WO2000045458A1 - Method in charging a battery powered device and apparatus for working the method - Google Patents
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- WO2000045458A1 WO2000045458A1 PCT/SE2000/000041 SE0000041W WO0045458A1 WO 2000045458 A1 WO2000045458 A1 WO 2000045458A1 SE 0000041 W SE0000041 W SE 0000041W WO 0045458 A1 WO0045458 A1 WO 0045458A1
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
- H01M10/00—Secondary cells; Manufacture thereof
- H01M10/42—Methods or arrangements for servicing or maintenance of secondary cells or secondary half-cells
- H01M10/425—Structural combination with electronic components, e.g. electronic circuits integrated to the outside of the casing
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- 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
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
- H01M10/00—Secondary cells; Manufacture thereof
- H01M10/42—Methods or arrangements for servicing or maintenance of secondary cells or secondary half-cells
- H01M10/44—Methods for charging or discharging
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- Y02E60/00—Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
- Y02E60/10—Energy storage using batteries
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- the invention relates to a method in charging a battery powered device and an apparatus for working said method .
- the device including the battery is connected to a charger which supplies a small trickle charge current which independently of the charge control circuit always charges the battery when connected to the charger.
- the battery voltage will reach a level which is high enough in order to operate the device and initiate normal charging of the battery over the charge control circuit .
- the trickle charge current is supplied by a simple trickle charge resistor the trickle charge current has to be very low to prevent damage of the battery should the battery be charged already when it is connected to the charger. It follows that charging of a flat battery to switch-on level will take long time;
- the device is operated by the charging voltage which is applied directly to the device when the battery is connected to the charger. In this case the power supplied to the device cannot be controlled satisfactorily as to the quality thereof.
- the charging voltage is transformed to a high quality voltage used for operating the device when the battery is connected to the charger. This solution necessitates extra components to be included into the charger .
- the invention provides a method in charging a battery powered device having a built-in charge control circuit controlled by the device, by connecting the device including the battery to a battery charger, wherein the device including the battery initially when the battery voltage is too low to initiate normal charging of the battery over the charge control circuit, is connected to the battery charger via a current generator which is switched off when the battery voltage has increased to a level which is high enough to support normal charging of the battery over the charge control circuit .
- the invention also provides an apparatus for working the method comprising a battery powered device having a built-in charge control circuit controlled by the device, and a switch for connecting the device including the battery to a battery charger under the control of said charge control circuit for charging said battery, wherein a current generator is shunted over said switch to be switched on when the battery voltage is not high enough to initiate, over said charge control circuit, normal charging of the battery via said switch.
- the current generator charges the battery with a well defined safe charge current independently of the normal charging circuit controlled by the device.
- the current generator will be switched off at a predetermined battery voltage which may be chosen such that a secure start-up of the device is guaranteed.
- the predetermined voltage When the predetermined voltage has been reached the device will be switched on in normal way and start recharging of the battery over the charge control circuit .
- the charge current supplied by the current generator does not have to be low since it is switched off when the battery voltage has reached the predetermined value. Thus, there is no risk of damage to the battery due to a too high uncontrollable charge current being supplied to the battery by the current generator, and a flat battery is charged rapidly. The behaviour of the device is predictable.
- the invention allows use of a normal battery.
- the current generator circuit is built into the apparatus and will not be noticed by the user, no external components being needed.
- a device 10 connected to a battery or chargeable electric cell 11 and comprising an electronic circuitry to be powered by the battery is included in an apparatus indicated by dot-and-dash lines 12 such as a portable wireless telephone set (mobile telephone) .
- a charge control circuit 13 known per se in the art forms an integral part of device 10 and controls a switch 14 in a conductor 15 extending from a connector 16 to device 10 and battery 11 connected in parallel between said conductor and ground.
- a battery charger indicated by dot-and-dash lines 17 comprises a transformer 18 to be connected to the mains of e.g. 240 AC to transform the power to low voltage.
