Patent ReferencesBattery charging circuit Electronic timepiece battery-potential detecting circuit Charge control circuit Voltage detector Charger using one or more solar batteries Charging control circuit for electronic timepiece Patent #: 4316275 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 06/284345 filed on 07/17/1981US Classes:320/162, With detection of current or voltage amplitude320/101, WIND, SOLAR, THERMAL, OR FUEL-CELL SOURCE340/636.15, By voltage340/636.2, Including charging circuit368/205Solar cellExaminersPrimary: Shoop, William M.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassH02J 7/35 (20060101)Foreign Application Priority Data1980-08-27 JPAbstractA charge control circuit has an excess charge detecting circuit for preventing the excess charge of a secondary battery responsive to the voltage of the secondary battery, and a switching circuit responsive to the output of the excess charge detecting circuit. The switching circuit and the excess charge detecting circuit are operated by the electromotive force of a solar cell without the power dissipation of the secondary battery. | |