Power source adaptor for charging directly and mobile terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10056779-B2
Application number	US-201615065324-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 9, 2016
Priority date	Aug 5, 2015
Publication date	Aug 21, 2018
Grant date	Aug 21, 2018

Abstract

The application discloses a power source adaptor for charging directly and a mobile terminal, where the power source adaptor for charging directly is timed to communicate with a mobile terminal which is a charging object, in the UART communication mode to obtain a change in voltage of a battery in the mobile terminal, adjusts dynamically a volt value of charging voltage output by the power source adaptor for charging directly according to the varying voltage of the battery, and charges directly the battery in the mobile terminal using the charging voltage.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A power source adaptor for charging directly, the power source adaptor comprising:
a charging interface configured to be externally connected with a mobile terminal having a battery, and comprising a power source pin, a ground pin, and two communication pins disconnected from each other;
an AC to DC converting unit configured to convert an external AC input power source into a charging voltage required by the mobile terminal, and output the charging voltage via the charging interface; and
a controlling unit in connection with the charging interface, and configured to:
conduct UART communication with the mobile terminal through the communication pins, after the charging interface is connected with the mobile terminal;
adjust the charging voltage output by the AC to DC converting unit,
receive a voltage of the battery sent by the mobile terminal;
if the voltage of the battery is in a range delimited by preset direct charging thresholds, search a preset reference table using the voltage of the battery for a target charging voltage value corresponding to the current voltage of the battery, feedback the target charging voltage value to the mobile terminal, and adjust the charging voltage output by the AC to DC converting unit to the target charging voltage value;
if the voltage of the battery is out of the range delimited by the preset direct charging thresholds, control the AC to DC converting unit to output a default constant charging voltage;
if the voltage of the battery is in the range delimited by the preset direct charging thresholds, receive a target charging current value I targ and a charging current maximum value I max sent b the mobile terminal or search the preset reference table for a target charging current value I targ and a charging current maximum value I max corresponding to the current voltage of the battery;
detect a charging current I chg output via the charging interface, and
if I targ −I e ≤I chg <I targ , control the AC to DC converting unit to progressively increase the charging voltage output by the AC to DC converting unit by an amount of ΔV, so that the charging current I chg output via the charging interface approaches the target charging current value I targ , or if the absolute value of the difference between the charging current I chg and the target charging current value I targ is more than I e or the charging current I chg is more than the charging current maximum value I max , stop the charging voltage from being output to the charging interface;

wherein I e represents a controllable range of the difference between the charging current I chg of the power source adaptor and the target charging current value I targ .

2. The power source adaptor according to claim 1 , wherein the AC to DC converting unit comprises a rectifying circuit, a transformer, a synchronous rectification controller, and a PWM controller, wherein the controlling unit comprises a controller and a digital potentiometer, and wherein:
the rectifying circuit is configured to rectify the AC input power source into a DC power source, and output the DC power source to the transformer for transformation into the charging voltage; the controller has UART interfaces thereof connected with the communication pins to conduct UART communication with the mobile terminal, and is configured to generate a voltage adjusting instruction according to the charging voltage required by the mobile terminal and send the voltage adjusting instruction to the digital potentiometer to change a resistance value of a valid resistor of the digital potentiometer; the digital potentiometer includes a resistor body connected in series with a current-limiting resistor and between an anode of a secondary coil of the transformer and ground, the resistor body includes a central tap connected with a reference voltage pin of the synchronous rectification controller; and the synchronous rectification controller is configured to adjust a duty ratio of a PWM signal output by the PWM controller according to the varying resistance value of the valid resistor of the digital potentiometer, and control a switching time of the transformer based on the PWM signal to adjust a volt value of the charging voltage output by the transformer.

3. The power source adaptor according to claim 2 , wherein the AC to DC converting unit comprises:
an optical coupler connected with the synchronous rectification controller and the PWM controller, and configured to optic-electrically isolate a signal output by the synchronous rectification controller; and
a power MOS transistor connected between a cathode of the secondary coil of the transformer and the ground pin of the charging interface, wherein the synchronous rectification controller is configured to control the power MOS transistor to switch on and off to rectify the charging voltage output by the transformer.

4. The power source adaptor for charging directly according to claim 2 , wherein the controlling unit comprises:
a current monitoring unit configured to monitor the charging current I chg in real time, and to feed the charging current back to the controlling unit; and
a switch circuit connected between the AC to DC converting unit and the charging interface, wherein the controller is configured to control the switch circuit upon detecting that the charging current I chg is abnormal, and wherein the switch circuit is configured to disconnect a charging voltage transmission line between the AC to DC converting unit and the charging interface to stop the charging voltage from being output.

5. The power source adaptor according to claim 4 , wherein the current monitoring unit comprises:
a current sampling resistor connected in series in the transmission line of the charging voltage; and
a current monitoring chip connected across the current sampling resistor, and configured to detect a difference in voltage across the current sampling resistor, amplify the difference in voltage, and output in a sample voltage for transmission to the controller.

6. The power source adaptor according to claim 5 , wherein the current monitoring unit comprises:
a bleeder circuit connected with the current monitoring chip, and configured to bleed the sample voltage output by the current monitoring chip to adjust the sample voltage in an interface voltage range acceptable to the controller, and transmit the sample voltage to an ADC interface of the controller to detect a current value output via the charging interface.

7. The power source adaptor according to claim 4 , wherein the switch circuit comprises:
a switch transistor configured to support a large current passing, switch on and connect in the transmission line of the charging voltage; and
a boosting circuit connected with the controller, and configured, upon reception of a valid enable signal output by the controller, to output a higher switch voltage than a volt value of the charging voltage, and transmit the switch voltage to a control pole of the switch transistor to control the switch transistor to connect the transmission line of the charging voltage, and wherein, upon detecting that a current value output via the charging interface exceeds an allowable current range, the controller is configured to output an invalid enable signal to the boosting circuit, control the boosting circuit to stop the switch voltage from being output, and control the switch transistor to disconnect the transmission line of the charging voltage to stop the charging voltage from being output.

8. The power source adaptor according to claim 2 , wherein the controlling unit includes:
a wireless communication module connected with the controller, and configured to exchange data between the contro

Assignees

• Hisense Mobile Communications Tech Co Ltd
• Hisense Usa Corp
• Hisense Int Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hu Ermeng
• Zhang Xintao
• Pi Jianmin
• Du Wenjuan

Classifications

• H02J7/485

  with provisions for charging different types of batteries · CPC title

• H02J7/44

  between battery management systems and power sources · CPC title

• H02J7/42

  with electronic devices having internal batteries, e.g. mobile phones · CPC title

• H02J7/96

  in response to battery voltage · CPC title

• H02J7/94

  in response to battery current · CPC title