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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2020
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Suwon-si, KR;
Youngmi Ha, Suwon-si, KR;
Sungjoon Cho, Suwon-si, KR;
Seungbeom Kang, Suwon-si, KR;
Kyounghoon Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Duhyun Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Byungwook Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Jaeho Song, Suwon-si, KR;
Dongik Sin, Suwon-si, KR;
Hansol Choi, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A method of controlling a plurality of batteries and an electronic device to which the same is applied. The electronic device includes a housing and a plurality of batteries. The electronic device also includes a power management module, a plurality of current limiting ICs, and a processor operationally connected to the plurality of batteries, the power management module and the plurality of current limiting ICs. The processor is configured to sense a sum of the currents flowing into the plurality of batteries or a voltage of the power management module, perform a primary end of reducing a magnitude of the sum of the currents flowing into the plurality of batteries, sense the currents or voltages of the plurality of batteries, and perform a secondary end of blocking a current flowing into a battery.