摘要 |
A method and circuit for adjusting a safety time-out in charging devices based on a charge current. According to one embodiment, a signal that is based on the charge current is employed to control an output of an oscillator, which controls an operation of a safety timer circuit. The safety timer circuit activates or deactivates a voltage-current (V-I) control loop of the charging device providing the safety time-out based on the charge current. In another embodiment, where a digital current-set circuit may be employed to determine a value of the charge current, a Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) may provide the charge current limit to the V-I control loop, and another output of the digital current-set circuit may control the safety timer. In a further embodiment, a signal based on the charge current may be digitized and employed to control the safety timer comprising a time-out counter.
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