Bi-directional charger
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsPatrick K. LEUNG, Chee Lim Nge, Tod F. Schiff
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Abstract
A bi-directional charger may be provided that includes a logic, at least a portion of which is hardware, to determine an operational mode based at least on a characteristic at a battery port or at a charge port, and to control power flow between the charge port and the battery port based on the determined operational mode.
Claims25
An apparatus for providing power comprising:
- logic, at least a portion of which is hardware, to determine an operational mode of a charger based at least on a characteristic at a battery port or a charge port, and to control power flow between the charge port and the battery port based on the determined operational mode.
The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the logic to include a controller to control the power switches.
An electronic device comprising:
- a charge port to receive a device;
- a battery port to receive a battery;
- and
- a charger to provide power based at least on a characteristic of a battery to couple to the battery port or a device to couple to the charge port, the charger to include:
- logic, at least a portion of which is hardware, to provide power flow along a first path or a second path based on the characteristic of the battery or the device.
A computer-readable medium comprising one or more instructions that when executed on a processor to configure the processor to perform one or more operations to:
- determine a first operational mode of a charger based at least on a first characteristic at a battery port or a charge port;
- and
- control power flow path between the charge port and the battery port based on the determined first operational mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.