Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor device, battery pack, and mobile terminal including voltage measurement, current measurement, and control
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Application No.: US14508596Application Date: 2014-10-07
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Publication No.: US09759778B2Publication Date: 2017-09-12
- Inventor: Hidekazu Nagato
- Applicant: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa
- Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa
- Agency: McGinn IP Law Group, PLLC
- Priority: JP2013-235855 20131114
- Main IPC: G06F9/00
- IPC: G06F9/00 ; G01R31/36 ; G06F1/26

Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes a voltage measurement unit that measures an output voltage of a battery and a voltage on a power supply path between the battery and an internal circuit supplied with electric power from the battery, a current measurement unit that measures a discharge current of the battery, and a control unit that calculates a theoretical value of the output voltage in a normal measurement mode assuming that the discharge current measured in a large current measurement mode is a maximum available current of the battery in the large current measurement mode, and calculates an amount of maximum available power of the battery in the large current measurement mode based on the calculated theoretical value of the output voltage and the voltage on the power supply path measured in the large current measurement mode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150134981A1 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, BATTERY PACK, AND MOBILE TERMINAL Public/Granted day:2015-05-14
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