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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2004
Filed:
May. 15, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Seng P. Xiong, Dacula, GA (US);
Martin H. Ramsden, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Marc B. Riley, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 1/046 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 1/046 ;
Abstract
A charging circuit for regulating current to a plurality of batteries is provided. The regulation is performed by a single control signal that is optionally scaled by resistor dividers. Switches coupled to the resistor dividers allow a microprocessor to actuate a particular resistor divider, thereby scaling the current flowing through a corresponding battery. As such, a single control signal, like a pulse width modulated signal, may be used to cause different currents to flow to different batteries, thereby leaving other output pins of the microprocessor open for other functions.