Using pulsed biases to represent DC bias for charging
First Claim
1. An electronic device comprising:
- a battery;
three or more inputs, each input comprising;
a ground mode in which the input is coupled to a negative terminal of the battery; and
a current mode in which the input is coupled to a positive terminal of the battery; and
an input controller configured to iteratively select a pair of inputs from the three or more inputs, the pair of inputs comprising a first input and a second input, and, upon each selection, the input controller is configured to;
set the first input of the pair of inputs to the current mode and the second input of the pair of inputs to ground mode;
set the first input to the ground mode and the second input to the current mode.
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Abstract
Power transfer systems including a direct current source and a plurality of outputs operable in several modes. A ground mode may couple an output to circuit ground and a current mode may couple the output to the direct current source. The power transfer system may also include a controller configured to iteratively select a pair of outputs from the plurality of outputs. Once a pair is selected, the controller may set a first output of the pair of outputs to the current mode and the second to ground mode for a determined duration. After the duration has passed, the controller may set the first output to the ground mode and the second output to the current mode for the same duration. Thereafter the controller may select another pair of outputs.
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20 Claims
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1. An electronic device comprising:
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a battery; three or more inputs, each input comprising; a ground mode in which the input is coupled to a negative terminal of the battery; and a current mode in which the input is coupled to a positive terminal of the battery; and an input controller configured to iteratively select a pair of inputs from the three or more inputs, the pair of inputs comprising a first input and a second input, and, upon each selection, the input controller is configured to; set the first input of the pair of inputs to the current mode and the second input of the pair of inputs to ground mode; set the first input to the ground mode and the second input to the current mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An electronic device comprising:
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three or more inputs; and an input controller configured to iteratively select a pair of inputs from the three or more inputs, and upon each selection adapted to; apply an incoming direct current waveform received at a first input of the selected pair of inputs to a positive terminal of a battery, with a second input of the selected pair of inputs coupling a negative terminal of the battery to ground; apply an incoming direct current waveform received at the second input to the positive terminal, with the first input coupling the negative terminal to ground. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of reducing corrosion to power inputs of an electronic device comprising:
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defining a plurality of input pairs from three or more inputs; determining a pair activation sequence such that each sequential pair contains two inputs that were not within the previous pair; and sequentially activating each pair in the activation sequence, each sequential activation comprising; coupling a first input of the pair to a positive terminal of a battery; coupling a second input of the pair to a negative terminal of the battery for a selected duration; coupling the second input to the positive terminal of the battery; coupling the first input to the negative terminal for the selected duration; and causing the first input and the second input to float. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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