In this power supplying device used in this power storage system, a power supplying unit charges a battery. A control unit controls the power supplying unit so as to charge the battery in a pulsed manner, in at least a part of a charging period of the battery. The control unit extends a unit on time and a unit off time when charging in the pulsed manner, as the temperature of the battery becomes lower.

A state estimation unit estimates an OCV upon charging a battery. Pulse charging units applies a charging pulse voltage to the battery when the OCV is larger than a first predetermined value. The state estimation unit estimates the OCV by sequentially calculating a coefficient of a transmission function based on an equivalent circuit model of the battery each time the pulse charging units apply the charging pulse voltage. The pulse charging units compare the OCV to a second predetermined value that is larger than the first predetermined value. The pulse charging units determine to apply the next pulse voltage in the pulse charging units when the estimated OCV is smaller than the second predetermined value, and determine to end charging the battery when the OCV is larger than the second predetermined value.

A pulse controlled charging method for higher temperature charging in addition to the current-reducing operation at ambient temperature. A specific software control strategy for these purposes is proposed, which can be divided into two parts, (a) two-stage charging current control at ambient temperature, which sets different current-limiting transient points for chargers with different outputs; (b) high-temperature pulse charging, which utilizes an internal NTC (Negative temperature coefficient) thermistor inside the charger to detect the internal temperature of the charger, if the temperature exceeds a pre-determined value, the charging process will be stopped for a period of time to avoid the temperature of the charger becoming too high.

A battery protection circuit, which includes: a power supply terminal, a power ground terminal, an overcharge voltage protection sub-circuit, an over-discharge voltage protection sub-circuit, a discharge over-current protection sub-circuit, a reference voltage generation sub-circuit, a frequency generation sub-circuit, a controller and a first switch sub-circuit. The battery protection circuit further includes a shipping input terminal, the battery protection circuit is configured to enter a shipping mode when a first signal is received at the shipping input terminal, and in the shipping mode, at least one sub-circuit of the battery protection circuit is powered off. The present application also provides a battery pack and an electronic device, advantages of the present application include that the current consumption of the battery during transportation and storage can be reduced, and the power retention time of the battery can be increased, so that the user’s experience can be improved.

A charger includes: a rectifier including input terminals, a cathode terminal and an anode terminal, wherein the input terminals are configured for connection to an AC power supply; a DC/DC converter including a first terminal, a second terminal and output terminals, the first terminal being configured to be connected to the cathode terminal of the rectifier, the second terminal being configured to be connected to the anode terminal of the rectifier, wherein the output terminals are configured for connection to a battery; and a power pulsation absorbing circuit including a first to third diodes, an inductor, a capacitor, a first switch and a second switch, wherein the DC/DC converter, the first and second switch are controlled to obtain a constant sum of a power outputted from the AC power supply and a power outputted from the capacitor during increasing a voltage outputted from the AC power supply.

A battery fleet charging system for charging two or more battery packs simultaneously, at independently controlled charge rates. The present invention can intelligently distribute the available charge power among multiple batteries, either symmetrically or asymmetrically, as specified by a controller that specifies and regulates the charge voltage.

A charger for impulsed charging of a battery includes first and second charging contacts configured to receive a battery to be charged, a DC power input having first and second terminals, and an inductor having first and second ends. The first end is selectively conductively connectable to the first terminal and the second charging contact. The second end is selectively conductively connectable to the first charging contact and the second terminal. A switch is between the second end and the second terminal such that with the switch in a first configuration, the inductor is connected across the DC power input to enable magnetic energization of the inductor, and in a second configuration, the inductor is disconnected from the DC power input and connected across the charging contacts to enable magnetic energy in the inductor to discharge to the battery. The switch is alternated between configurations during charging of the battery.

An electrical pulse generating device is disclosed which comprises a switching unit configured such that the electrical conductivity of a current path through the switching unit is controllable by transmission of a modulated digital drive signal to the switching unit, whereby the switching unit is controllably switchable between different operational states thereof based on the digital drive signal. A shape of the electrical pulse created by the discharge of the electrical energy storage module is at least in part governed by the modulation of the digital drive signal. The modulated digital drive signal is generated based on a selected electrical pulse shape.

The present application discloses a battery pack charging system and its control method. The battery pack charging system includes a battery pack, a charging apparatus, a negative pulse absorbing branch, and a control unit; the negative pulse absorbing branch includes a switch, a power resistor connected in series with the switch, and a supercapacitor connected in series with the power resistor; and the control method includes: monitoring an SOC value of the battery pack in a negative pulse charging process for the battery pack; when the SOC value increases by a preset value, controlling the switch to be closed so that the power resistor and the supercapacitor can absorb discharge energy of the battery pack; and after the closing time of the switch lasts for a preset duration, controlling the switch to be opened so that depolarization speed in the negative pulse charging process may be increased.

A method of charging a battery, the method comprising the steps of: providing a charging current to the battery; determining a property of the battery substantially continuously during charging; and varying a property of the charging current in dependence on the determined property of the battery.