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Cymbet Corporation -Company -Press Releases <br />~~~ <br />~~r~~l~~r~y~ <br />Press Releases <br />New Environmentally Friendly Thin-Film Batteries Provide <br />"Green" Performance <br />January 29, 2008 <br />Elk River, Minn. -January 29, 2008 -Cymbet Corporation said today <br />that its new EnerChip'"' family of thin-film battery devices offers <br />something truly unique in battery technology: environmentally friendly, <br />"green" performance. EnerChips, launched in September 2007 and now <br />commercially available worldwide, are designed for semiconductor, <br />medical, sensor, RFID, communications and portable electronic devices. <br />Environmental friendliness is a key EnerChip attribute, since the product <br />is designed to eliminate battery replacement and last the life of the <br />device it powers. As a solid-state device, the EnerChip is lead-free and <br />contains no hazardous materials, flammable solvents or liquids that can <br />harm the user or the environment, therefore eliminating or reducing <br />some end-of-life product costs. <br />Said Cymbet CEO Bill Priesmeyer, "When coupled with energy- <br />harvesting or energy-scavenging techniques, an EnerChip can supply <br />the energy storage to build self-contained, long-lived powered systems <br />and avoid the use of traditional battery power approaches. Using an <br />EnerChip battery to power sensors, RFID tags or other remote devices- <br />in combination with energy already available in the environment-is <br />both cost and environmentally beneficial." <br />The EnerChip's small form factor and highly rechargeable, solid-state, <br />thin-film advancements can be economically and reliably integrated as <br />an embedded device or as asurface-mounted component. Cymbet's <br />EnerChip family is well suited for applications where back-up power is <br />needed to maintain the settings of microcontroller memories, real-time- <br />clocks and SRAM during power loss or power failures. <br />All EnerChip products can be lead-free reflow soldered (260 Degrees C) <br />using automated high-speed assembly processes, significantly reducing <br />assembly cost. The devices offer a fast recharge time (under 30 minutes <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />INFORM/~TIOt~ <br />r <br />'j"ili~l~i~~L~ <br />E_n...er.Ch p..'.`"..._P ro....d..ucts. <br />C....B...C..0..12__Datas_h.e....e..t (PDF) <br />C.BC.O....5....0...._Dat~she..e..t (PDF) <br />E...V..A...L-O_l-_Pro..d_u..ct.._Bref (PDF) <br />http://www.cymbet.com/content/company-press-012908.asp 2/7/2008 <br />