公开(公告)号：US20170104359A1

公开(公告)日：2017-04-13

申请号：US15215725

申请日：2016-07-21

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

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

IPC: H02J7/02 ,  H02J7/04

CPC classification number: H02J7/025 ,  H02J7/0073 ,  H02J7/045 ,  H02J50/12

Abstract: An electronic apparatus, a charge controlling method, and a computer-readable recording medium are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a battery unit including a battery and configured to supply power to components of the electronic apparatus using power of the battery, a charging circuit configured to, in response to the power being received from an external adapter, charge the battery using the received power, and a controller configured to detect a charging state of the battery, divide a charging process into a plurality of charging periods according to the detected charging state, and control the charging circuit to provide different target voltages to the divided charging periods and target currents determined according to the different target voltages and preset power consumption to the battery.

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.