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Abstract
A battery pack is provided which can be suitably used in a case where charging of a dedicated secondary battery in a portable terminal device is difficult. The battery pack is mounted in a battery mounting section in a portable cellular phone (portable terminal device) proper. In the battery pack, alkaline accumulators are connected in series. Alkaline accumulators generate electromotive forces having a voltage (3V) being lower than that of the dedicated secondary battery. A power source circuit has a boosting-type DC/DC converter which boosts a voltage of the alkaline accumulators being connected in series at a level being same as that of the dedicated secondary battery (for example, 4.5V), and outputs the boosted voltage. An electrical double layer capacitor has a capacity to feed stable power to an internal circuit in which power consumption increases or decreases in a burst manner and is charged by application of an output of the power source circuit and stores the power.
Description
- 1. Field of the Invention
- The present invention relates to a battery pack and more particularly to the battery pack that can be suitably used for a portable terminal device such as a portable cellular phone being carried by for example a user who is on the road over an extended period of time.
- The present application claims priority of Japanese Patent Application No. 2002-079802 filed on Mar. 20, 2002, which is hereby incorporated by reference.
- 2. Description of the Related Art
- Generally, a portable terminal device such as a portable
cellular phone 1 is so configured as to operate using its dedicatedsecondary battery 20. For example, as shown inFIGS. 12A and 12B , the portablecellular phone 1 is made up of a main body of portablecellular phone 10 and the dedicatedsecondary battery 20. As shown inFIGS. 12A and 12B , the main body of portablecellular phone 10 has abattery mounting section 11, amultifunctional connector 12,terminals antenna 14. The dedicatedsecondary battery 20 is mounted in thebattery mounting section 11. To themultifunctional connector 12 are connected a charging adapter used to charge the dedicatedsecondary battery 20, a personal computer, or a like. Theterminals terminals secondary battery 20 used to take in electromotive force of the dedicatedsecondary battery 20. Theantenna 14 is adapted to transmit and receive radio waves to and from a radio base station (not shown). - When the dedicated
secondary battery 20 is discharged, if a user stays indoors and commercial power supply is available, the charging adapter is connected to themultifunctional connector 12 to charge the dedicatedsecondary battery 20. Moreover, when commercial power supply is not available in such a case where a user stays outdoors, conventionally, as shown inFIG. 13A , abattery pack 30 is connected to the multifunctional connector 12 to charge the dedicatedsecondary battery 20. Thebattery pack 30 serves as a simple charger or an emergency power source. The main body of portablecellular phone 10, as shown inFIG. 13B , includes acharge controlling circuit 40 and theinternal circuit 50. Thecharge controlling circuit 40 feeds electromotive force of thebattery pack 30 throughterminals terminals secondary battery 20 at a constant current and at a constant voltage for charging. Power of the dedicatedsecondary battery 20 is fed to aninternal circuit 50 to perform main operations of a TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access)-type portable cellular phone. -
FIGS. 14A , 14B, 14C, and 14D are circuit diagrams showing electrical configurations of thebattery pack 30 inFIGS. 13A and 13B . Each symbol of batteries shown inFIGS. 14A , 14B, 14C, and 14D represents a cell unit of a battery and one cell has electromotive force of 1.5V. - The
battery pack 30 shown inFIG. 14A is made up of three serially connected battery cells each having a voltage of 1.5 V (for example, three pieces of alkaline accumulators) 31, 32, and 33. Thebattery pack 30 shown inFIG. 14B is made up of fourbattery cells diode 35 for preventing backflow of a current, and aresistor 36 for limiting currents, being connected in series. Thebattery pack 30 shown inFIG. 14C is made up of six serially-connectedbattery cells voltage dropping circuit 39 adapted to drop a voltage of the battery cells from 9V to 5V, all of which are connected in series. Thebattery pack 30 shown inFIG. 14D is made up of three battery cells each having a voltage that has come nearer to a final level and avoltage boosting circuit 3A adapted to boost the voltage of the battery cell up to a level of 5V, both being connected in series. -
FIG. 15 is a circuit diagram showing electrical configurations of acharge controlling circuit 40 shown inFIGS. 13A and 13B . Thecharge controlling circuit 40 includes a current limitingcircuit 41, avoltage limiting circuit 42, a limiting-type selecting switch 43, and avoltage detector 44. The current limitingcircuit 41 limits a current flow of power to be fed from an AC adapter (adapter for charging) 60 adapted to convert a voltage (AC100V) of commercial power supply toDC 6V or from thebattery pack 30 to a level that can be suitably used for charging the dedicatedsecondary battery 20 and outputs it. Thevoltage limiting circuit 42 limits a voltage of power to be fed from theAC adapter 60 or from thebattery pack 30 to a level (for example, 4.5V) that can be suitably used for charging the dedicatedsecondary battery 20 and outputs it. - The limiting-
type selecting switch 43 is used to select, based on a selecting signal SL output from thevoltage detector 44, a power M of the current limitingcircuit 41 and a power N of thevoltage limiting circuit 42 and outputs the selected power. Thevoltage limiting circuit 42 outputs a voltage of a power Q output from the limiting-type selecting switch 43 and detects it and, based on a result from the selection, outputs the selecting signal SL. In this case, if a voltage of the power Q is higher than that being suitably used for charging the dedicatedsecondary battery 20, the power N of thevoltage limiting circuit 42 is selected by the selecting signal SL, and if the voltage of the power Q is lower than that being suitably used for charging the dedicatedsecondary battery 20, the power M of the current limitingcircuit 41 is selected by the selecting signal SL. - In the conventional portable
cellular phone 1, when thebattery pack 30 is connected to themultifunctional connector 12, the dedicatedsecondary battery 20 is charged at a constant current and at a constant voltage fed from thebattery pack 30 through thecharge controlling circuit 40,terminals terminals secondary battery 20 is supplied to theinternal circuit 50. Operations of the TDMA-type portable cellular phone l are performed in theinternal circuit 50. Moreover, when the AC adapter 60, instead of thebattery cell 30, is connected to themultifunctional connector 12, the dedicatedsecondary battery 20 is charged at a constant current and at a constant voltage fed from theAC adapter 60 through thecharge controlling circuit 40,terminals terminals - However, the above
