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US 6,333,619 B1Granted
Cyclical battery charger with incremental and decremental current and a method of operation thereof
OwnerJaime H Chavez, Dibyendu N. Nath +2inventors
InventorsJaime H Chavez, Dibyendu N. Nath, Paul S. Nessman, Gabriel G. Suranyi
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Abstract
A battery charger, a method of charging a battery and a battery plant incorporating the battery charger or the method. In one embodiment, the battery charger includes: (1) a battery voltage monitor that measures a voltage of a battery and (2) a charge current generator, coupled to the battery voltage monitor, that provides an incrementally adjustable charge current to the battery based on the voltage.
Claims21
A battery charger, comprising:
- a battery voltage monitor that measures a voltage of a battery;
- and
- a charge current generator, coupled to said battery voltage monitor, that provides an incrementally adjustable charge current to said battery based on said voltage.
A method of charging a battery, comprising:
- monitoring a voltage of a battery;
- and
- incrementally adjusting a charge current to said battery based on said voltage.
A battery plant, comprising:
- a battery string;
- a battery voltage monitor, coupled to said battery string, that measures a voltage of said battery string;
- and
- a charge current generator, coupled to said battery voltage monitor, that provides an incrementally adjustable charge current to said battery string based on said voltage.
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