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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2006
Applicants:
Gunnar Gangstoe, Trondheim, NO;
Arne Aas, Trondheim, NO;
Inventors:
Gunnar Gangstoe, Trondheim, NO;
Arne Aas, Trondheim, NO;
Assignee:
ATMEL Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); G05F 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Apparatus, method and computer program product are provided for battery management. In one implementation, a method is provided. The method includes enabling determining if a charger is coupled to a battery system. The battery system includes one more cells and a charge enable transistor. The method also includes substantially fully enabling the charge enable transistor including driving a charge enable transistor gate terminal at a potential that is substantially greater than a potential of the cells.