conventional battery pack 30 has following problems to be solved. That is, when a user goes the outdoors carrying the portablecellular phone 1 and the dedicatedsecondary battery 20 is already discharged and when commercial power is not available because the user is outdoors, the user has to perform charging the portablecellular phone 1 by using thebattery pack 30, however, in this case, it will be time before a voltage of the portablecellular phone 1 reaches a specified level according to a state of the dedicatedsecondary battery 20 and therefore the portablecellular phone 1 does not operate immediately even after the connection of thebattery pack 30. Another problem is that, since the dedicatedsecondary battery 20 makes up part of components of a power source section of the portablecellular phone 1, if a failure occurs in the dedicatedsecondary battery 20, the portablecellular phone 1 cannot be operated even by the connection of thebattery pack 30. - Moreover, there is still another problem that, since the
charge controlling circuit 40 is configured assuming that the dedicatedsecondary battery 20 is charged, if the dedicatedsecondary battery 20 is lost, thecharge controlling circuit 40 does not operate normally in some cases and, as a result, a voltage required to normally operate the portablecellular phone 1 cannot be obtained even by the connection of thebattery pack 30. Also, still another problem is that, since a voltage required for operating thecharge controlling circuit 40 is 4V, it is necessary for thebattery pack 30 to have at least three battery cells (each having a voltage of 1.5V) being connected in series, which thus causes a user to feel that the portablecellular phone 1 is heavy to carry. Furthermore, the conventional portable cellular phone presents another problem in that, when thebattery pack 30 is connected to itsmultifunctional connector 12, other devices such as personal computers or a like cannot be connected to themultifunctional connector 12. - To solve these problems, a method is thought to be available in which another dedicated secondary battery having a same function as that of the dedicated
secondary battery 20 and being in a fully-charged state is carried as a backup cell. However, this method has a problem in that that not only carrying the dedicated secondary battery is attended with risk of occurrence of a short but also buying such the backup dedicated secondary battery is costly. Moreover, in this case, a user has to carry an AC adapter required to charge such the dedicated backup secondary battery. Also, since the portablecellular phone 1 is operated according to the TDMA communication method, a judgement as to whether a voltage of the dedicatedsecondary battery 20 has reached its final voltage is made based on a voltage value that has dropped when power consumption increases or decreases in a burst manner. As a result, in some cases, a message that the voltage has reached its final level even in a state where a discharging depth of the dedicatedsecondary battery 20 is shallow (that is, battery capacity is still residual somewhat) appears on a displaying section of the portablecellular phone 1, which presents another problem that battery capacity cannot be used to the fullest. - In view of the above, it is an object of the present invention to provide a battery pack which is capable of operating a portable cellular phone immediately even when a dedicated secondary battery is discharged.
- According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a battery pack being placed in a portable terminal device in a manner so as to be replaceable with a dedicated secondary battery for being used as a power source of the portable terminal device including: a primary battery to generate a specified electromotive force; and a package to house the primary battery.
- In the foregoing first aspect, a preferable mode is one wherein the package, instead of the dedicated secondary battery, is configured to be placed in the portable terminal device and is provided with terminals to feed the specified electromotive force of the primary battery or the fuel cell to the portable terminal device,
- Also, a preferable mode is one that wherein further includes a power storing unit to be charged by application of a voltage output from the primary battery or the fuel cell, hereby storing fed power, and to feed the stored power to the portable terminal device,
- wherein the a package houses the primary battery or the fuel cell and the power storing unit.
- Also, a preferable mode is one wherein the power storing unit is made up of an electrical double layer capacitor.
- Also, a preferable mode is one that wherein further includes a current limiting circuit to limit a current of input the specified electromotive force of the primary battery or the fuel cell to a level being a predetermined value or less, wherein the a package houses the primary battery or the fuel cell, the power storing unit and the current limiting circuit.
- Also, a preferable mode is one that wherein further includes a voltage boosting unit to boost a voltage level of the specified electromotive force fed from the primary battery or the fuel cell to a voltage level of the dedicated secondary battery; and, wherein the power storing unit is charged by application of a voltage output from the voltage boosting unit, hereby storing fed power, and feed the stored power to the portable terminal device, and wherein the a package houses the primary battery or the fuel cell, the power storing unit and the voltage boosting unit.
- Also, a preferable mode is one wherein the voltage boosting unit includes a Direct Current/Direct Current (DC/DC) converter.
- Also, a preferable mode is one wherein the electrical double layer capacitor has an equivalent serial resistance being lower than that of the primary battery or the fuel cell.
- Also, a preferable mode is one wherein the electrical double layer capacitor has a capacity being able to feed stable power to the portable terminal device in which power consumption increases or decreases in a burst manner.
- According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a battery pack being placed in a portable terminal device in a manner so as to be replaceable with a dedicated secondary battery for being used as a power source of the portable terminal device including:
- a primary battery to generate electromotive force;
- a current limiting circuit to limit a current of input electromotive force of the primary battery to a level being a predetermined value or less; and
- a voltage boosting unit to boost a voltage of the electromotive force of the primary battery fed from the current limiting circuit to a voltage level of the dedicated secondary battery and to feed boosted voltage to the portable terminal device.
