Patent ID: 7268520

Claim:
An electronic device comprising: a DC to DC converter configured to provide a charging current via a path to a rechargeable battery; a controller configured to compare a voltage level of said rechargeable battery to an under voltage threshold level and generate a battery signal to said sense amplifier having a first state if said voltage level of said rechargeable battery is less than said under voltage threshold and a second state if said voltage level of said rechargeable battery is greater than or equal to said under voltage threshold, said controller further configured to limit said charging current provided by said DC to DC converter to a wake-up current level if said voltage level of said rechargeable battery is less than said under voltage threshold level; a sensor coupled to said path to sense a value representative of said charging current; and a sense amplifier coupled to said sensor to amplify said value and provide a charging signal and configured to receive said battery signal from said controller, said sense amplifier comprising a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, a fourth switch, a p-type amplifier and an n-type amplifier, wherein said first and said third switch are adapted to close and said second and said fourth switch are adapted to open if said battery signal is in said first state such that said n-type amplifier is disabled and said p-type amplifier is enabled and said charging signal is representative of said wake-up charging current if said battery signal is in said first state, and wherein said first and said third switch are adapted to open and said second and said fourth switch are adapted to close if said battery signal is in said second state such that said p-type amplifier is disabled and said n-type amplifier is enabled and said charging signal is representative of a charging current greater than said wake-up charging current if said battery signal is in said second state.