IP Library Granted Patent US 8,378,635
Granted Patent B2
US 8,378,635 · App. 12/004,998 · Granted Feb 19, 2013

Semiconductor device and rechargeable power supply unit

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Patent No.
US 8,378,635
App. No.
12/004,998
Granted
Feb 19, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a semiconductor device and a rechargeable power supply unit which are capable of accurately detecting an overcharge state of a battery even in a case where the battery is charged with a sine wave charger. In a case where a ½ cycle of a charging voltage of the sine wave charger is shorter than a delay time for cancellation of an overdischarge state, when it is detected that a voltage of the battery in the overdischarge state exceeds an overdischarge detection voltage and becomes equal to or higher than an overcharge detection voltage, a delay circuit sets the delay time for cancellation of the overdischarge state to 0 seconds.

Claims (13)

1. A semiconductor device, which controls charge and discharge of a battery to be charged with a sine wave charger, comprising:

an overcharge detection circuit for detecting an overcharge state of the battery;

an overdischarge detection circuit for detecting an overdischarge state of the battery; and

a delay circuit that receives a detection signal of the overcharge detection circuit or the overdischarge detection circuit for counting a delay time,

wherein the delay circuit sets the delay time for cancellation of the overdischarge state to 0 seconds when the overcharge detection circuit and the overdischarge detection circuit detect that the voltage of the battery exceeds an overdischarge detection voltage and becomes equal to or higher than an overcharge detection voltage in a case where a ½ cycle of a charging voltage of the sine wave charger is shorter than the delay time for cancellation of the overdischarge state.

2. A rechargeable power supply unit, comprising:

an external terminal connected to a sine wave charger;

a battery;

an overcharge detection circuit for detecting an overcharge state of the battery;

an overdischarge detection circuit for detecting an overdischarge state of the battery;

a delay circuit that receives a detection signal of the overcharge detection circuit or the overdischarge detection circuit for counting a delay time; and

a charge and discharge control switching element provided between the battery and the external terminal,

wherein the delay circuit sets the delay time for cancellation of the overdischarge state to 0 seconds when the overcharge detection circuit and the overdischarge detection circuit detect that the voltage of the battery exceeds an overdischarge detection voltage and becomes equal to or higher than an overcharge detection voltage in a case where a ½ cycle of a charging voltage of the sine wave charger is shorter than the delay time for cancellation of the overdischarge state.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 8, 2023
From: ABLIC INC.
To: ABLIC INC.
Reel/Frame 064021/0575 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 12, 2018
From: SII SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
To: ABLIC INC.
Reel/Frame 045567/0927 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2016
From: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.
To: SII SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038058/0892 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2008
From: KOIKE, TOSHIYUKI; SAKURAI, ATSUSHI; SANO, KAZUAKI
To: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.
Reel/Frame 020608/0655 →