According to an embodiment of the disclosure, an electronic device comprises: a battery, a memory, a connector including one or more signal terminals, a first converter included in a first path that connects the battery to the connector, a second converter included in second path that is distinct from the first path and connects the battery to the connector, and a processor electrically connected to the battery, the memory, the connector, the first converter, and the second converter, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to obtain identification information of the external electronic device when the electronic device is connected to the external electronic device through the connector, determine whether the identification information matches comparison data stored in the memory, determine whether a voltage of a power terminal (vbus) among the one or more signal terminals satisfies a specified condition when the identification information matches the comparison data, and transmit power determined based on a real-time voltage of the battery to the external electronic device by using the second path through the connector, based on whether the specified condition is satisfied.

Disclosed herein is a USB port controller on a sink side. The USB port controller is compatible with a USB Type-C. A sink equipped with the USB port controller includes a power supply terminal, a capacitor connected to the power supply terminal, and a discharge resistance and a discharge switch connected in series with each other between the power supply terminal and a ground line. The USB port controller includes a discharge control unit configured to turn on the discharge switch when no voltage is supplied from a source to the power supply terminal.

A charging management apparatus includes a main relay connected between a positive electrode terminal of a battery pack and a charging terminal of a charging connector, a current regulator connected in parallel to the main relay and including a precharge relay and a resistance regulation circuit connected in series, a battery pack voltage sensor, a battery pack current sensor, and a controller to control the main relay is into an on state and the precharge relay into an off state in response to a first switching condition while the main relay is in the off state, the resistance regulation circuit at a first resistance value and the precharge relay is in the on state, and to control the resistance regulation circuit to a second resistance value, the precharge relay into the on state and the main relay into the off state, in response to a second switching condition.

A disclosed battery management system for wireless charging includes a communication circuit and a controller. The communication circuit receives information on a first state of charge (SOC) of the first battery module, a second SOC of the second battery module, and a third SOC of the third battery module. The controller controls the first wireless charging between the first battery module and the second battery module and the second wireless charging between the second battery module and the third battery module for balancing between the first SOC, the second SOC, and the third SOC. The first wireless charging is to wirelessly transmit power from one of the first battery module and the second battery module to the other battery module. The second wireless charging is to wirelessly transmit power from one of the second battery module and the third battery module to the other battery module.

A control integrated structure of an electrically assisted bicycle includes a battery management system, a controller and a motor. The battery management system includes a battery assembly and an analog front end. The analog front end is electrically connected to the battery assembly. The controller includes a micro controller unit and a driver. The micro controller unit is electrically connected to the analog front end. The driver is electrically connected to the micro controller unit. The motor is electrically connected to the driver and controlled by the driver. The micro controller unit of the controller is directly electrically connected between the analog front end of the battery management system and the driver, thereby enabling the micro controller unit to control the motor via the driver.

An energy storage system includes N switch units and N battery packs connected in series. The N switch units are separately connected to two ends of the N battery packs in a one-to-one correspondence. Each of the N switch units is configured to: when the energy storage system is in a charging state and remaining power of a battery pack correspondingly connected to each switch unit meets a first preset condition, and/or when the energy storage system is in a discharging state and the remaining power of the battery pack correspondingly connected to each switch unit meets a second preset condition, perform disconnection processing on the battery pack correspondingly connected to each switch unit. The first preset condition includes being greater than or equal to a first preset power value. The second preset condition includes being less than or equal to a second preset power value.

A method for carrying out a process for charging an appliance battery of an appliance, with the following steps: providing a charging profile that specifies a maximally permissible charging current for charging the appliance battery in a manner depending on a state of charge of the appliance battery; ascertaining a current state of health of the appliance battery; providing a reference state of health that predetermines a customary state of health for a calendrical age of the appliance battery; charging the appliance battery in a manner depending on a corrected maximally permissible charging current, the corrected maximally permissible charging current being ascertained by applying a correction value to the maximally permissible charging current, the correction value being determined in a manner depending on a correction function, depending on a difference between the reference state of health and the current state of health.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a charging circuit, a battery, and a processor operatively connected to the charging circuit and the battery, wherein the processor is configured to charge the battery with a first voltage corresponding to a first charging level, identify the number of times that supplementary charging is performed after the electronic device is detected to be in a fully-charged state, when the number of times that the supplementary charging is performed exceeds a specified number of times, configure a charging level for charging the battery to a second charging level configured to be lower than the first voltage of the first charging level, and adjust a voltage received from a power transmission device through the charging circuit to a second voltage corresponding to the second charging level and charge the battery with the adjusted second voltage.

An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device includes: a battery, a wireless power transfer (WPT) coil, wireless power transceiver circuitry, a charging circuit, and a processor electrically connected to the wireless power transceiver circuitry and the charging circuit. The processor implements the method, including: receiving first detecting power from an external electronic device, determining whether a reception voltage generated by the received first detecting power is higher than a first predetermined voltage value, based on detecting that the reception voltage is higher than the first predetermined voltage value, supplying power from the battery to the wireless power transceiver circuitry, outputting via the WPT coil, foreign object detecting power based on the supplied power, and based on detecting an electrical change in the foreign object detecting power caused by presence of a foreign object, determining that an error has occurred.

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for sliding mode control enabled hybrid energy storage. In a specific embodiment, the system can include: a photovoltaic power generation unit; a hybrid energy storage system, where the hybrid storage system can include a battery, a supercapacitor, where the supercapacitor provides excess power demand based on different loading conditions, and a rate limiter; a sliding mode controller, where the slide mode controller controls a current in a hybrid energy storage system; a supercapacitor charging control; and a proportional integral controller. In a specific embodiment, the method can include: decoupling an average and transient hybrid energy storage system current with a single rate limiter, where the decoupling includes a battery discharge rate; regulating a battery current with a first sliding mode controller; and regulating a supercapacitor current with a second sliding mode controller, where a supercapacitor provides excess power demand.