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General Information
Agilent MCCD System Capabilities
The Agilent Multi-Cell Charger/Discharger (MCCD) System has been designed to address the unique
requirements and needs of lithium-ion cell manufacturing. The Agilent MCCD System can accurately
charge, discharge, and measure lithium ion cells. It consists of an Agilent E4370A Multi-Cell
Charger/Discharger mainframe with up to four Agilent E4374A or E4375A 64-Channel
Charger/Discharger cards. When fully loaded each mainframe has 256 input/output channels.
Mainframes and modules can be combined in different configurations to form a low cost, high
performance cell charge/discharge station in a cell manufacturing process.
NOTE: You cannot mix Agilent E4374A and E4375A 64-Channel Charger/Discharger cards in
the same E4370A mainframe. Mainframes can only operate with identical-model cards.
The following figure is a simplified block diagram of the Agilent MCCD System. It is followed by a brief
description of the system’s basic as well as advanced features.
10 Base T Ethernet to remote monitoring and control
Multi-cell
charger /
discharger
Serial
Local
barcode
reader
Digital I/O
Power
Fixture
control and
local
start/stop
Local
Remote
Digital I/O to outside world
Local
controls
Powerbus
Sense
Multiple cell
tray
Rail power
source
Powerbus
Load
Serial
Local
terminal
Figure 1-1. Block Diagram of Agilent MCCD System