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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2009
Applicants:
Eric Magne Solie, Durham, NC (US);
Ronil Depak Patel, San Jose, CA (US);
Tu A. Bui, Richardson, TX (US);
Inventors:
Eric Magne Solie, Durham, NC (US);
Ronil Depak Patel, San Jose, CA (US);
Tu A. Bui, Richardson, TX (US);
Assignee:
Intersil Americas Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/06 (2006.01); G05F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for charging a battery of an electronic device using a connected a/c power adapter comprising the steps of determining a state of a transistor connecting a regulated voltage to the battery and switching a charging current applied to the battery between a quick charge level and a trickle charge level responsive to the state of the transistor.