DE69026670D1 - Intelligentes Stromversorgungssystem für einen tragbaren Rechner - Google Patents

Intelligentes Stromversorgungssystem für einen tragbaren Rechner

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DE69026670D1
DE69026670D1 DE69026670T DE69026670T DE69026670D1 DE 69026670 D1 DE69026670 D1 DE 69026670D1 DE 69026670 T DE69026670 T DE 69026670T DE 69026670 T DE69026670 T DE 69026670T DE 69026670 D1 DE69026670 D1 DE 69026670D1
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power supply
supply system
portable computer
intelligent power
intelligent
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Hajime Shimamoto
Yasuhiro Ishida
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Toshiba Corp
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Priority claimed from JP1254963A external-priority patent/JPH03116314A/ja
Priority claimed from JP1254967A external-priority patent/JPH03116312A/ja
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F1/00—Details not covered by groups G06F3/00 - G06F13/00 and G06F21/00
    • G06F1/26—Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
    • H02J7/00—Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
    • H02J7/0013—Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries acting upon several batteries simultaneously or sequentially
    • H02J7/0024—Parallel/serial switching of connection of batteries to charge or load circuit
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F1/00—Details not covered by groups G06F3/00 - G06F13/00 and G06F21/00
    • G06F1/26—Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof
    • G06F1/28—Supervision thereof, e.g. detecting power-supply failure by out of limits supervision
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
    • H02J9/00—Circuit arrangements for emergency or stand-by power supply, e.g. for emergency lighting
    • H02J9/04—Circuit arrangements for emergency or stand-by power supply, e.g. for emergency lighting in which the distribution system is disconnected from the normal source and connected to a standby source
    • H02J9/06—Circuit arrangements for emergency or stand-by power supply, e.g. for emergency lighting in which the distribution system is disconnected from the normal source and connected to a standby source with automatic change-over, e.g. UPS systems
    • H02J9/061—Circuit arrangements for emergency or stand-by power supply, e.g. for emergency lighting in which the distribution system is disconnected from the normal source and connected to a standby source with automatic change-over, e.g. UPS systems for DC powered loads

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Business, Economics & Management (AREA)
  • Emergency Management (AREA)
  • Power Sources (AREA)
  • Charge And Discharge Circuits For Batteries Or The Like (AREA)
DE69026670T 1989-09-29 1990-09-27 Intelligentes Stromversorgungssystem für einen tragbaren Rechner Expired - Fee Related DE69026670T2 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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JP1254963A JPH03116314A (ja) 1989-09-29 1989-09-29 パーソナルコンピュータ
JP1254967A JPH03116312A (ja) 1989-09-29 1989-09-29 パーソナルコンピュータ

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DE69026670D1 true DE69026670D1 (de) 1996-05-30
DE69026670T2 DE69026670T2 (de) 1996-09-19

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EP (1) EP0420645B1 (de)
KR (1) KR930008260B1 (de)
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