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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2014
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Lilly Huang, Portland, OR (US);
Suvankar Biswas, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Vaibhav Vaidya, Portland, OR (US);
Krishnan Ravichandran, Saratoga, CA (US);
INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In embodiments, apparatuses, methods and systems associated with battery charging are disclosed herein. In various embodiments, a reference current selector may receive a battery voltage sense input and output a reference current level signal, a power point check detector may receive a power supply sense input and output a power point check signal, and a controller coupled to the reference current selector and the power point check detector may receive a battery current sense input and switch a control output based at least in part on the reference current level signal, the battery current sense input, and the power point check signal. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.