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7633266 Charger circuit and transformer used therein  
The present invention discloses a transformer used in a charger circuit, in which the input side of the transformer is connected to an AC input and PWM control circuit of the charger circuit, the...
7602151 Charger with output voltage compensation  
A charger with output voltage compensation includes an AC/DC circuit, an output interface, a charge controller, and a compensator. The AC/DC circuit converts an AC source into a DC source. The...
7560902 Duty cycle controller for high power factor battery charger  
A duty cycle controller apparatus for producing a duty cycle signal for controlling switching of switches of a battery charger having an AC input for receiving power and an output for supplying...
7554294 Battery health monitor  
A battery health monitor (BHM) that operates as a battery-mountable full-spectrum alternating current (ac) impedance meter that facilitates monitoring a state-of-charge and a state-of-health of a...
7545120 AC-DC adapter and battery charger integration for portable information handling systems  
In a method and system for converting an alternating current (AC) input to a direct current (DC) output, an AC-DC adapter includes a rectifier module operable to receive the AC input and generate a...
7535195 Battery charger that employs current sharing to simultaneously power an application and charge a battery  
Circuitry for powering a load and charging of a battery from a power source by a smart power supply is provided. The smart power supply controls the maximum current for battery charging based in...
7528579 System and method for charging batteries  
A high frequency battery charger includes a converter, drive logic, and control logic. The converter transforms a DC voltage into a high frequency AC voltage. The drive logic controls a conversion...
7511458 Charging apparatus  
A charging apparatus includes a DC-DC converter for stepping down a charging input voltage, and a charging current controller having two input terminals and one output terminal. The input terminals...
7504803 Charging method for rechargeable batteries and device therefor  
A charging method and device for a rechargeable battery to make more stable and faster full charging possible. One embodiment of a charging method for the rechargeable battery includes charging the...
7477041 Battery charging method  
The battery charging method uses a pulsed current alternately taking first and second amplitudes during first and second periods (t 1 , t 2 ). At least one of the parameters, amplitude and...
7394225 Pseudo constant current multiple cell battery charger configured with a parallel topology  
A multiple cell battery charger configured in a parallel topology provides constant current charging. The multiple cell battery charger requires fewer active components than known serial battery...
7388348 Portable solar energy system  
The portable solar energy system stores electrical energy generated by a solar panel, which is made of an array of photovoltaic cells, in a dc storage battery, and upon demand converts the dc...
7339354 Rechargeable battery charging method and apparatus  
A method and an apparatus for charging a lithium-ion based rechargeable battery in a short time is provided. A terminal voltage of the rechargeable battery is compared with a predetermined first...
7298114 Nickel hydrogen/nickel cadmium battery charger with the function of emergency power supply  
A NiH/NiCd (nickel hydrogen/nickel cadmium) battery charger with the function of emergency power supply unit having a main body with a charging chamber and a charging circuit positioned within the...
7274171 Charging circuit for secondary battery  
A charging circuit for a secondary battery includes a constant-voltage circuit part outputting one of a plurality of predetermined constant voltages and charges the secondary battery by applying...
7235955 Method and apparatus for preventing boosting system bus when charging a battery  
A controllably alternating buck mode DC-DC converter conducts cycle by cycle analysis of the direction of inductor current flow to decide whether to operate in synchronous buck mode or standard...
7227337 Battery charger with dual use microprocessor  
A battery charger with a discrete switched regulator provides relatively high efficiency and relatively low cost. Unlike known battery chargers which incorporate switched regulator ICs, the battery...
7200187 Modulator for digital amplifier  
A digital modulator for driving a digital amplifier. The digital modulator has a subtractor which receives a digital input signal. A filter amplifier receives the output of the filter amplifier and...
7088076 Power management for battery powered appliances  
A power management topology for portable electronic devices that includes a feed-enabled AC/DC adapter that receives feedback data from a charge controller associated with the portable device. The...
7071698 Power supply apparatus for detecting battery voltage and the portions of faults  
A power supply apparatus according to the present invention includes a battery and a voltage detection circuit for detecting the voltage of the battery. The voltage detection circuit includes a...
6998818 Charging circuit with two levels of safety  
A battery charging circuit having two levels of safety protection is provided. The circuit is said to have “two levels” of safety because if any one component fails (either as a short circuit...
6956487 Battery charging status indication circuit  
This invention includes a circuit for displaying charge status to a user. The circuit includes circuitry for comparing a supply or reference voltage to a cell voltage, circuitry for sensing...
6954051 Battery charger and charging method  
The charging method includes the steps of charging a battery pack, sensing voltage of the battery pack, calculating voltage change rate, detecting a first inflection point based on the voltage...
6906498 Device and method for the detection of a charging voltage  
The present invention relates to a device and a method for the detection of a charging voltage of at least one rechargeable battery comprising a voltage converter for converting the charging...
6900554 Circuit configuration for control of the current consumption of one or more heavy current consumption devices in a motor vehicle  
In order to prevent discharge of the battery ( 3 ) of a motor vehicle during operation of heavy current consumption devices, a circuit configuration is to be prepared which comprises essentially a...
6861823 Charging circuit for controlling a charging parameter of a rechargeable battery  
A voltage mode battery charging system is provided that includes a battery current control section, a battery voltage control section, and a power control section. The battery current control...
6741066 Power management for battery powered appliances  
A power management topology for portable electronic devices that includes a feed-enabled AC/DC adapter that receives feedback data from a charge controller associated with the portable device. The...
6586917 Battery charger shunt regulator with dual feedback control  
An apparatus and method is related to a shunt regulator that includes two feedback control loops. The shunt regulator provides a charging current to a battery cell from a power source. The input...
6400124 Battery charger  
In a battery charger for charging a plurality of battery cells connected in series with each other with a constant current in a batch manner, the present invention is intended to suppress the...
6344733 Portable jump-starting battery pack with charge monitoring system  
A battery pack includes a lead-acid battery and a charger port and an electronic switch connected between the two, the switch being controlled by a microcontroller which is connected to each of the...
6342822 Method and apparatus for implementing improved pulse width modulation  
A method and apparatus for implementing an improved pulse width modulation circuit is disclosed. In particular, a circuit and method is provided to generate a pulse width modulated signal, wherein...
6133712 Battery charge controller having an adjustable termination current  
A battery charge controller has charge termination values that can be adjusted according to the initial charging current values so that charging is discontinued at a same charge level for all...
6081197 Fire detector silenceable low battery pre-alarm  
A method of monitoring the condition of the battery of a smoke or heat alarm so as to provide a warning of an impending low battery condition, said method including: means of providing a low...
6031359 Digitally controlled switch mode power supply for charging rechargeable batteries  
6002237 Microcontrolled battery charger  
A battery charger for fast charging batteries, such as batteries requiring constant current charging, such as lithium ion batteries. The battery charger provides charging voltages across a battery...
5998968 Method and apparatus for rapidly charging and reconditioning a battery  
An improved battery charger and reconditioner employs a charging sequence calling for a discharge pulse to be applied substantially immediately before a charging pulse to effectively lower the...
5982151 Battery charger and battery charging method  
In a battery charger, current regulating means and voltage regulating means can be prevented from damages. In the case where a loss of current regulating means (11) or voltage regulating means (12)...
5945811 Pulse charging method and a charger  
The present invention relates to a pulse charging method and charging system for use with non-aqueous secondary batteries, employing a pulse charge controlling method all the way from the start to...
5889387 Battery charging unit  
A battery charging circuit, particularly useful in a laptop computer system, includes a voltage input terminal coupled to a dc voltage. A first switch couples the voltage input terminal to an...
5850137 Charging apparatus and current/voltage detector for use therein  
A charging apparatus having a power supply circuit that provides a DC output current via a sense resistor. A current detector amplifies, detects and provides a voltage across the sense resistor. A...
5838141 Method for generating a continuously variable reference signal for controlling battery cell charging  
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...
5801515 Method and apparatus for ultrarapidly charging a battery  
A method and apparatus for ultrarapidly charging primary or secondary battery. Charging current is multiple-frequency complex pulse current which is comprised of pulse current overlapped by pulse...
5783929 Apparatus and method for recharging a battery  
An apparatus and method for recharging a battery. The invention includes modulating a rail voltage with a modulation signal that oscillates at a radio frequency, preferably at a frequency that...
5783930 Self-oscillating buck mode battery charger  
A self-oscillating buck mode battery charger apparatus 10. The apparatus 10 includes a main switching transistor 22, a first control transistor 34 and a second control transistor 36. The control...
5774021 Merged transconductance amplifier  
Operational transconductance amplifiers (OTAs) are combined at their outputs, yielding a single frequency compensation connection point. In a preferred embodiment, the output of each OTA is...
5773963 Method and apparatus for programmably adjusting output voltage of a battery charger  
An apparatus for programmably adjusting output voltage of a constant-voltage battery charger is disclosed. The present invention includes a power circuit for generating an output voltage for...
5747969 Method of charging a rechargeable battery with pulses of a predetermined amount of charge  
The charging method repeatedly charges and suspends charging to pulse charge a rechargeable battery. Charging is suspended only after a given amount of charge is transferred to the battery. Battery...
5710506 Lead acid charger  
A battery charge controller (50) is provided which includes a PWM switch controller (36) that is operable to control a switching regulator to supply current to a battery (10) in either a current...
5708348 Method and apparatus for monitoring battery voltage  
A battery monitoring method and apparatus for delivering current to a battery, particularly a lead-acid battery, in standby condition after it has been charged and in such a manner as to maintain...
5698963 Battery charging circuit with charging rate control  
A battery charging circuit controls between rapid charging and trickle charging used to charge a NiCd/NiMH battery. The circuit perceives when the rapid charging operation has completely charged...
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