Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Battery charger
- Patent Title (中): 充电器
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Application No.: US12176448Application Date: 2008-07-21
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Publication No.: US08098052B2Publication Date: 2012-01-17
- Inventor: Koji Umetsu
- Applicant: Koji Umetsu
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: K&L Gates LLP
- Priority: JP2007-193326 20070725
- Main IPC: H02J7/04
- IPC: H02J7/04 ; H02J7/06

Abstract:
A batter charger for charging a secondary batter using a power supply circuit which converts an AC input into a DC output, includes a first resistor for detecting constant-current control and a second resistor for detecting end of charging. The first resister and the second register are inserted in series in a current path of the charging current. The power supply circuit has output characteristics of a constant-current control characteristic and a constant-voltage control characteristic. The constant-current control is performed using a first detection voltage generated at the first resistor, and the constant-voltage control is performed by comparing a second detection voltage generated at a series resistor composed of the first resistor and the second resistor with a reference voltage using a comparator, and detecting an end of charging indicated by the second detection voltage fallen below the reference voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090027011A1 BATTERY CHARGER Public/Granted day:2009-01-29
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