," approximated, and recondition
• Record of initial and current "fuel tank" size
• Battery end-of-service-life indicator

Impres technology can be used to enhance new products by designing the product to provide:

• Capability to read data over the communication bus
• Capability to calculate and interpret battery data
• Means to display battery data to the user

We are developing impres compatible accessories and peripherals such as:

• Vehicular chargers and adapters
• Multi-unit and single unit data displays
• PC-based battery management systems and software
• System upgrades and feature enhancements such as projected battery end-of-life

impress FAQs

Q: What is impres?
A: Impres is a patented energy system that showcases our design capabilities. The Intelligent Motorola Portable Radio Energy System (impres) combines a "smart" battery with a "smart" charger to provide a host of features to optimize battery life and user convenience.

Q: Who should be interested in impres technology?
A: Impres technology was originally developed for use by government agencies and fleet operators who required a "smart," immediate, reliable and secure communications system. Impres technology is applicable to many other types of portable products, so it could be of great value to many original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).

Q: Is impres only for portable radios?
A: No, impres technology can be used to create a host of next generation products.

Q: How does impres work?
A: An impres system combines the use of a "smart" battery, a "smart" charger, and a protocol to allow communication between the battery, charger and other accessory devices via a single wire. Information about the battery is stored in the memory in the battery. The charger uses the battery information to control battery maintenance automatically. Products can also be designed to use the battery information for features such as battery identification, fuel gauging, battery cycle count, etc. This system was designed for compatibility with nickel-cadmium, nickel-metal hydride and lithium-ion batteries.

Q: What is reconditioning in an impres system?
A: Batteries are reconditioned by discharging them completely and then recharging them at a rapid rate. Reconditioning can significantly extend battery life as well as serve as a mechanism to re-establish a battery's capacity and status. Impres technology uses an adaptive algorithm to automatically determine when reconditioning should be done.