Power supply circuit in electronic device and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10243386-B2
Application number	US-201414254328-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 16, 2014
Priority date	Apr 23, 2013
Publication date	Mar 26, 2019
Grant date	Mar 26, 2019

Abstract

A power supply circuit in an electronic device is provided. The power supply circuit includes a connector configured to receive external power and IDentifier (ID) data, a first switch disposed between the connector and a system of the electronic device, a second switch connected to the system, and a controller configured to control ON and OFF states of each of the first and second switches based on the ID data.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power supply circuit in an electronic device, comprising:
a connector configured to receive external power for a test process and identifier (ID) data;
a first switch disposed between the connector and a system of the electronic device;
a second switch disposed between a battery and the system; and
a controller configured to:
determine whether a voltage of the external power is greater than a set voltage,
control the first switch so that a state of the first switch becomes ON, in response to the voltage of the external power being greater than the set voltage,
control the first switch so that the state of the first switch becomes OFF, in response to the voltage of the external power not being greater than the set voltage,
control the second switch so that a state of the second switch becomes ON, in response to the voltage of the external power being greater than the set voltage and the ID data not having a specific reference value, and
control the second switch so that the state of the second switch becomes OFF, in response to the voltage of the external power being greater than the set voltage and the ID data having the specific reference value.

2. The power supply circuit of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether the external power is provided to the connector.

3. The power supply circuit of claim 2 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
compare a voltage on a line, to which the external power is applied from the connector, with the set voltage, and
determine whether the external power is provided, based on results of the comparison.

4. The power supply circuit of claim 3 , wherein the controller includes a voltage detector for detecting the voltage on the line, to which the external power is applied from the connector, and
wherein the voltage detector determines that the external power is provided, if the voltage on the line is greater than the set voltage, and the voltage detector determines that the external power is not provided, if the voltage on the line is less than or equal to the set voltage.

5. The power supply circuit of claim 1 , further comprising the battery for supplying power to the system.

6. The power supply circuit of claim 5 , wherein the controller is further configured to, if it is determined that the external power is provided to the connector and the ID data has the specific reference value control the connector to be connected to the system to provide the external power to the system, and control to disconnect the battery from the system.

7. The power supply circuit of claim 6 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the first switch to be switched to the ON state and control the second switch to be switched to the OFF state.

8. The power supply circuit of claim 5 , wherein the controller is further configured to, if it is determined that the external power is provided to the connector and the ID data does not have the specific reference value, control the connector to be connected to the system to provide the external power to the system, and control the battery to be connected to the system.

9. The power supply circuit of claim 8 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the first switch to be switched to the ON state, and control the second switch to be switched to the ON state.

10. The power supply circuit of claim 5 , wherein the controller is further configured to, if it is determined that the external power is not provided to the connector, control the connector to be disconnected from the system, and control the battery to be connected to the system, to provide power from the battery to the system.

11. The power supply circuit of claim 10 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the first switch to be switched to the OFF state and control the second switch to be switched to the ON state.

12. The power supply circuit of claim 1 , wherein the controller includes:
a Micro Controller Unit (MCU) configured to output a JIG_ON signal, if the ID data received via the connector has the specific reference value; and
a determiner configured to generate and output a control signal for the first and second switches based on whether the JIG_ON signal is received from the MCU and whether the external power is provided to the connector.

13. The power supply circuit of claim 1 , wherein the connector is a micro Universal Serial Bus (USB) connecter, and the external power is input to a VBAT 2 pin of the micro USB connector.

14. A control method of a power supply circuit in an electronic device, comprising:
receiving external power for a test process via a connector;
receiving identifier (ID) data via the connector;
determining whether a voltage of the external power is greater than a set voltage;
controlling a first switch so that a state of the first switch becomes ON, in response to the voltage of the external power being greater than the set voltage, the first switch disposed between the connector and a system of the electronic device;
controlling the first switch so that the state of the first switch becomes OFF, in response to the voltage of the external power being not greater than the set voltage:
controlling a second switch so that a state of the second switch becomes ON, in response to the voltage of the external power being greater than the set voltage and the ID data not having a specific reference value, the second switch disposed between a battery and the system, based on the voltage of the external power being greater than the set voltage; and
controlling the second switch so that the state of the second switch becomes OFF, in response to the voltage of the external power being greater than the set voltage and the ID data having the specific reference value.

15. The control method of claim 14 , wherein determining the voltage of the external power comprises:
comparing the voltage on a line, to which the external power is applied from the connector, with the set voltage, and
determining whether the external power is provided to the connector, based on the comparison results.

16. The control method of claim 15 , wherein determining the voltage of the external power comprises:
determining that the external power is provided to the connector, based on the voltage on the line being greater than the set voltage, and determining that the external power is not provided, based on the voltage on the line being less than or equal to the set voltage.

17. The control method of claim 14 , further comprising:
in response to determining that the external power is provided to the connector and the ID data has the specific reference value, controlling the connector to be connected to the system to provide the external power to the system, and controlling the battery to be disconnected from the system.

18. The control method of claim 14 , further comprising:
in response to determining that the external power is not provided to the connector, controlling the connector to be disconnected from the system, and controlling the battery to be connected to the system to provide power from the battery to the system.

19. The control method of claim 14 , further comprising:
outputting a JIG_ON signal, based on the ID data received via the connector having the specific reference value; and
determining the connection state between the system and the battery, based on whether a JIG_ON signal is received and whether the external power is provided to the connector.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
• Samsung Electornics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hong Seung-Su
• Kang Seung-Beom
• Kim Chul-Kwi
• Han Jung-Hun

Classifications

• G06F1/266

  Arrangements to supply power to external peripherals either directly from the computer or under computer control, e.g. supply of power through the communication port, computer controlled power-strips · CPC title

• Y10T307/747

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• G06F1/263 Primary

  Arrangements for using multiple switchable power supplies, e.g. battery and AC (G06F1/30 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02J7/008 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• Y10T307/696

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic