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Systems and methods for simultaneously charging a battery with multiple power sources

  • US 10,069,319 B2
  • Filed: 03/29/2016
  • Issued: 09/04/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A battery charging system, comprising:

  • a controller configured to couple to a battery gauge of a battery and a plurality of power converters, so as to supply power to a terminal of the battery,wherein the controller is configured to;

    assign a priority level to each of the plurality of power converters, andrepeatedly update a servo target at a first rate in accordance with a first feedback control loop process that is based on a comparison between one or more profile target values of a charging profile and one or more battery metrics,wherein the one or more battery metrics are measured by the battery gauge,wherein the plurality of converters are configured to simultaneously charge the battery, in accordance with their respective assigned priority level and the servo target.

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