Method and apparatus for charging a battery

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PATENT NO 8890486
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13001390

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A method and apparatus for charging a battery is provided. The apparatus includes: a constant current circuit, a constant voltage circuit and a control circuit. The control circuit is adapted to control the constant current circuit to perform constant current charging to the battery; after a battery voltage during the constant current charging reaches a preset charging limited voltage, control the constant voltage circuit to perform constant voltage charging to the battery; after a charging current during the constant voltage charging becomes smaller than or equal to a predetermined threshold, control the battery to be charged by pulse charging until an open circuit voltage of the battery is larger than or equal to a preset voltage threshold.

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ACTIONS TECHNOLOGY CO LTD519085 AREA C 1ST FLOOR FACTORY BUILDING NO 1 KEJI 4TH ROAD TANGJIAWAN TOWN HIGH TECH ZONE ZHUHAI CITY GUANGDONG PROVINCE ZHUHAI CITY GUANGDONG PROVINCE 519085

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Xiao, Lirong Zhuhai, CN 4 54

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