- the transformer is connected at the low voltage side to a rectifier bridge 19 supplying low voltage DC on a conductor 20 extending to a connector 21 a smoothing capacitor 22 being connected between conductor 20 and ground.
- switch 14 When apparatus 12 is connected to battery charger 17 at connectors 16 and 21 in order to charge battery 11 which has still a voltage which is sufficiently high to operate device 10 switch 14 will be closed by the device over charge control circuit 13 and normal charging of the battery from the battery charger will take place. If, however, the voltage of the battery is not enough to operate device 10 the switch will be in the open position and no charging of the battery from the battery charger can take place as explained above .
- a supplementary circuit is included into apparatus 12, which is indicated by dotted lines 23.
- This circuit comprises a comparator 24 the input of which is connected to conductor 15 between device 10 and switch 14 to detect the voltage of battery 11, and also to a reference voltage Vref supplied e.g. by a band-gap or diode powered from the battery charger (circuit not shown) .
- Circuit 23 also comprises a current generator 25 (transistor) which is shunted over switch 14 and the operation of which is controlled by the output of comparator 24.
- the reference voltage Vref is given a predetermined value, and this value is chosen to represent the lowest battery voltage at which the battery is able to operate device 10 when the apparatus is connected to the battery charger, and thus to initiate normal charging of the battery under the control of the device over the charge control circuit. If the detected battery voltage when compared with Vref in comparator 24 is found to be lower than Vref the device will not be switched on for normal charging of the battery. Instead, the comparator will switch on current generator 25 so as to charge the battery by a well-defined charge current supplied by the current generator. When the battery has been charged to such extent that the battery voltage equals Vref device 10 will be switched on and normal charging of the battery under the control of the charge control circuit will be initiated and maintained the current generator being switched off by the comparator .
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- Charge And Discharge Circuits For Batteries Or The Like (AREA)
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Priority Applications (6)
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AU25843/00A AU2584300A (en) | 1999-01-27 | 2000-01-13 | Method in charging a battery powered device and apparatus for working the method |
EP00904159A EP1153456B1 (en) | 1999-01-27 | 2000-01-13 | Method in charging a battery powered device and apparatus for working the method |
JP2000596619A JP2002536792A (en) | 1999-01-27 | 2000-01-13 | Battery-powered device charging method and device for implementing the method |
CA002359834A CA2359834A1 (en) | 1999-01-27 | 2000-01-13 | Method in charging a battery powered device and apparatus for working the method |
DE60039226T DE60039226D1 (en) | 1999-01-27 | 2000-01-13 | METHOD FOR LOADING A BATTERY OPERATED DEVICE AND DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD |
HK02105811.4A HK1044228B (en) | 1999-01-27 | 2002-08-08 | Method in charging a battery powered device and apparatus for working the method |
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SE9900271A SE514722C2 (en) | 1999-01-27 | 1999-01-27 | Method and apparatus for charging a battery-powered device |
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US (1) | US6300745B1 (en) |
EP (1) | EP1153456B1 (en) |
JP (1) | JP2002536792A (en) |
CN (1) | CN1213504C (en) |
AR (1) | AR022449A1 (en) |
AT (1) | ATE398843T1 (en) |
AU (1) | AU2584300A (en) |
CA (1) | CA2359834A1 (en) |
DE (1) | DE60039226D1 (en) |
HK (1) | HK1044228B (en) |
SE (1) | SE514722C2 (en) |
TR (1) | TR200102167T2 (en) |
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DE60039226D1 (en) | 2008-07-31 |
ATE398843T1 (en) | 2008-07-15 |
TR200102167T2 (en) | 2002-01-21 |
EP1153456B1 (en) | 2008-06-18 |
SE9900271L (en) | 2000-07-28 |
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EP1153456A1 (en) | 2001-11-14 |
CN1338131A (en) | 2002-02-27 |
SE514722C2 (en) | 2001-04-09 |
JP2002536792A (en) | 2002-10-29 |
CA2359834A1 (en) | 2000-08-03 |
US6300745B1 (en) | 2001-10-09 |
ZA200106056B (en) | 2002-07-24 |
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