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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2019
Applicant:

Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);

Inventors:

Mustapha El Markhi, Richardson, TX (US);

Alejandro Vera, Wylie, TX (US);

Rohit Bhan, Plano, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01); G01R 31/36 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/008 (2013.01); G01R 31/36 (2013.01); H02J 7/0085 (2013.01); H02J 7/0091 (2013.01); H02J 7/022 (2013.01);
Abstract

A battery charger includes a battery power regulator configured to set a charge signal provided to a battery based on a charge control signal and charge enable signal. The battery charger also includes a controller configured to provide the charge control signal to the battery power regulator. The controller is also configured to temporarily de-assert the charge enable signal for a predetermined amount of time in response to determining that a change is needed in the charge control signal. The controller is further configured to re-assert the charge enable signal after the predetermined amount of time.


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