Charging system and method, and power adapter

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10418835-B2
Application number	US-201816166766-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 22, 2018
Priority date	Feb 5, 2016
Publication date	Sep 17, 2019
Grant date	Sep 17, 2019

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a charging system and method, and a power adapter. The system includes a power adapter and a terminal. The power adapter includes a first rectifier, a switch unit, a transformer, a synthesizing unit, a sampling unit, and a control unit. The control unit outputs a control signal to the switch unit, and adjusts a duty ratio of the control signal according to a current sampling value and/or a voltage sampling value, such that a second alternating current outputted by the synthesizing unit meets a charging requirement. The terminal includes a battery.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A charging control method, comprising:
controlling a first rectification unit to rectify an input first alternating current (AC), to output a voltage with a first pulsating waveform;
outputting a control signal to a switch unit, such that the switch unit modulates the voltage with the first pulsating waveform based on the control signal;
controlling a transformer having a primary winding and a plurality of secondary windings to output a plurality of voltages with pulsating waveforms via the plurality of secondary windings based on the modulated voltage with the first pulsating waveform;
controlling a synthesizing unit to synthesize the plurality of voltages with the pulsating waveforms to output a second AC, wherein for each cycle of the second AC, an absolute value of a peak voltage of a positive half of the second AC is greater than that of a trough voltage of a negative half of the second AC, and the second AC is configured to charge a device to be charged; and
adjusting a duty ratio of the control signal to adjust the second AC.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transformer further has an auxiliary winding for coupling the modulated voltage with the first pulsating waveform;
wherein, adjusting the duty ratio of the control signal comprises:
sampling current at the auxiliary winding to obtain a current sampling value; and/or
sampling voltage at the auxiliary winding to obtain a voltage sampling value; and
adjusting the duty ratio of the control signal based on the current sampling value and/or the voltage sampling value.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein, adjusting the duty ratio of the control signal comprises:
communicating with the device to be charged to obtain status information of the device to be charged; and
adjusting the duty ratio of the control signal based on the status information of the device to be charged.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
communicating with the device to be charged to determine a charging mode, the charging mode comprising a first charging mode and a second charging mode, the first charging mode being configured to charge the device to be charged based on a direct current (DC) that is obtained by rectifying and filtering one of the plurality of voltages with pulsating waveforms, the second charging mode being configured to charge the device to be charged based on the second AC.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
when it is determined to charge the device to be charged based on the first charging mode, controlling the synthesizing unit to stop synthesizing the plurality of voltages with pulsating waveforms, and controlling a rectifying and filtering unit to rectify and filter one of the plurality of voltages with pulsating waveforms to output the DC; and
when it is determined to charge the device to be charged based on the second charging mode, controlling the synthesizing unit to synthesize the plurality of voltages with pulsating waveforms to output the second AC.

6. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
when it is determined to charge the device to be charged based on the second charging mode, sending a first instruction to the device to be charged, the first instruction being configured to ask the device to be charged whether to start the second charging mode; and
receiving a reply instruction of the first instruction from the device to be charged, the reply instruction of the first instruction being configured to indicate that the device to be charged agrees to start the second charging mode.

7. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
sending a second instruction to the device to be charged, the second instruction being configured to ask the device to be charged whether a voltage currently outputted of the second AC is suitable for being used as a charging voltage corresponding to the second charging mode; and
receiving a reply instruction of the second instruction from the device to be charged, the reply instruction of the second instruction being configured to indicate that the voltage currently outputted is suitable to, or lower than the charging voltage corresponding to the second charging mode.

8. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
sending a third instruction to the device to be charged, the third instruction being configured to query a maximum charging current supported by the device to be charged;
receiving a reply instruction of the third instruction from the device to be charged, the reply instruction of the third instruction being configured to indicate the maximum charging current supported by the device to be charged; and
determining a charging current corresponding to the second charging mode based on the reply instruction of the third instruction.

9. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
sending a fourth instruction to the device to be charged, the fourth instruction being configured to query a current voltage of a battery in the device to be charged;
receiving a reply instruction of the fourth instruction from the device to be charged, the reply instruction of the fourth instruction being configured to indicate the current voltage of the battery in the device to be charged; and
adjusting the duty ratio of the control signal based on the current voltage of the battery.

10. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
during a process of charging the device to be charged based on the second charging mode, quitting the second charging mode in responding to a poor contact of a charging interface for charging the device to be charged.

11. A charging device, comprising:
a first rectification unit, configured to rectify an input first alternating current (AC), to output a voltage with a first pulsating waveform;
a switch unit;
a control unit, configured to output a control signal to the switch unit, such that the switch unit modulates the voltage with the first pulsating waveform based on the control signal;
a transformer having a primary winding and a plurality of secondary windings, and configured to output a plurality of voltages with pulsating waveforms via the plurality of secondary windings based on the modulated voltage with the first pulsating waveform; and
a synthesizing unit, configured to synthesize the plurality of voltages with the pulsating waveforms to output a second AC, wherein for each cycle of the second AC, an absolute value of a peak voltage of a positive half of the second AC is greater than that of a trough voltage of a negative half of the second AC, and the second AC is configured to charge a device to be charged,
wherein the control unit is configured to adjust a duty ratio of the control signal to adjust the second AC.

12. The device of claim 11 , wherein the transformer further has an auxiliary winding for coupling the modulated voltage with the first pulsating waveform;
wherein, the device further comprises:
a first current sampling circuitry, configured to sample current at the auxiliary winding to obtain a current sampling value; and/or
a first voltage sampling circuitry, configured to sample voltage at the auxiliary winding to obtain a voltage sampling value,
wherein the control unit is further configured to adjust the duty ratio of the control signal based on the current sampling value and/or the voltage sampling value,
or
wherein the control unit is further configured to communicate with the device to be charged to obtain status information of the device to be charged, and adjust the duty ratio of the control signal based on the status information of the device to be charged.

13. The device of claim 11 , wherein, the control unit is further confi

Assignees

• Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Jialiang
• Tian Chen
• Zhang Jun
• Chen Shebiao
• Wan Shiming
• Li Jiada

Classifications

• H02J7/825

  Detection of fully charged condition · CPC title

• H02J7/94

  in response to battery current · CPC title

• H02J7/82

  Control of state of charge [SOC] · CPC title

• H02J7/42

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

• H02J7/975

  in response to temperature · CPC title