Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging – Battery or cell charging – Pulsed
Patent
1997-05-14
1998-11-17
Tso, Edward
Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging
Battery or cell charging
Pulsed
320320, 320152, H01M 1044
Patent
active
058381414
ABSTRACT:
A power supply system, for example, for use with a portable personal computer, includes a smart battery pack and a charging system. The smart battery pack is provided with a dedicated microcontroller for controlling the charging level of the battery charger system. In particular, the status of the battery including the voltage and temperature of the battery is applied to the microcontroller along with a signal representative of the current load demand of the computer system. The micro controller, in turn, provides a control signal in the form of fixed frequency, variable duty cycle pulse width modulated (PWM) signal for controlling the charging level of the battery charger system. The duty cycle of the PWM signal is used to regulate the charging current supplied by the battery charger. In particular, the DC value of the PWM signal is used as a reference to control the charging current of the regulator to provide a variable output charging current with a relatively wide current range. As such, the battery charger is adapted to efficiently utilize the residual capacity of the battery charger system for optimizing charging of the battery packs during all operating conditions of the computer system. Moreover, the use of a PWM signal from the battery pack to control the battery charger enables a single type of battery charger to be utilized for various battery technologies.
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Fritz Brian Carl
Sengupta Upal
Shah Rajesh A.
Turnbull Robert R.
Packard Bell NEC
Tso Edward
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