Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Charge control circuit, battery pack, and charge system
- Patent Title (中): 充电控制电路,电池组和充电系统
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Application No.: US13142971Application Date: 2010-06-04
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Publication No.: US08796996B2Publication Date: 2014-08-05
- Inventor: Toshiyuki Nakatsuji , Tsuyoshi Morimoto
- Applicant: Toshiyuki Nakatsuji , Tsuyoshi Morimoto
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Priority: JP2009-145264 20090618
- International Application: PCT/JP2010/003767 WO 20100604
- International Announcement: WO2010/146795 WO 20101223
- Main IPC: H02J7/00
- IPC: H02J7/00 ; H02J7/14 ; H01M10/44 ; H01M10/42 ; H01M10/48 ; H01M2/34 ; H01M10/46

Abstract:
A charge control circuit includes a charge control unit that controls an operation of a charging unit that charges a rechargeable battery; and a voltage detection unit that detects a terminal voltage of the rechargeable battery, wherein when a terminal voltage of the rechargeable battery as detected by the voltage detection unit is lower than a predetermined first threshold-value voltage, being lower than a full-charge voltage which is a terminal voltage of the rechargeable battery in full charge, the charge control unit causes a constant current charging to the rechargeable battery by requesting the charging unit to supply a charging current of a predetermined first current value, causing the charging unit to supply a charging current of the first current value to the rechargeable battery, when the terminal voltage of the rechargeable battery as detected by the voltage detection unit exceeds the first threshold-value voltage but is less than the full charge voltage, the charge control unit causes the constant current charging to the rechargeable battery by requesting the charging unit to supply a charging current of a second current value that is smaller than the first current value, causing the charging unit to supply a charging current of the second current value to the rechargeable battery, and when the terminal voltage of the rechargeable battery as detected by the voltage detection unit is equal to or greater than the full charge voltage, the charge control unit causes a constant voltage charging to be carried out by causing the charging unit to supply the full charge voltage to the rechargeable battery, as a charge voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110267009A1 CHARGE CONTROL CIRCUIT, BATTERY PACK, AND CHARGE SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2011-11-03
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