Electronic device comprising a rechargeable battery and a
voltage- or current-controlled power converter (150) for charging the battery, wherein the power converter (150) is designed to provide electrical power at an output
voltage V out to charge the battery at an output of the power converter (150) from electrical power at an input
voltage V into be derived at an input of the power converter (150), wherein the power converter (150) comprises an
inductor (L), a first sub-converter (110) with several first switches (S1, S2, S3, S4) and a first
capacitor cell (C1), and a second sub-converter (120) with several second switches (S5, S6, S7, S8) and a second
capacitor cell (C2); wherein the power converter (150) comprises only a single
inductor for the first sub-converter and for the second sub-converter, and a controller; wherein the controller is configured to control the several first and the several second switches such that the first and the second sub-converter are operated in a nested manner, and wherein a commutation cycle of the power converter comprises: - a first phase, during which the first
capacitor cell and the
inductor are connected in series between the input and the output of the power converter (150), and during which the second capacitor cell and the inductor are connected in series in parallel with the output of the power converter (150); - a second phase, during which the first capacitor cell and the inductor are connected in series in parallel with the output of the power converter (150), and during which the second capacitor cell and the inductor are connected in series between the input and the output of the power converter (150); and - a
third phase, during which the first and second capacitor cells are decoupled from the output of the power converter (150), during which the charge of the first and second capacitor cells remains unchanged, and during which the inductor is arranged between the input and the output of the power converter (150) or is connected in parallel to the output of the power converter (150), wherein the controller is designed to control the multiple first and second switches in such a way that the power converter is operated in the
third phase following the first phase and / or following the second phase within one commutation cycle, and wherein The controller is designed to do the following: - Determining an output current I out at the end of the first phase and / or at the end of the second phase; - Control the several first and second switches during the
third phase such that the inductor is then arranged between the input and the output of the power converter (150) when the output current I out at the end of the first phase and / or at the end of the second phase less than a
reference current I ref is; and - Control the several first and second switches during the third phase such that the inductor is then connected in parallel to the output of the power converter (150) when the output current I out at the end of the first phase and / or at the end of the second phase greater than the
reference current I ref is.