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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2015
Applicant:
Samsung Sdi Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Woonseong Baek, Yongin-si, KR;
Pilho Jung, Yongin-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/02 (2016.01); H02J 7/04 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/025 (2013.01); H02J 7/042 (2013.01); H04W 4/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
A battery pack includes an antenna attached to a battery cell, a sensor configured to sense an energy level induced in the antenna, a controller configured to determine, according to a sensed signal of the sensor, whether the energy level is a first energy level for wireless charging or is a second energy level for near field communication, and a switch connecting the antenna to a battery charger or a near field communication circuit according to a control signal of the controller.