Battery lifetime extension is a primary design objective for portable systems. We introduce the concept of battery-driven dynamic power management, which strives to enhance lifetime by automatically adapting discharge rate and current profiles to battery charge state.
Citation:
Luca Benini, Giuliano Castelli, Alberto Macii, Riccardo Scarsi, "Battery-Driven Dynamic Power Management," IEEE Design and Test of Computers, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 53-60, Mar./Apr. 2001, doi:10.1109/54.914621