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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2013
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventor:
Yevgen Barsukov, Richardson, TX (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0081 (2013.01);
Abstract
A battery charger can include a charger controller configured to determine a total charge time that characterizes a time needed to charge a battery, the total charge time being based on a received state of charge (SOC) of the battery that characterizes a present SOC of the battery. The charger controller can also be configured to determine a charging start time for the battery based on a predetermined full charge time and the total charge time.