METHOD FOR CHARGING BATTERY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE APPLYING THE METHOD

• Main Authors: JUNG, Kuchul, KIM, Kyounghoon, CHOI, Hansol, OH, Hyunjun, LEE, Jungmin, HA, Youngmi, LEE, Seongil, CHO, Sungjoon
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 19.08.2020
• Subjects: CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTINGELECTRIC POWER; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRICITY; GENERATION; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a battery disposed inside the housing, a power management module for controlling charging of the battery, and at least one processor operationally connected with the battery and the power management module. The at least one processor is provided to direct a plurality of charging intervals while charging the battery, each of the plurality of charging intervals having a target voltage, to alternately charge the battery in a first mode and in a second mode through the power management module, wherein a charging current flowing into the battery is uniformly maintained in the first mode and a voltage of the battery is uniformly maintained in the second mode, and to switch the first mode to the second mode when the voltage of the battery reaches the target voltage in the first mode.