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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2015
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Ku Chul Jung, Seoul, KR;
Sung Geun Yoon, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Chul Eun Yun, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Kisun Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a connector to which an external device is connected, a control unit identifying a connected external device and controlling operations of a voltage conversion unit and a charging and discharging unit according to a result of an identification, the voltage conversion unit bypassing a supply voltage supplied from the external device, boosting the supply voltage, or converting a battery voltage of a battery connected to an electronic device to supply a converted voltage to the external device, according to the result of the identification, and the charging and discharging unit lowering a voltage supplied from the voltage conversion unit or bypassing the battery voltage of the battery to the voltage conversion unit, according to the result of the identification.