- According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a battery pack being placed in a portable terminal device in a manner so as to be replaceable with a dedicated secondary battery for being used as a power source of the portable terminal device including:
- a primary battery to generate electromotive force;
- a current limiting circuit to limit a current of input electromotive force of the primary battery to a level being a predetermined value or less;
- a Direct Current/Direct Current (DC/DC) converter to boost a voltage of the electromotive force of the primary battery fed from the current limiting circuit to a voltage level of the dedicated secondary battery and to feed boosted voltage to the portable terminal device;
- a package to house the primary battery, the current limiting unit, and the DC/DC converter; and
- wherein the package, instead of the dedicated secondary battery, is configured to be placed in the portable terminal device and is provided with terminals to feed power output from the DC/DC converter to the portable terminal device.
- According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a battery pack being placed in a portable terminal device in a manner so as to be replaceable with a dedicated secondary battery for being used as a power source of the portable terminal device including:
- a primary battery to generate electromotive force;
- a current limiting circuit to limit a current of input electromotive force of the primary battery to a level being a predetermined value or less;
- a voltage boosting unit to boost a voltage of the electromotive force of the primary battery fed from the current limiting circuit to a voltage level of the dedicated secondary battery; and
- a power storing unit to be charged by application of a voltage output from the voltage boosting unit, hereby storing fed power, and to feed the stored power to the portable terminal device.
- According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a battery pack being placed in a portable terminal device in a manner so as to be replaceable with a dedicated secondary battery for being used as a power source of the portable terminal device including:
- a primary battery to generate electromotive force;
- a current limiting circuit to limit a current of input electromotive force of the primary battery to a level being a predetermined value or less;
- a Direct Current/Direct Current (DC/DC) converter to boost the voltage of the electromotive force of the primary battery fed from the current limiting circuit to a voltage level of the dedicated secondary battery;
- a power storing unit to be charged by application of a voltage output from the DC/DC converter and to store fed power and to feed the stored power to the portable terminal device;
- a package to house the primary battery, the current limiting circuit, the DC/DC converter, and the power storing unit; and
- wherein the package, instead of the dedicated secondary battery, is configured to be placed in the portable terminal device and is provided with terminals to feed the power being accumulated in the power storing unit to the portable terminal device.
- According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a battery pack being placed in a portable terminal device in a manner so as to be replaceable with a dedicated secondary battery for being used as a power source of the portable terminal device including: a fuel cell to generate a specified electromotive force; and a package to house the fuel cell.
- According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a battery pack being placed in a portable terminal device in a manner so as to be replaceable with a dedicated secondary battery for being used as a power source of the portable terminal device including:
- a fuel cell to generate electromotive force;
- a current limiting circuit to limit a current of input electromotive force of the fuel cell to a level being a predetermined value or less; and
- a voltage boosting unit to boost a voltage of the electromotive force of the fuel cell fed from the current limiting circuit to a voltage level of the dedicated secondary battery and to feed boosted voltage to the portable terminal device.
- According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a battery pack being placed in a portable terminal device in a manner so as to be replaceable with a dedicated secondary battery for being used as a power source of the portable terminal device including:
- a fuel cell to generate electromotive force;
- a current limiting circuit to limit a current of input electromotive force of the fuel cell to a level being a predetermined value or less;
- a Direct Current/Direct Current (DC/DC) converter to boost a voltage of the electromotive force of the fuel cell fed from the current limiting circuit to a voltage level of the dedicated secondary battery and to feed boosted voltage to the portable terminal device;
- a package to house the fuel cell, the current limiting unit, and the DC/DC converter; and
- wherein the package, instead of the dedicated secondary battery, is configured to be placed in the portable terminal device and is provided with terminals to feed power output from the DC/DC converter to the portable terminal device.
- According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a battery pack being placed in a portable terminal device in a manner so as to be replaceable with a dedicated secondary battery for being used as a power source of the portable terminal device including:
- a fuel cell to generate electromotive force;
- a current limiting circuit to limit a current of input electromotive force of the fuel cell to a level being a predetermined value or less;
- a voltage boosting unit to boost a voltage of the electromotive force of the fuel cell fed from the current limiting circuit to a voltage level of the dedicated secondary battery; and
- a power storing unit to be charged by application of a voltage output from the voltage boosting unit, hereby storing fed power, and to feed the stored power to the portable terminal device.
- According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a battery pack being placed in a portable terminal device in a manner so as to be replaceable with a dedicated secondary battery for being used as a power source of the portable terminal device including:
- a fuel cell to generate electromotive force;
- a current limiting circuit to limit a current of input electromotive force of the fuel cell to a level being a predetermined value or less;
- a Direct Current/Direct Current (DC/DC) converter to boost the voltage of the electromotive force of the fuel cell fed from the current limiting circuit to a voltage level of the dedicated secondary battery;
- a power storing unit to be charged by application of a voltage output from the DC/DC converter and to store fed power and to feed the stored power to the portable terminal device;
- a package to house the fuel cell, the current limiting circuit, the DC/DC converter, and the power storing unit; and
- wherein the package, instead of the dedicated secondary battery, is configured to be placed in the portable terminal device and is provided with terminals to feed the power being accumulated in the power storing unit to the portable terminal device.
