Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging – Battery or cell charging – Pulsed
Patent
1997-07-03
1999-07-13
Wong, Peter S.
Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging
Battery or cell charging
Pulsed
320133, 320141, 320139, 320162, H02J 700, H02J 714
Patent
active
059231491
ABSTRACT:
A charging apparatus controls the charging of a secondary battery such that charging is performed using a constant current as long as a terminal voltage of the secondary battery is less than a threshold voltage. When the terminal voltage rises to the threshold voltage, charging is performed using a constant voltage that is equal to or less than the threshold voltage. The charging apparatus includes a switch for shutting off the charge current at a predetermined time; a comparator for comparing (1) a voltage difference between an output voltage of a power source at the time of the shut-off of the charge current and a secondary battery voltage with (2) a reference voltage; and control means for (1) switching a charge voltage to a voltage higher than the output voltage of the power source when the charge current is supplied, (2) switching the charge voltage to a voltage equal to the output voltage of the power source when the charge current is shut off, and (3) switching the charge voltage to a voltage equal to the output voltage of the power source when the charging is finished in accordance with the output of the comparator.
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Kananen Ronald P.
Sony Corporation
Toatley , Jr. Gregory J.
Wong Peter S.
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