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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2019
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventor:
Daeryong Jung, Seongnam-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/04 (2006.01); B60L 53/10 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/007 (2013.01); B60L 53/11 (2019.02); H02J 7/0029 (2013.01); H02J 7/0071 (2020.01); H02J 7/0077 (2013.01); H02J 7/045 (2013.01); B60L 2240/547 (2013.01); B60L 2240/549 (2013.01); H02J 7/00302 (2020.01); H02J 7/00304 (2020.01); Y02T 10/70 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7072 (2013.01); Y02T 90/12 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A battery charging method includes determining a battery overpotential based on a reference physical quantity and a battery physical quantity corresponding to a charging capacity of a battery while charging the battery in an initial charging step, determining whether a condition for changing a battery charging step is satisfied based on the battery overpotential, and changing the battery charging step from the initial charging step to an adjusted charging step in response to the condition being satisfied.