INTRINSICALLY SAFE BATTERY

DRIVE February 20, 2020
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A battery pack configured to be housed in an electronic device, the electronic device including a near field communication (NFC) tag, the battery back including a battery housing. The housing includes a rechargeable battery cell configured to provide power to the electronic device, the battery cell initially in a first power mode, an NFC antenna configured to detect a presence of the NFC tag within the electronic device, and processing circuitry including a memory and a processor, the memory in communication with the processor, the memory having instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to convert the battery cell from the first power mode to a second power mode when the NFC antenna has detected the presence of the NFC tag within the electronic device.

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