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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
May. 12, 2016
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Kenneth Condon, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Xue Hai Fang, Mountain View, CA (US);
GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
An electronic device is provided, including a housing having a back surface. The device includes a rechargeable battery, a capacitor, an inductor coil connected to the capacitor, the inductor coil being disposed around an axis oriented perpendicular to the back surface, a rectifier circuit connected to the inductor coil to output a direct current (DC), a DC-DC converter connected to the rectifier circuit, configured to trickle charge the battery with current received from the rectifier circuit, a test load switchably connected to the DC-DC converter, and a feedback circuit configured to detect a voltage level of the test load and provide an indication of the voltage level.