公开(公告)号：US20170256973A1

公开(公告)日：2017-09-07

申请号：US15270365

申请日：2016-09-20

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Bong-chul KIM ,  Ashish KHANDELWAL ,  Sung-rok BANG ,  Jason Michael BATTLE ,  Sanoop RAMACHANDRAN ,  Jae-hyun PARK

IPC: H02J7/00

Abstract: An electronic apparatus for charging a battery with an optimum charge profile corresponding to a pattern of use and a state of the battery is provided. The electronic apparatus may include a power supply configured to supply power to respective components of the electronic apparatus using power of a battery, and when receiving an input of power from an external adaptor, to charge the battery using the inputted power, and a processor configured to fully charge and discharge the battery to thus generate a charge curve and a discharge curve expressed in time and charge amount, and control the power supply to charge the battery using a charge profile corresponding to the generated charge curve and discharge curve.

公开(公告)号：US20170125793A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-04

申请号：US15270366

申请日：2016-09-20

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Ki-young KIM ,  Bong-chul KIM ,  Ji-hoon JUNG ,  Sung-rok BANG

IPC: H01M4/133 ,  H01M4/04 ,  H01M4/583 ,  H01M4/1393 ,  H01M10/0525 ,  H01M4/134

CPC classification number: H01M4/133 ,  H01M4/0404 ,  H01M4/0435 ,  H01M4/134 ,  H01M4/1393 ,  H01M4/364 ,  H01M4/366 ,  H01M4/583 ,  H01M4/587 ,  H01M4/626 ,  H01M10/0525 ,  H01M2004/021 ,  H01M2004/027 ,  H01M2220/20 ,  H01M2220/30

Abstract: An electrode is provided. The electrode includes a plurality of graphite particles arranged on a current collector so as to have a plurality of pores, and a plurality of hard carbon particles mixed with the graphite particles and having weight percent determined based on charging speed and lifespan of a battery including the electrode, wherein the weight percent of the hard carbon particles is between 20% and 35%, thereby controlling charging speed and lifespan of a battery.