- With the above configurations, since a battery pack is placed in a portable terminal device instead of a dedicated secondary battery, power being stored in an electrical double layer capacitor (power storing section) is supplied, immediately after the battery pack is placed, to the portable terminal device, thus enabling the portable terminal device to be immediately operated. Moreover, even when the dedicated secondary battery is out of running order or is lost, since the dedicated secondary battery does not make up a power source section proper and the battery pack is configured to be placed in the portable terminal device, the portable cellular phone can be immediately operated. Since the battery pack is provided with a voltage boosting unit (DC/DC converter), the portable terminal device can be operated by using a primary battery having a voltage being lower than that of the dedicated secondary battery. Also, since the battery pack is not connected to a multifunctional connector, other devices such as a personal computer or a like can be connected to the multifunctional connector. Furthermore, since almost no drop occurs in a voltage of the electrical double layer capacitor (power storing section) even while power consumption increases or decreases in a burst manner, capacity of the primary battery can be utilized to the fullest.
- Moreover, since the primary battery produces electromotive force having a voltage being same as that of the dedicated secondary battery and the power storing section is made up of the electrical double layer capacitor having an equivalent serial resistance being lower than that of the primary battery, a current limiting circuit and DC/DC converter are not required, which can simplify its configurations. Also, since the battery pack is provided with a fuel cell, when fuel runs out, by supplementing the fuel, operations of the battery pack can be immediately restored to its normal state. Since the fuel cell generates electromotive force having a same voltage as that of the dedicated secondary battery and since the power storing section has an equivalent serial resistance being lower than the fuel cell, the current limiting circuit and DC/DC converters are not required, which can simplify its configurations. Since almost no drop occurs in a voltage of the electrical double layer capacitor (power storing section) even while power consumption increases or decreases in a burst manner, capacity of the fuel cell can be utilized to the fullest.
- The above and other objects, advantages, and features of the present invention will be more apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:
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FIGS. 1A and 1B are perspective views showing a battery pack and a battery mounting section of a portable cellular phone according to a first embodiment of the present invention; -
FIGS. 2A , 2B, and 2C are diagrams illustrating the portable cellular phone with its battery pack shown inFIG. 1A being placed in a portable cellular phone proper according to the first embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram showing electrical configurations of a charge controlling circuit and a power source circuit according to the first embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram showing electrical configurations of an internal circuit shown inFIG. 2C ; -
FIGS. 5A and 5B are perspective views showing a battery pack and a battery mounting section of a portable cellular phone according to a second embodiment of the present invention; -
FIGS. 6A , 6B and 6C are diagrams illustrating the portable cellular phone with its battery pack shown inFIG. 5A placed in a portable cellular phone proper according to the second embodiment of the present invention; -
FIGS. 7A and 7B are perspective views showing a battery pack and a battery mounting section of a portable cellular phone according to a third embodiment of the present invention; -
FIGS. 8A , 8B, and 8C are diagrams illustrating the portable cellular phone in which its battery pack shown inFIG. 7A is placed in a portable cellular phone proper according to the third embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram showing one example of a fuel cell inFIG. 8C ; -
FIGS. 10A and 10B are perspective views showing a battery pack and a battery mounting section of a portable cellular phone according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention; -
FIGS. 11A , 11B, and 11C are diagrams illustrating the portable cellular phone in which its battery pack shown inFIG. 10A is placed in a portable cellular phone proper according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention; -
FIGS. 12A and 12B are perspective views showing a dedicated secondary battery and a battery mounting section of a conventional portable cellular phone; -
FIGS. 13A and 13B are diagrams showing the conventional portable cellular phone in which a conventional battery pack is connected to a multifunctional connector; -
FIGS. 14A , 14B, 14C, and 14D are circuit diagrams showing electrical configurations of the conventional battery pack inFIGS. 13A and 13B ; and -
FIG. 15 is a circuit diagram showing conventional electrical configurations of acharge controlling circuit 40 shown inFIGS. 13A and 13B . - Best modes of carrying out the present invention will be described in further detail using various embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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FIG. 1A is a perspective view showing abattery pack 70 andFIG. 1B is a perspective view showing abattery mounting section 11 of a portable cellular phone proper 10 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. Abattery pack 70 of the first embodiment, as shown inFIG. 1A is made up ofalkaline accumulators power source circuit 73, an electricaldouble layer capacitor 74, and apackage 75 to house them, and is placed in a portable cellular phone proper 10 instead of conventional detachable dedicatedsecondary battery 20 as shown inFIG. 12A .FIGS. 2A , 2B, and 2C are diagrams illustrating the portable cellular phone with thebattery pack 70 shown inFIG. 1A being placed in the portable cellular phone proper 10 of the first embodiment of the present invention.FIG. 2A is a front view of the portable cellular phone proper 10 ofFIG. 1A .FIG. 2B is a side view of the portable cellular phone proper 10 and thebattery pack 70 ofFIGS. 1A and 1B .FIG. 2C is a circuit diagram showing electrical configurations of the portable cellular phone ofFIGS. 1A and 1B . InFIGS. 2A to 2C , same reference numbers are assigned to components having same functions as those inFIG. 19 . In the portable cellular phone of the embodiment, as shown inFIG. 2A , since theconventional battery pack 30 is not connected to amultifunctional connector 12, and other devices such as a personal computer or a like can be connected to themultifunctional connector 12. As shown inFIG. 2B , thebattery pack 70 is mounted in thebattery mounting section 11. - As shown in
