Adapter and charging control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10566827-B2
Application number	US-201715561880-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 7, 2017
Priority date	Feb 5, 2016
Publication date	Feb 18, 2020
Grant date	Feb 18, 2020

Abstract

Disclosed are an adapter and a charging control method. The adapter includes a power conversion unit, a sampling and holding unit, and a current collecting and controlling unit. The power conversion unit is configured to convert input alternating current to obtain output voltage and output current, in which the output current is first current with first pulsating waveform. The sampling and holding unit is configured to sample the first current when the sampling and holding unit is in a sampling state, and to hold a peak value of the first current when the sampling and holding unit is in a holding state. The current collecting and controlling unit is configured to determine whether the sampling and holding unit is in the holding state, and to collect the peak value of the first current when the sampling and holding unit is in the holding state.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An adapter, comprising:
a power conversion unit, configured to convert input alternating current to obtain output voltage and output current of the adapter, in which the output current of the adapter is first current with first pulsating waveform;
a sampling and holding unit, coupled to the power conversion unit, and configured to sample the first current when the sampling and holding unit is in a sampling state, and to hold a peak value of the first current when the sampling and holding unit is in a holding state;
a current collecting and controlling unit, coupled to the sampling and holding unit, and configured to determine whether the sampling and holding unit is in the holding state, and to collect the peak value of the first current held in the sampling and holding unit when the sampling and holding unit is in the holding state; and
a voltage adjusting unit, coupled to the power conversion unit, and configured to detect and adjust the output voltage of the adapter;
wherein the current collecting and controlling unit is coupled to the voltage adjusting unit, and configured to adjust the peak value of the first current via the voltage adjusting unit;
wherein the voltage adjusting unit comprises:
a voltage sampling unit, coupled to the power conversion unit, and configured to sample the output voltage of the adapter to obtain a first voltage;
a voltage comparing unit, having an input end coupled to the voltage sampling unit, and configured to compare the first voltage and a first reference voltage; and
a voltage control unit, having an input end coupled to an output end of the voltage comparing unit, and an output end coupled to the power conversion unit, and configured to control the output voltage of the adapter according to a comparison result between the first voltage and the first reference voltage;

wherein the current collecting and controlling unit comprises a first control unit and a digital analogue converter; wherein an input end of the digital analogue converter is coupled to the first control unit, an output end of the digital analogue converter is coupled to the voltage comparing unit, and the first control unit is configured to adjust the value of the first reference voltage via the digital analogue converter so as to adjust the peak value of the first current.

2. The adapter according to claim 1 , wherein the current collecting and controlling unit is configured to receive a synchronization signal, and to determine whether the sampling and holding unit is in the holding state according to the synchronization signal; wherein a cycle of the synchronization signal is equal to 1/N of a cycle of the first pulsating waveform, and the cycle of the first pulsating waveform is equal to the cycle of the synchronization signal, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

3. The adapter according to claim 2 , wherein the current collecting and controlling unit is configured to determine whether the first pulsating waveform is at peak or falling edge according to the synchronization signal, and to collect the peak value of the first current held in the sampling and holding unit when the first pulsating waveform is at peak or falling edge.

4. The adapter according to claim 3 , wherein the current collecting and controlling unit comprises: a comparator and a second control unit; wherein
a first input end of the comparator is configured to receive the synchronization signal, a second input end of the comparator is configured to receive a second reference voltage, the second control unit is coupled to an output end of the comparator and configured to determine whether the first pulsating waveform is at peak or falling edge according to a comparison result between a voltage of the synchronization signal and the second reference voltage.

5. The adapter according to claim 1 , wherein the current collecting and controlling unit is further configured to control the sampling and holding unit to switch from the holding state to the sampling state when the peak value of the first current is collected.

6. The adapter according to claim 5 , wherein the sampling and holding unit comprises a capacitor, and is configured to hold the peak value of the first current based on the capacitor in the sampling and holding unit;
the current collecting and controlling unit comprises a discharging unit and an additional control unit; wherein the discharging unit is coupled to the additional control unit and the capacitor in the sampling and holding unit respectively, and configured to discharge electric charge at two ends of the capacitor in the sampling and holding unit such that the sampling and holding unit switches from the holding state to the sampling state.

7. The adapter according to claim 1 , wherein the sampling and holding unit comprises:
a current sampling unit, coupled to the power conversion unit, and configured to detect the first current to obtain a sampling current, and to convert the sampling current to a sampling voltage, in which the sampling voltage is configured to indicate a value of the first current; and
a current holding unit, coupled to the current sampling unit and the current collecting and controlling unit respectively, and configured to receive the sampling voltage from the current sampling unit and to charge a capacitor in the current holding unit based on the sampling voltage;
wherein the current collecting and controlling unit is configured to collect the peak value of the first current by detecting voltage cross the two ends of the capacitor in the sampling and holding unit.

8. The adapter according to claim 1 , wherein the adapter is configured to support a first charging mode and a second charging mode, a charging speed of the adapter for the device to be charged in the second charging mode is greater than that of the adapter for the device to be charged in the first charging mode, the first current is the output current of the adapter in the second charging mode; and the adapter comprises:
another control unit, configured to perform the bidirectional communication with the device to be charged when the adapter is coupled to the device to be charged, so as to control output of the adapter in the second charging mode.

9. A charging control method, applied in an adapter, the adapter comprising:
a power conversion unit, configured to convert input alternating current to obtain output voltage and output current of the adapter, in which the output current of the power adapter is first current with first pulsating waveform;
a sampling and holding unit, coupled to the power conversion unit, and configured to sample the first current when the sampling and holding unit is in a sampling state, and to hold a peak value of the first current when the sampling and holding unit is in a holding state; and
a voltage adjusting unit, coupled to the power conversion unit and configured to detect and adjust the output voltage of the adapter;
wherein the voltage adjusting unit comprises:
a voltage sampling unit, coupled to the power conversion unit, and configured to sample the output voltage of the adapter to obtain a first voltage;
a voltage comparing unit, having an input end coupled to the voltage sampling unit, and configured to compare the first voltage and a first reference voltage; and
a voltage control unit, having an input end coupled to an output end of the voltage comparing unit, and an output end coupled to the power conversion unit, and configured to control the output voltage of the adapter according to a comparison result between the first voltage and the first reference voltage;

and the method comprises:
determining whether the sampling and holding unit is in the holding state;

Assignees

• Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd

Inventors

• Tian Chen
• Zhang Jialiang

Classifications

• H02M7/217

  using semiconductor devices only · CPC title

• H02J2207/10

  Control circuit supply, e.g. means for supplying power to the control circuit · CPC title

• H02J2207/20

  Charging or discharging characterised by the power electronics converter · CPC title

• H02J7/04

  Regulation of charging current or voltage · CPC title

• G01R31/3842

  combining voltage and current measurements · CPC title