EP1595203B8

Circuit and method of operation for an adaptive charge rate power supply

Abstract

A battery charger comprising a battery charge controller including an input for connecting the controller to an external power supply, wherein a current output of the battery charge controller varies with a supply voltage provided by the external power supply; and a comparator for lowering a charge current drawn by the battery charge controller when the supply voltage drops below a preset reference level.

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US5723970A	Cites	United States of America
US2002130638A1	Cites	United States of America
US6507173B1	Cites	United States of America
US6522118B1	Cites	United States of America
"Linear Li-Ion Charger with termination in ThinSOT" LTC4056-4.2 LINEAR LI-ION CHAGER WITH TERMINATION IN THINSOT, [Online] April 2003 (2003-04), pages 1-16, XP002279448 USA Retrieved from the Internet: URL:www.linear.com/pdf/405642f.pdf> [retrieved on 2004-05-10]	Non-patent	–
"LTC 4053-4.2 USB Compatible Lithium-Ion Battery Charger with thermal Regulation" USB COMPATIBLE LITHIUM-ION BATTERY CHARGER WITH THERMAL REGULATION, [Online] 2001, page 1-16, XP002282651 USA Retrieved from the Internet: URL:http://www.linear.com/pdf/4053f.pdf> [retrieved on 2004-05-28]	Non-patent	–

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372446	United States of America	–	2003-02-21
2419497	Canada	–	2003-02-21
37244603	United States of America	A	2003-02-21
2419497	Canada	A	2003-02-21
2004000248	Canada	W	2004-02-20

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US2004164707A1	United States of America	A1	2004-08-26
WO2004075039A1	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	A1	2004-09-02
US6833686B2	United States of America	B2	2004-12-21
US2005046391A1	United States of America	A1	2005-03-03
EP1595203A1	European Patent Office (EPO)	A1	2005-11-16
US7034503B2	United States of America	B2	2006-04-25
HK1082572A1	Hong Kong, China	A1	2006-06-09
CA2419497C	Canada	C	2006-12-12
CA2560502C	Canada	C	2008-06-03
EP2264855A2	European Patent Office (EPO)	A2	2010-12-22
EP1595203B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2011-01-19
AT496327T	Austria	T	2011-02-15
ATE496327T1	Austria	T1	2011-02-15
DE602004031082D1	Germany	D1	2011-03-03
EP2264855A3	European Patent Office (EPO)	A3	2012-04-04
WO2004075039A8	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	A8	2012-04-12
EP1595203B8This record	European Patent Office (EPO)	B8	2012-04-18
EP2264855B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2020-04-08
EP3674844A1	European Patent Office (EPO)	A1	2020-07-01
EP3674844B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2022-07-06

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Circuit and method of operation for an adaptive charge rate power supply

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