FIG. 2C , in thebattery pack 70, thealkaline accumulators alkaline accumulators secondary battery 20. To a plus (+) side terminal of thealkaline accumulator 71 is connected an input terminal of thepower source circuit 73. An electricaldouble layer capacitor 74 is connected between an output terminal of thepower source circuit 73 and a minus (−) side terminal of thealkaline accumulator 72. Thepower source circuit 73 has a boosting-type DC/DC (Direct Current/Direct Current) converter which boosts a voltage of thealkaline accumulators double layer capacitor 74 is formed to be thin and planar so that it is housed in thepackage 75, having a capacity (for example, 10 mF or more) to feed stable power to aninternal circuit 50 in a portable cellular phone in which power consumption increases or decreases in a burst manner and is charged by application of a voltage output from thepower source circuit 73 and charged power is stored. Moreover,terminals double layer capacitor 74 to the portable cellular phone proper 10 are connected to the electricaldouble layer capacitor 74. -
FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram showing electrical configurations of acharge controlling circuit 40 and thepower source circuit 73 inFIG. 2C according to the first embodiment of the present invention. InFIG. 3 , same reference numbers are assigned to components having same functions as those shown inFIG. 15 . Thepower source circuit 73, as shown inFIG. 3 , includes a current limitingcircuit 73 a, a boosting-type DC/DC converter 73 b and avoltage detector 73 c. The current limitingcircuit 73 a limits a current flow of input electromotive force of thealkaline accumulators alkaline accumulators double layer capacitor 74 preferentially rather than thealkaline accumulators DC converter 73 b boosts a voltage of electromotive force of thealkaline accumulators circuit 73 a to an output voltage being equal to that of the conventional dedicatedsecondary battery 20. Thevoltage detector 73 c detects a voltage U output from the boosting-type DC/DC converter 73 b and feeds the detected voltage to the electricaldouble layer capacitor 74, produces a negative feedback signal F, and transmits the produced negative feedback signal F used to exert negative-feedback controlling on the output voltage U to the boosting-type DC/DC converter 73 b. -
FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram showing electrical configurations of theinternal circuit 50 shown inFIG. 2C . Theinternal circuit 50, as shown inFIG. 4 , includes apower amplifier 51, a sending and receivingsection 52, acontrol section 53, adriver 54, adisplay 55, a microphone-speaker section 56, and aregulator 57. Thepower amplifier 51 receives a voltage output from thebattery pack 70 and transmits a sending signal output from the sending and receivingsection 52 through anantenna 14 as a transmitting radio wave to be handled according to a TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) communication method. To perform the TDMA communication method, specifications called a PDC (Personal Digital Cellular) system are employed in Japan and specifications called a GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication) system are employed in Europe. The sending and receivingsection 52 transmits and receives a radio signal through theantenna 14. - The
control section 53 is made up of a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or a like (not shown) and controls entire operations of theinternal circuit 50 based on a control program. Thedriver 54 converts a voice signal fed from the microphone-speaker section 56 into a digital signal, converts a digital signal fed from the sending and receivingsection 52 into a voice signal, and sends out the converted signal to the microphone-speaker section 56. Moreover, thedriver 54 sends out a signal for displaying to thedisplay 55. Thedisplay 55 displays information such as various messages to a user. Theregulator 57 receives a voltage output from thebattery pack 70, produces a constant voltage having a predetermined value and feeds the produced voltage to the sending and receivingsection 52,control section 53,driver 54, and microphone-speaker section 56. - Next, operations of the
battery pack 70 of the first embodiment are described. As shown inFIGS. 12A and 12B , a portablecellular phone 1 operates using the dedicatedsecondary battery 20 as a power source and, if the dedicatedsecondary battery 20 is discharged, instead of the dedicatedsecondary battery 20, thebattery pack 70 is used to supply power according to the present invention. That is, in thebattery pack 70, electromotive force having a voltage of 3V is generated byalkaline accumulators battery pack 70, a current flow of the electromotive force produced by thealkaline accumulators circuit 73 a to a level being not more than a predetermined value and is sent out to the boosting-type DC/DC converter 73 b where a voltage of the electromotive force is boosted to the output voltage U being equal to such the voltage employed in the conventional dedicatedsecondary battery 20. The output voltage U is detected by thevoltage detector 73 c and is negative-feedback controlled so as to be a predetermined value by transmission of the negative feedback signal F from thevoltage detector 73 c to the boosting-type DC/DC converter 73 b. Moreover, the output voltage U of the boosting-type DC/DC converter 73 b is applied to the electricaldouble layer capacitor 74. Then, power is stored in the electricaldouble layer capacitor 74. The power is fed throughterminals FIG. 3 ) fromterminals FIG. 3 ) to the portable cellular phone proper 10. In the portable cellular phone proper 10, a transmitting radio wave is transmitted according to the TDMA communication method and, at this point, a pulse-like load current having a frequency determined according to the TDMA communication method is taken out from thebattery pack 70. Since the electricaldouble layer capacitor 74 has capacitance enough to feed stable power to theinternal circuit 50 in which power consumption increases or decreases in a burst manner, almost no drop in a voltage of the electricaldouble layer capacitor 74 occurs even while power consumption of thepower amplifier 51 increases or decreases in a burst manner. Therefore, since a message that a voltage of thebattery pack 70 has reached a final voltage even in a state in which a discharging depth of thealkaline accumulators display 55 of the portable cellular phone proper 10, capacity of thealkaline accumulators - Thus, according to configurations of the first embodiment, since the
battery pack 70 is placed in the portable cellular phone proper 10 instead of the dedicatedsecondary battery 20, power being accumulated in the electricaldouble layer capacitor 74 is fed to the portable cellular phone immediately after thebattery pack 70 is installed, thereby enabling the portable cellular phone to be operated immediately. Moreover, even when the dedicatedsecondary battery 20 is out of running order or is lost, the portable cellular phone can be operated immediately, since the dedicatedsecondary battery 20 does not make up a power source section proper and thebattery pack 70 is mounted in thebattery mounting section 11 instead. Also, thebattery pack 70, since it is provided with the boosting-type DC/DC converter 73 b, can operate the portable cellular phone by serially-connected and light-weight two pieces ofalkaline accumulators battery pack 70 is connected toterminals multifunctional connector 12, themultifunctional connector 12 can be connected to other devices such as a personal computer or a like. Also, since a voltage of the electricaldouble layer capacitor 74 does not drop even when the power consumption increases or decreases in a burst manner, capacity of thealkaline accumulators alkaline accumulators alkaline accumulators -
