Sonnenschein Lithium is a leading manufacturer for lithium thionyl chloride batteries in the industrial market.

Sonnenschein Lithium distributes lithium thionyl chloride batteries since 1980 and manufactures them since 1983.

The company manufactures lithium thionyl chloride cells and batteries in its location in Buedingen, Germany. It employs around 100 people. The sales region is Europe, in which it sells products manufactured by itself as well as products of its parent company Tadiran Batteries Ltd. from Israel. The sales turnover is around 19 Mio €.

Company benefits:

• more than 20 years technology experience
• full technical support before, during, after design-in
• custom-made battery solutions
• ISO 14001, version 2000 certified
• TQM-philosophy

PRODUCTS

Lithium/Thionyl Chloride Batteries

The lithium thionyl chloride technology from Sonnenschein Lithium has the following product benefits:

• High cell voltage: 3.6 V
• Highest energy density: 680 Wh/kg
• Wide temperature range: - 55°C to > 130°C
• Low self discharge, long shelf and operating life
• Wide range of sizes and capacities
• High safety standard: UL approval
• Intrinsic safety versions
• Quality and environment: ISO 14001 certified

Main applications for the lithium thionyl chloride cells and batteries are:

• Utility metering and automatic meter reading (AMR)
• Tracking and identification systems
• Wireless alarm systems
• Portable instrumentation
• Transponders for electronic toll collection
• Industrial and office automation
• Automotive:
  • Tire pressure monitoring systems
  • Airbags
  • In car computers and controllers
  • Safety systems

The Pulses Plus™ Series

The Pulses Plus battery technology is Tadiran’s unique solution for applications requiring low background currents combined with high current pulses. It combines the bobbin type Li/SOCl2 cells with a novel hermetically sealed Hybrid Layer Capacitor (HLC).

Tadiran’s Pulses Plus™ battery technology, therefore, offers an unusual combination of operation advantages:

• High energy density
• High and stable operating voltage (3.67 V (standard) / 3.9 V (optional))
• High pulse current capability
• No passivation effect
• Wide operating temperature range (-40 °C to + 85 °C)
• Hermetic sealing (laser welding and glass-to-metal seal)
• Outstanding storage capability (up to 10 Years)
• Ultimate safety (UL)
• Very low self discharge characteristics (less than 1.5 % per year)

All these features together make it the ultimate power source for many long term (independent and stand-by) high current pulse/s applications

Some of the applications for which the Pulses Plus technology is being used or can be used are:

• RFID / Toll Tags Transponders
• Various Military Applications
• AMR (Automatic Meter Reading) Devices
• Location and tracking systems
• GPS/GSM Related Systems
• Emergency Equipment
• Oceanographic devices
• Medical equipment

The practical capacity and energy density of the Pulses Plus batteries are very high in comparison to many other types of lithium batteries.

Sonnenschein Lithium GmbH has a very good reputation for quality and for customer service. The goal of the company is to maintain this reputation by having high sense for application oriented quality, being the quickest and the best in technical support to assure proper design-in, providing good customer service before and after sales, finally in order to achieve a high level of customer satisfaction. Last but not least the company demonstrates its conscience for environmental protection by the ISO 14001 certification.

Sonnenschein Lithium GmbH
Industriestrasse 22
D-63654 Buedingen

Phone: 0049 6042 81480
Fax: 0049 6042 81 523
Reuning@sonnenschein-lithium.de
www.sonnenschein-lithium.de