An electronic device may include a battery, a multi-coil circuit including a first coil, a second coil, and a switch circuit connected between the first coil and the second coil, a wireless power transmission and reception circuit electrically connected to the multi-coil circuit, a power management module electrically connected to the battery and the wireless power transmission and reception circuit, and a processor electrically connected to the multi-coil circuit, the wireless power transmission and reception circuit, and the power management module, the switch circuit receives a first control signal based on a voltage detected from the second coil, a second control signal by the processor, and a third control signal by the wireless power transmission and reception circuit, and performs a switch-ON operation or a switch-OFF operation based on at least some of the first control signal, the second control signal, and the third control signal.

A method includes: obtaining a current charging current and voltages of n electrochemical cells; if a difference between a highest voltage in the voltages of the n electrochemical cells and a preset upper limit of a single electrochemical cell charging voltage is less than or equal to a preset difference, determining a derating current, where the preset difference is greater than or equal to 0, the highest voltage is less than or equal to the upper limit of the single electrochemical cell charging voltage, and the derating current is less than the current charging current; and indicating to charge the battery with the derating current.

In accordance with a first aspect of the present disclosure, a near field communication (NFC) device is provided, comprising: an antenna configured to enable wireless communication with an external device; a charging unit configured to charge the external device by transferring power to said external device through said antenna; a detection unit configured to detect whether the external device is a passive NFC device; a controller configured to control the charging unit in dependence on an output of the detection unit, wherein said output indicates whether the external device is a passive NFC device. In accordance with a second aspect of the present disclosure, a corresponding method of operating a near field communication (NFC) device is conceived.

The present application relates to a device and method for measuring the capacity of a battery.

A method of controlling state of charge (SOC) of a first battery and a second battery that are connected in parallel with each other, includes: calculating the SOC of the first battery and the SOC of the second battery; controlling output voltage command values of a first direct current (DC-DC) converter and a second DC-DC converter based on the SOC of the first battery and the SOC of the second battery, the first DC-DC converter and the second DC-DC converter being connected to ends of the first battery and the second battery, respectively; and controlling the SOC of the first battery and the SOC of the second battery based on the controlling of the output voltage command values of the first DC-DC converter and the second DC-DC converter.

A battery charging management system includes a plurality of sockets combinable with a plurality of devices onto which a plurality of battery packs are mounted; a binding controller configured to receive state information of the plurality of battery packs from the plurality of devices, determine a priority of the plurality of devices to be allocated to the plurality of sockets according to a charging strategy selected based on the state information, and allocate one of the plurality of sockets to one of the plurality of devices or releasing the allocating; a charging controller configured to control charging of the plurality of battery packs of the plurality of devices electrically connected to a charging circuit based on the state information received by the binding controller; and a distributor configured to switch an electrical connection between the charging circuit and the plurality of battery packs.

A power supply includes fuel cell, secondary battery, power converter, current detecting unit and control unit. The power converter couples the fuel cell with the secondary battery, and is adapted to convert current outputted by the fuel cell into output current. The current detecting unit couples the power converter with the secondary battery and adapted to detect charging current of the output current transferred to the secondary battery. The control unit couples the current detecting unit with the power converter and is adapted to: when the charging current is greater than a charging current upper-limit-setting value of the secondary battery, a down-adjustment signal is outputted to the power converter to reduce the output current; and when the charging current is less than the charging current upper-limit-setting value, an up-adjustment signal is outputted to the power converter to increase the output current.

Embodiments of this application provide a battery control circuitry, a battery control method, and an electric apparatus. The battery control circuitry may include a charging interface, a switch circuit, a first battery pack; a second battery pack, where a positive electrode of the second battery pack may be connected to a negative electrode of the first battery pack; and a control circuit, configured to: when detecting that the charging interface receives a charging signal from a low-voltage platform, control the switch circuit to switch to a first connection state, where in the first connection state, a target battery pack may be connected in series to the charging interface to form a first loop, so as to charge the target battery pack, where the target battery pack may be the first battery pack or the second battery pack.

A system and method for managing and controlling the charging and discharging of dual batteries in a vehicle, wherein the auxiliary battery is a lithium-ion battery, and the primary battery can be of any type. The system includes a charging circuitry for charging the lithium-ion batteries using power from the power supply of the vehicle. The system further includes a controller that prioritizes the charging of the primary battery. The controller allows simultaneous charging of the primary battery and the secondary battery when the charging status of the primary between is about 13.5 Volts and prevents charging of the secondary battery when the voltage source is below 13.2 Volts.

A wireless charging system for charging a secondary battery, the wireless charging system including: a central sensor configured to sense a swelling of the secondary battery; a peripheral sensor on a peripheral portion of the central sensor and configured to sense the swelling of the secondary battery; and a sensitivity ratio measurement component configured to measure a ratio of sensitivity of the peripheral sensor to sensitivity of the central sensor, wherein the sensitivity ratio measurement component is configured to stop a charging progress in response to the measured ratio of sensitivity of the peripheral sensor to sensitivity of the central sensor being greater than a preset ratio.