FIGS. 5A and 5B are perspective views showing abattery pack 70A and abattery mounting section 11 of a portable cellular phone proper 10 according to a second embodiment of the present invention. InFIGS. 5A and 5B , same reference numbers are assigned to components having same functions as those inFIGS. 1A and 1B . In thebattery pack 70A of the second embodiment, as shown inFIG. 5A , apower source circuit 73 is removed from thebattery pack 70A and analkaline accumulator 77 is additionally provided. Other components are same as those inFIGS. 1A and 1B and their description is omitted for brevity. -
FIGS. 6A , 6B and 6C are diagrams illustrating a portable cellular phone in which itsbattery pack 70A shown inFIG. 5A is placed in a portable cellular phone proper 10 (FIG. 5B ) of the second embodiment of the present invention. InFIGS. 6A , 6B, and 6C, same reference numbers are assigned to components having same functions as those inFIGS. 2A , 2B, and 2C. As shown inFIG. 6C , in thebattery pack 70A,alkaline accumulators alkaline accumulators secondary battery 20 provided in the conventional example. To the serially connectedalkaline accumulators double layer capacitor 74 in parallel. In the second embodiment, the electricaldouble layer capacitor 74 whose equivalent serial resistance is lower than that of the serially connectedalkaline accumulators alkaline accumulators double layer capacitor 74 preferentially rather than each of thealkaline accumulators - Next, operations of the
battery pack 70A of the second embodiment are described. The conventional portablecellular phone 1 operates using the dedicatedsecondary battery 20 shown inFIG. 12A as a power source. However, in the embodiment, at this point, if the dedicatedsecondary battery 20 of the portablecellular phone 1 is discharged, thebattery pack 70A instead of the dedicatedsecondary battery 20 is used to supply power. That is, in thebattery pack 70A, electromotive force of 4.5V is generated by the serially connectedalkaline accumulators alkaline accumulators double layer capacitor 74. Then, the produced power is stored in the electricaldouble layer capacitor 74. The produced power is supplied throughterminals terminals double layer capacitor 74 is lower than that of the serially connectedalkaline accumulators double layer capacitor 74 is preferentially discharged while power consumption increases or decreases in a burst manner. Since almost no drop in a voltage of the electricaldouble layer capacitor 74 occurs even while power consumption increases or decreases in a burst manner, a message that a voltage of thebattery pack 70A has reached a final voltage even in a state in which a discharging depth of thealkaline accumulators alkaline accumulators - Thus, according to configurations of the second embodiment, since the
battery pack 70A is placed in the portable cellular phone proper 10 instead of the dedicatedsecondary battery 20, power being accumulated in the electricaldouble layer capacitor 74 is fed to the portable cellular phone proper immediately after thebattery pack 70A is installed, thereby enabling the portable cellular phone to be operated immediately. Since thebattery pack 70A is mounted in the portable cellular phone proper 10 and since the dedicatedsecondary battery 20 is not mounted in a power source section, the portable cellular phone can be operated immediately even if the dedicatedsecondary battery 20 is out of running order or is lost. Moreover, in thebattery pack 70A, since thealkaline accumulators secondary battery 20 and since the equivalent serial resistance of the electricaldouble layer capacitor 74 is lower than that of thealkaline accumulators battery pack 70A is connected toterminals multifunctional connector 12, themultifunctional connector 12 can be connected to other devices such as a personal computer or a like. Also, since a voltage of the electricaldouble layer capacitor 74 does not drop even when the power consumption increases or decreases in a burst manner, capacity of thealkaline accumulators -
FIGS. 7A and 7B are perspective views showing abattery pack 70B and abattery mounting section 11 of a portable cellular phone proper 10 according to a third embodiment of the present invention. InFIGS. 7A and 7B , same reference numbers are assigned to components having same functions as those inFIGS. 1A and 1B and description of some parts have been omitted. In thebattery pack 70B of the third embodiment, as shown inFIGS. 7A and 7B , instead ofalkaline accumulators FIGS. 1A and 1B , afuel cell 78 is provided. Other configurations are same as those inFIGS. 1A and 1B . -
FIGS. 8A , 8B, and 8C are diagrams illustrating a portable cellular phone in which itsbattery pack 70B shown inFIG. 7A is placed in the portable cellular phone proper 10 of the first embodiment of the present invention. InFIGS. 8A , 8B, and 8C, same reference numbers are assigned to components having same functions as those inFIG. 2 . As shown inFIG. 8C , in thebattery pack 70B, thefuel cell 78 is provided instead of the serially connectedalkaline accumulators fuel cell 78 produces electromotive force having a voltage (for example, 3V) being lower than that of the dedicated secondary battery 20 (conventional art). Other configurations are same as those inFIG. 2 . -
FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram showing one example of thefuel cell 78 inFIG. 8C . Thefuel cell 78, as shown inFIG. 9 , includes a positive polarityside gas chamber 79, apositive polarity 7A, a negative polarity side gas chamber 7B, a negative polarity 7C, anelectrolyte layer 7D placed between thepositive polarity 7A and the negative polarity 7C. In thefuel cell 78, a positive polarity active material (oxidizing agent) is taken in the positive polarityside gas chamber 79 and a given negative active material (fuel made of hydrogen, methanol, or a like) is taken in the negative polarity side gas chamber 7B and a reaction product is output from the positive polarityactive material 79, the negative polarity side gas chamber 7B, and theelectrolyte layer 7D and, at a same time, electromotive force “e” is produced between thepositive polarity 7A and the negative polarity 7C. - Next, operations of the battery cell of the third embodiment are described. A portable
