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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 20, 1998
Richard William Ezell, Carrollton, TX (US);
James M Douglass, Carrollton, TX (US);
Dallas Semiconductor, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
Gas gauge circuitry for monitoring and accumulating various operating parameters of a rechargeable battery with selected parameters being used to determine the remaining operating life of a rechargeable battery, and includes a current monitor for measuring the current flow into and out of the rechargeable battery. An integrated current accumulator is connected to the current monitor and is used to maintain a net accumulated total of current flowing into and out of the rechargeable battery. A charging current accumulator, which is also coupled to the current meter is used to maintain the total current flowing into the rechargeable battery, while a discharging current accumulator is used to maintain the total current flowing out of the rechargeable battery. A highly accurate, oscillatory circuit is used to drive the accumulators to increase the accuracy of the gas gauge functions therefrom.