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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the occurrence of abnormality in a battery switching circuit and to secute the safety of a system by arranging a temperature sensing means in the vicinity of a change-over switch, and when the switch temperature exceeds a prescribed temperature, interrupting the switching circuit. SOLUTION: The circuit is constituted so as to connect the gate electrodes of respective FETs1 to 4 to 1st and 2nd series circuits 10, 20 in order to switch 1st and 2nd battery packs 30, 34. A temperature sensor 50 is arranged in the vicinities of these FETs 1 to 4 and a node G is connected to ground so as to control the switching of the FETs1 to 4. When the temperature of the sensor 50 is increased, its resistance value is increased and a transistor(TR) TR5 is conducted. Therefore the collector of the TR TR5 is turned to low potential and its gate electrode is turned to a non-conductive state. Thus the node G is separated from the ground, the FETs1 to 4 are turned off and all batteries are separated. A level applied to an FET5 shuts down the system as a shut- down signal.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce standby electric power in a computer device for supporting the wake-up function. SOLUTION: This computer device has a CMOS 64 for storing valid or invalid information on the wake-up function capable of rising a system by operation from a remote place, a PM BIOS 62 for controlling a gate array 66 by confirming the valid or invalid information stored in this CMOS 64 at shutdown request time for the system, and a switch 67 for turning on and off supply of electric power from an auxiliary power source on the basis of indication of the gate array 66, and determines whether or not respective devices such as a mini PCI card 28 and a communication card 48 can realize the wake-up function. The switch 67 turns on and off the supply of the electric power from the auxiliary power source at power-off time with every device. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To optimize the power consumption of an AC adapter and a battery connected to a commercial power source. SOLUTION: This electrical appliance is provided with a system main body for receiving a power supply, an AC adapter 51 constituted so as to be connectable to this system main body for supplying a power from a commercial power source to the system main body, a battery 52 constituted so as to be connectable to this system main body for supplying a power to the system main body by executing discharging after charging, and an embedded controller 41 for suppressing a power supply from the AC adapter 51 based on a prescribed condition in a state that the AC adapter 51 and the battery 52 are connected to the system main body. In a peak shift time zone, switches SW1-SW3 are all opened so that a power can be supplied from the battery 52, and when the capacity of the battery 52 is insufficient, a switch SW2 is closed so that a power can be supplied from the AC adapter 51 to an invertor 36, and when the capacity of the battery 52 is still insufficient, a switch SW3 is closed so that a power can be supplied from the AD adapter 51 to a CPU 11.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily detect the degree of deterioration of a battery in an apparatus which is equipped with a battery for supplying power by charge and discharge. SOLUTION: This is a computer device which performs power supply to the system body from a mounted intelligent battery 52 for performing charge and discharge, and this intelligent battery 52 is equipped with a voltage measuring circuit 70 which measures its own battery voltage, a current measuring circuit 63 which measures its own charge and discharge currents, a temperature measuring circuit 90 which measures its own temperature, and a CPU 62 which periodically reads in the battery voltage measured by the voltage measuring circuit 70, the charge and discharge currents measured by the current measuring circuit 63, and the temperature measured by the temperature measuring circuit 90. The system body is equipped with an embedded controller 41 which receives the information about the deterioration of capacity from the CPU 62 of the battery.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To shorten charging time according to need, in a computer device using a battery which allows charging and discharging. SOLUTION: The computer device comprises an intelligent battery 52 to supply power to a system body by discharging after charging, an AC adapter 51 to supply charging power to the intelligent battery 52 from an external power source and to supply power to the system body, and a utility program to offer an interface with which charging content to the intelligent battery 52 can be designated by a user; and increases charging power to the intelligent battery 52, by lowering consumption power to the system body from the AC adapter 52, by slowing operation speed of CPU 11 with a CPU operating mode control logic 65, based on the charging content designated by the user via the interface. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a safer battery, even if hypothetically double-abnormality occurs. SOLUTION: An intelligent battery 52 includes a battery cell 62 which charges and discharges the battery, a voltage detecting circuit 63 which detects voltage to the battery cell 62, a current detecting circuit 64 which detects the charged current, a charging stop FET 66 which stops charging to the battery cell 62, and a CPU 61 which operates the charging stop FET 66, based on the voltage detected from the voltage detecting circuit 63. This CPU 61 recognizes it as an abnormal condition, if a charging current value detected from the current detecting circuit 64 is larger than a standard one relative to the battery capacity, before the voltage for operating the charging stop FET 66 is reached, and operates the charge stop FET 66.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make good use of characteristics to a high-impedance battery with a large capacity such as a lithium-polymer battery and to provide power for electric equipment for a long time. SOLUTION: Normally, power is supplied from a lithium-polymer battery 11 to a body, and a shortage of power is supplied from a main battery such as a lithium-ion battery 12 when at least a fixed current is required. More specifically, the lithium-ion battery 12 for supplying power, a lithium-polymer battery 11 for outputting with a higher voltage than that of the lithium-ion battery 12, and a current-limiting circuit 30 for supplying power by the lithium- polymer battery 11 until load power reaches a specific amount and limiting output from the lithium-polymer battery 11 when the load power exceeds a specific amount are provided, and power is supplied from the lithium-ion battery 12 and the lithium-polymer battery 11 after limiting.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a power unit capable of enhancing use efficiency of a battery provided on a power supply line and a computer capable of enhancing the use efficiency of the built-in battery. SOLUTION: These power unit and computer are constituted by providing a FET 6 and a diode D2 on the power supply line L as a protection circuit 112 to protect internal circuit 110 from overvoltage due to equipment which is not illustrated connected with an IEEE 1394 bus 150 and simultaneously providing a switch changeover circuit 113 to turn the FET 6 off when voltage of a port P is equal to or higher than reference voltage as equal to or lower than withstand pressure of the internal circuit 110.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an electronic power supply, highly efficient and highly accurate from with a light load to a heavy load at a low cost, and also obtain a computer of small power consumption. SOLUTION: A DC/DC converter 66 is equipped with a series power supply circuit 100, and a switching power supply circuit 102 which is less efficient than the series power circuit 100 when the load is light and more efficient than the series power circuit 100 when the load is heavy, a standby signal S generating a high level at light loading a low level at heavy loading is inputted through an inverter 120 to an enable terminal (-EN) of negative logic of the series power circuit 100, and input directly to an enable terminal (-EN) of negative logic of a PWN controller 108 in the switching power supply circuit 102.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the power control method and device of a computer and the computer for preventing a user from being given any unnecessary uneasiness, and for suppressing the recurrence of any problem at the time of supplying power. SOLUTION: When a power source switch is depressed, its own diagnostic test (POST) is started, and when any error related with the initialization of an IC is not generated at the time of the test, an operating system OS is loaded so that an operating state can be obtained (steps 200-208). When any error is generated, whether or not the error is generated not less than the prescribed number of times is judged, and when the error is generated not less than the prescribed number of times, error display is operated, and then main processing is ended. When the error is not generated not less than the prescribed number of times, an error history is stored, and setting for stabilizing hardware is operated, and a restart signal being a signal for restarting the computer is transmitted, and then the main processing is ended (steps 210-220).