cellular phone 1 shown inFIGS. 12A and 12B is operated using a dedicatedsecondary battery 20 as a power source in the conventional art. However, in the embodiment, if the dedicatedsecondary battery 20 in the portablecellular phone 1 is discharged, instead of the dedicatedsecondary battery 20, thebattery pack 70B is used to supply power. That is, in thebattery pack 70B of the embodiment, electromotive force having a voltage of 3V is generated by thefuel cell 78. A current flow of the electromotive force is limited by a current limitingcircuit 73 a to a level being not more than a predetermined value and is sent out to a boosting-type DC/DC converter 73 b and then is boosted by the boosting-type DC/DC converter 73 b to an output voltage “U” (FIG. 3 ) being same as that of the dedicatedsecondary battery 20. The output voltage U is detected by avoltage detector 73 c and is negative-feedback controlled so as to be a predetermined value by transmission of a negative feedback signal F from thevoltage detector 73 c to the boosting-type DC/DC converter 73 b. The output voltage U from the boosting-type DC/DC converter 73 b is applied to a electrical double layer capacitor 74 (FIG. 7A ). The applied power is stored in the electricaldouble layer capacitor 74. The power is fed throughterminals terminals double layer capacitor 74 has a capacitor to feed stable power to aninternal circuit 50 in which power consumption increases or decreases in a burst manner, almost no drop in a voltage of the electricaldouble layer capacitor 74 occurs even while power consumption of apower amplifier 51 increases or decreases in a burst manner. Therefore, since a message that a voltage of thebattery pack 70B has reached a final level even in a state in which a discharging depth of thefuel cell 78 is shallow does not appear on a display section of the portable cellular phone proper 10, capacity of thefuel cell 78 can be utilized to the fullest. - Thus, in the third embodiment, almost same advantages as obtained in the first embodiment can be also achieved. Additionally, since the
battery pack 70B is provided with thefuel cell 78 instead of thealkaline accumulators FIGS. 1A and 1B , when fuel runs out, by supplementing the fuel, operations of thebattery pack 70B are immediately restored to its normal state. Moreover, since no drop in voltage of the electricaldouble layer capacitor 74 occurs even while power consumption increases or decreases in a burst manner, capacity of thefuel cell 78 can be utilized to the fullest. -
FIGS. 10A and 10B are perspective views showing abattery pack 70C and abattery mounting section 11 of a portable cellular phone proper 10 according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. InFIGS. 10A and 10B , same reference numbers are assigned to components having same functions as those inFIGS. 7A and 7B . In thebattery pack 70C, as shown inFIG. 10A , apower source circuit 73 provided in abattery pack 70B shown inFIG. 7A is removed and, instead of afuel cell 78, afuel cell 78C is provided. Other configurations are same as those inFIGS. 7A and 7B and description has been omitted. -
FIGS. 11A , 11B, and 11C are diagrams illustrating a portable cellular phone in which thebattery pack 70C shown inFIG. 10A is placed in a portable cellular phone proper 10 of the fourth embodiment. InFIG. 11A , 11B, and 11C, same reference numbers are assigned to components having same functions as those inFIGS. 8A , 8B, and 8C. As shown inFIG. 11C , in thebattery pack 70C, instead of thefuel cell 78 shown inFIGS. 8C , afuel cell 78C that can produce electromotive force being different from that in thefuel cell 78 is provided. Thefuel cell 78C produces electromotive force having a voltage (for example, 4.5V) being same as that of a dedicatedsecondary battery 20 employed in the conventional case. To thefuel cell 78C is connected an electricaldouble layer capacitor 74 in parallel. In the embodiment, the electricaldouble layer capacitor 74 whose equivalent serial resistance is lower than that of thefuel cell 78C is used. The equivalent serial resistance is so set that use time of thefuel cell 78C is lengthened as much as possible by discharging the electricaldouble layer capacitor 74 preferentially rather than thefuel cell 78C while power consumption increases or decreases in a burst manner. - Next, operations of the
battery pack 70C of the embodiment are described. A portablecellular phone 1 shown inFIGS. 12A and 12B is operated using the dedicatedsecondary battery 20 as a power source. However, in the fourth embodiment, if the dedicatedsecondary battery 20 of the portablecellular phone 1 is discharged, thebattery pack 70C instead of the dedicatedsecondary battery 20 is used to supply power. That is, in thebattery pack 70C, electromotive force having a voltage of 4.5V is produced by thefuel cell 78C. A voltage of thefuel cell 78C is applied to the electricdouble layer capacitor 74. Then, power is accumulated in the electricaldouble layer capacitor 74. The power is fed throughterminals terminals double layer capacitor 74 is lower than that of thefuel cell 78C, while power consumption increases or decreases in a burst manner, the electricaldouble layer capacitor 74 is preferentially discharged. Moreover, since almost no drop in a voltage of the electricaldouble layer capacitor 74 occurs even while power consumption increases or decreases in a burst manner, a message that a voltage of thefuel cell 78C has reached a final voltage even in a state in which a discharging depth of thefuel cell 78C is shallow does not appear on a display section of the portable cellular phone proper 10, capacity of thefuel cell 78C can be utilized to the fullest. - Thus, in the fourth embodiment, almost the same advantages as obtained in the second embodiment can be achieved. Additionally, since the
battery pack 70C is provided with thefuel cell 78C, instead ofalkaline accumulators FIG. 6C , even when the fuel runs out, by supplementing the fuel, operations of the portable cellular phone can be immediately restored to its normal state. Moreover, since almost no drop in a voltage of the electricaldouble layer capacitor 74 occurs even while power consumption increases or decreases in a burst manner, capacity of thefuel cell 78 can be utilized to the fullest. - It is apparent that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments but may be changed and modified without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. For example, in each of the above embodiments, when a dedicated
secondary battery 20 is discharged, battery packs 70, 70A, 70B, and 70C are placed instead of the dedicatedsecondary battery 20, however, the battery packs 70, 70A, 70B, and 70C may be mounted without using the dedicatedsecondary battery 20 from a first stage. Moreover, the two pieces ofalkaline accumulators DC converter 73 b must be so configured that a voltage of electromotive force of one alkaline accumulator is boosted to an output voltage U being same as a voltage of the dedicatedsecondary battery 20. Moreover, each of the alkaline accumulators may be, for example, manganese dioxide lithium cell, nickel hydrogen cell, or a like. Also, the electricaldouble layer capacitor 74 may be, for example, an aluminum electrolytic capacitor or a like. Also, in each of the above embodiments,battery cells
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15. A battery pack being placed in a portable terminal device in a manner so as to be replaceable with a dedicated secondary battery for being used as a power source of said portable terminal device comprising:
a fuel cell to generate a specified electromotive force; and
a package to house said fuel cell.
