Title :
Low cost universal battery charger for wide range input voltage and wide range output voltage in portable applications
Author :
Miwa, Hidekazu ; Park, Sung-Yeul ; Clark, Brian T. ; Ditzler, Danielle S K ; Malone, Greg ; Souza, Neil S D ; Lai, Jih-Sheng
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA
Abstract :
This paper presents a wide voltage range universal battery charger to meet the specification laid down for the 2007 Future Energy Challenge Competition sponsored by U.S. DOE and IEEE. The proposed system is capable of charging Ni-Cd, Ni-MH, SLA, and Li-ion batteries from 2 V to 18 V. Hardware design, implementation, and test results of the proposed low-cost battery charger are presented in this paper.
Keywords :
battery chargers; lithium-ion battery; low cost universal battery charger; nickel metal hydride battery; nickel-cadmium battery; portable application; sealed lead acid battery; voltage 2 V to 18 V; Batteries; Circuits; Costs; Hardware; Microcontrollers; Pulse width modulation; Reactive power; Switches; Testing; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 2008. PESC 2008. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Rhodes
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1667-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0275-9306
DOI :
10.1109/PESC.2008.4592710
