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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2020
Applicant:
Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventor:
Hideo Kondo, Oizumi-machi, JP;
Assignee:
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00306 (2020.01); H02J 7/0029 (2013.01); H02J 7/0048 (2020.01); H02J 7/0063 (2013.01); H02J 7/00714 (2020.01); H02J 7/0025 (2020.01);
Abstract
A system for it inhibiting the excessive discharge of a battery in an electronic device, in some embodiments, comprises: a battery to supply power to the electronic device; and a fuel gauge coupled to the battery to monitor said power, wherein the fuel gauge enters a standby mode upon determining that a voltage supplied by the battery is at or below a voltage threshold and that a capacity of the battery is at or below a capacity threshold.