16. The battery pack according to claim 15 , wherein said package, instead of said dedicated secondary battery, is configured to be placed in said portable terminal device and is provided with terminals to feed said specified electromotive force of said fuel cell to said portable terminal device.
17. The battery pack according to claim 15 , further comprising:
a power storing unit to be charged by application of a voltage output from said fuel cell, hereby storing fed power, and to feed the stored power to said portable terminal device,
wherein said a package houses said fuel cell and said power storing unit.
18. The battery pack according to claim 17 , wherein said power storing unit is made up of an electrical double layer capacitor.
19. The battery pack according to claim 17 , further comprising;
a current limiting circuit to limit a current of input said specified electromotive force of said fuel cell to a level being a predetermined value or less, wherein said a package houses said fuel cell, said power storing unit and said current limiting circuit.
20. The battery pack according to claim 17 , further comprising;
a voltage boosting unit to boost a voltage level of said specified electromotive force fed from said fuel cell to a voltage level of said dedicated secondary battery; and, wherein said power storing unit is charged by application of a voltage output from said voltage boosting unit, hereby storing fed power, and feed the stored power to said portable terminal device, and wherein said a package houses said fuel cell, said power storing unit and said voltage boosting unit.
21. The battery pack according to claim 20 , wherein said voltage boosting unit comprises a Direct Current/Direct Current (DC/DC) converter.
22. The battery pack according to claim 19 , wherein said electrical double layer capacitor has an equivalent serial resistance being lower than that of said fuel cell.
23. The battery pack according to claim 18 , wherein said electrical double layer capacitor has a capacity being able to feed stable power to said portable terminal device in which power consumption increases or decreases in a burst manner.
24. The battery pack according to claim 15 , wherein said portable terminal device has a function of a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)-type portable cellular phone.
25. A battery pack being placed in a portable terminal device in a manner so as to be replaceable with a dedicated secondary battery for being used as a power source of said portable terminal device comprising:
a fuel cell to generate electromotive force;
a current limiting circuit to limit a current of input electromotive force of said fuel cell to a level being a predetermined value or less; and
a voltage boosting unit to boost a voltage of said electromotive force of said fuel cell fed from said current limiting circuit to a voltage level of said dedicated secondary battery and to feed boosted voltage to said portable terminal device.
26. A battery pack being placed in a portable terminal device in a manner so as to be replaceable with a dedicated secondary battery for being used as a power source of said portable terminal device comprising:
a fuel cell to generate electromotive force;
a current limiting circuit to limit a current of input electromotive force of said fuel cell to a level being a predetermined value or less;
a Direct Current/Direct Current (DC/DC) converter to boost a voltage of said electromotive force of said fuel cell fed from said current limiting circuit to a voltage level of said dedicated secondary battery and to feed boosted voltage to said portable terminal device;
a package to house said fuel cell, said current limiting unit, and said DC/DC converter; and
wherein said package, instead of said dedicated secondary battery, is configured to be placed in said portable terminal device and is provided with terminals to feed power output from said DC/DC converter to said portable terminal device.
27. A battery pack being placed in a portable terminal device in a manner so as to be replaceable with a dedicated secondary battery for being used as a power source of said portable terminal device comprising:
a fuel cell to generate electromotive force;
a current limiting circuit to limit a current of input electromotive force of said fuel cell to a level being a predetermined value or less;
a voltage boosting unit to boost a voltage of said electromotive force of said fuel cell fed from said current limiting circuit to a voltage level of said dedicated secondary battery; and
a power storing unit to be charged by application of a voltage output from said voltage boosting unit, hereby storing fed power, and to feed the stored power to said portable terminal device.
28. A battery pack being placed in a portable terminal device in a manner so as to be replaceable with a dedicated secondary battery for being used as a power source of said portable terminal device comprising:
a fuel cell to generate electromotive force;
a current limiting circuit to limit a current of input electromotive force of said fuel cell to a level being a predetermined value or less;
a Direct Current/Direct Current (DC/DC) converter to boost said voltage of said electromotive force of said fuel cell fed from said current limiting circuit to a voltage level of said dedicated secondary battery;
a power storing unit to be charged by application of a voltage output from said DC/DC converter and to store fed power and to feed the stored power to said portable terminal device;
a package to house said fuel cell, said current limiting circuit, said DC/DC converter, and said power storing unit; and
wherein said package, instead of said dedicated secondary battery, is configured to be placed in said portable terminal device and is provided with terminals to feed said power being accumulated in said power storing unit to said portable terminal device.
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