Patent ID: 11921164
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 19:
20. An information handling system, comprising:
a baseboard management unit; and
a battery pack including a battery cell including a current output configured to provide current to a load, and a battery management unit including a power reporting output to the information handling system, the power reporting output configured to provide a maximum continuous current (MCC) indication and at least one peak power (PP) indication, the battery management unit configured to determine an amount of current that the battery cell provides to the information handling system on the current output and to determine an optimum MCC value that the battery cell can provide to the information handling system, wherein:
during a relaxed performance time window, the battery management unit provides the MCC value for the MCC indication on the power reporting output;
during a high performance time window, the battery management unit:
provides a first value for the PP indication on the power reporting output, the first value being greater than the optimum MCC value;
sums the amount of current provided to the information handling system that is in excess of the optimum MCC value;
determines that the sum is greater than a threshold; and
provides a second value for the PP indication on the power reporting output, the second value being less than the optimum MCC value; and

wherein the baseboard management unit receives the MCC indication and the PP indication and configures the load based upon the MCC indication and the PP indication.