We Help Power Tools Products Achieve Their True Potential
Iontra empowers tool manufacturers to deliver superior power tools.
Our cutting-edge technology enables faster charging, extended battery life, and improved battery health. By reducing warranty claims and enhancing product reliability, Iontra helps manufacturers maintain customer satisfaction and boost brand reputation. Our versatile technology is compatible with various power tool and battery configurations.
Enjoy a faster time to market with minimal design changes using the breakthrough patented Iontra solution.
Major Components:
Iontra Charge Control MCU (ICC)
The ICC MCU is required to run the Iontra charging algorithm, controls the charging circuit, stores battery specific recipe information, and gathers feedback on battery vitals. Depending on your requirements or the MCU chosen, the ICC MCU can also accommodate your application’s functionality. The ICC MCU has certain requirements to be capable of Iontra charging. Iontra’s Iontic MCU covers these needs and allows your functionality in an independent core, while lowering solution cost. For a list of third party MCUs that are Iontra capable, please contact Iontra directly.
Battery Management System (BMS)
For Iontra charging to be implemented, the ICC MCU needs feedback on battery voltage, current, temperature, and state of charge. Depending on your current implementation, this may be accomplished with updates from your BMS chip. If data transfer is not possible, then the MCU will need a feedback path from the battery to gather this data. In this case, no change to the BMS is needed.
DC-DC Buck converter
The DC-DC buck converter in your design may need to be modified to accommodate higher peak currents and faster response time needed for the Iontra charging algorithm, especially for applications focused on faster charging.
Typically, this circuit is composed of a phase shift full-bridge converter design, which is likely the most cost-optimized approach to implementing Iontra technology. This need will be dependent on the DC-DC characteristics, the focus of the Iontra charging method, and the recipe parameters agreed upon.
Isolated Gate Driver
This circuit may have to be modified to accommodate the Iontra charging from the ICC MCU. This circuit isolates the gates of the full-bridge FETs allowing the ICC MCU, typically through precision Pulse Width Modulation (PWM), to control them.

Improved performance at any scale.
There has never been more demand for high-performance lithium batteries. And at every scale – from cars and trucks to hearing aids and headphones.
Small Devices
100 mA — 6 A charging current
Portables
3 – 45 A, <27V charging current
E-mobility and Industrial
Up to 400 A, >27V charging current
Custom Applications
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Contact us.
Iontra is poised to change the EV industry with breakthrough charging technology that delivers real benefits to drivers and manufacturers alike. Best of all, it can be implemented faster and more easily than you may realize.
Contact us today for a personal presentation or to request a sample battery recipe and data set.