Lenovo (beijing) Limited

Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd.

Ling Yao

Weizhi Lin

Xiaoren Cheng

Shuangcheng Zhao

Bo Song

Disclosed are charging control methods for a rechargeable battery and portable computers. The charging control method includes acquiring a control parameter for a charge current of the rechargeable battery; modifying, based on the control parameter, the charge current from a first charge current to a second charge current less than the first charge current; and charging the rechargeable battery with the second charge current. Compared with conventional methods of charging the battery always with the maximal charge current, the present disclosure can improve the battery's lifetime.

Charging control method for a rechargeable battery and portable computer

A power adapter for a portable computer includes a pulse width modulation unit and an output shaping unit and further includes a first judgment module that judges whether the portable computer is in a first state according to state judging parameters, and compares an output voltage with a first preset voltage and a second preset voltage when judging that the portable computer is in the first state, and acquires a judging result, wherein the first preset voltage is greater than or equal to the second preset voltage. The power adapter can increase efficiency.

Control of a power adapter with energy storage elements based on output voltage thresholds

The present invention provides a battery management device and a portable computer, the battery management device is for managing the rechargeable battery provided in a portable computer, the portable computer is provided with a charge circuit for charging a battery, the battery management device comprises: a discharge circuit for discharge the battery; a acquiring module for acquire the mode determining parameter; a first determining module for judging whether the battery storage mode is entered according to the mode determining parameter; a first control module for controlling the charge circuit or the discharge circuit to control the amount of electrical charge of the battery so that the amount of electrical charge of the battery is lower than the second amount of electrical charge threshold in the battery storage mode; the performance of the battery when deposited with the amount of electrical charge lower than the second amount of electrical charge threshold is better than the performance when deposited with the amount of electrical charge higher than the second amount of electrical charge threshold. The present invention alleviates the attenuation of the amount of electrical charge capacity of the rechargeable battery of the portable computer.

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Ling Yao