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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2013
Bi-directional charger for battery device with control logic based on sensed voltage and device type
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Patrick K. Leung, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Chee Lim Nge, Bukit Mertajam, MY;
Tod F. Schiff, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0029 (2013.01); H02J 7/0052 (2013.01); H02J 7/0065 (2013.01); H02J 2007/0059 (2013.01); H02J 2007/0062 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bi-directional charger may be provided that includes a logic, at least a portion of which is hardware, to determine an operational mode based at least on a characteristic at a battery port or at a charge port, and to control power flow between the charge port and the battery port based on the determined operational mode.