Adapter and charging control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10566829-B2
Application number	US-201715575788-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

An adapter and a charging control method are provided, the adapter includes a power conversion unit, a voltage feedback unit, a current feedback unit and a power adjusting unit. An input end of the power adjusting unit is coupled to an output end of the voltage feedback unit and an output end of the current feedback unit respectively, and an output end of the power adjusting unit is coupled to the power conversion unit. The power adjusting unit is configured to receive a voltage feedback signal and a current feedback signal, and to stabilize the output voltage and the output current of the adapter when the voltage feedback signal indicates that the output voltage of the adapter reaches a predetermined target voltage or when the current feedback signal indicates that the output current of the adapter reaches a predetermined target current.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An adapter, comprising:
a power conversion unit, configured to convert an input alternating current to obtain an output voltage and an output current of the adapter;
a voltage feedback unit, wherein an input end of the voltage feedback unit is coupled to the power conversion unit, and the voltage feedback unit is configured to detect the output voltage of the adapter to generate a voltage feedback signal, in which the voltage feedback signal is configured to indicate whether the output voltage of the adapter reaches a predetermined target voltage;
a current feedback unit, wherein an input end of the current feedback unit is coupled to the power conversion unit, and the current feedback unit is configured to detect the output current of the adapter to generate a current feedback signal, wherein the current feedback signal is configured to indicate whether the output current of the adapter reaches a predetermined target current;
a power adjusting unit, wherein an input end of the power adjusting unit is coupled to an output end of the voltage feedback unit and an output end of the current feedback unit respectively, an output end of the power adjusting unit is coupled to the power conversion unit, the power adjusting unit is configured to receive the voltage feedback signal and the current feedback signal, and to stabilize the output voltage and the output current of the adapter when the voltage feedback signal indicates that the output voltage of the adapter reaches the target voltage or when the current feedback signal indicates that the output current of the adapter reaches the target current; and
a charging interface, wherein the adapter is configured to perform a bidirectional communication with the device to be charged via a data wire of the charging interface to negotiate a charging mode between the adapter and the device to be charged;
wherein the voltage feedback unit comprises a first operational amplifier, an output end of the first operational amplifier of the voltage feedback unit is configured to output the voltage feedback signal, the current feedback unit comprises a second operational amplifier, an output end of the second operational amplifier of the current feedback unit is configured to output the current feedback signal;
the power adjusting unit comprises a first diode, a second diode, an optical coupling unit, and a pulse width modulation (PWM) control unit, wherein the output end of the first operational amplifier of the voltage feedback unit is coupled to a cathode of the first diode, an anode of the first diode is coupled to an input end of the optical coupling unit, the output end of the second operational amplifier of the current feedback unit is coupled to a cathode of the second diode, an anode of the second diode is coupled to the input end of the optical coupling unit, an output end of the optical coupling unit is coupled to an input end of the PWM control unit, and an output end of the PWM control unit is coupled to the power conversion unit.

2. The adapter according to claim 1 , wherein the adapter further comprises a first adjusting unit, the first adjusting unit is coupled to the voltage feedback unit and configured to adjust a value of the target voltage.

3. The adapter according to claim 2 , wherein the voltage feedback unit comprises:
a voltage sampling unit, wherein an input end of the voltage sampling unit is coupled to the power conversion unit, and the voltage sampling unit is configured to sample the output voltage of the adapter to obtain a first voltage;
a voltage comparing unit, wherein an input end of the voltage comparing unit is coupled to an output end of the voltage sampling unit, and the voltage comparing unit is configured to compare the first voltage with a first reference voltage, and to generate the voltage feedback signal based on a result of comparing the first voltage with the first reference voltage;
wherein, the first adjusting unit is coupled to the voltage comparing unit, and configured to provide the first reference voltage for the voltage comparing unit, and to adjust the value of the target voltage by adjusting a value of the first reference voltage.

4. The adapter according to claim 3 , wherein the first adjusting unit comprises a control unit and a digital potentiometer, a control end of the digital potentiometer is coupled to the control unit, an output end of the digital potentiometer is coupled to the voltage comparing unit, the control unit is configured to adjust the value of the first reference voltage by adjusting a division ratio of the digital potentiometer.

5. The adapter according to claim 3 , wherein the voltage comparing unit comprises a first operational amplifier, an inverting input end of the first operational amplifier of the voltage comparing unit is configured to receive the first voltage, an in-phase input end of the first operational amplifier of the voltage comparing unit is configured to receive the first reference voltage, and an output end of the first operational amplifier of the voltage comparing unit is configured to generate the voltage feedback signal.

6. The adapter according to claim 2 , wherein the first adjusting unit is configured to adjust the value of the target voltage based on a first charging mode or a second charging mode presently used by the adapter, in which a charging speed of the adapter charging a device to be charged in the second charging mode is greater than a charging speed of the adapter charging the device to be charged in the first charging mode.

7. The adapter according to claim 1 , wherein the adapter further comprises a second adjusting unit, the second adjusting unit is coupled to the current feedback unit and configured to adjust a value of the target current.

8. The adapter according to claim 7 , wherein the current feedback unit comprises:
a current sampling unit, wherein an input end of the current sampling unit is coupled to the power conversion unit, and the current sampling unit is configured to sample the output current of the adapter to obtain a second voltage, in which the second voltage is configured to indicate a magnitude of the output current of the adapter;
a current comparing unit, wherein an input end of the current comparing unit is coupled to an output end of the current sampling unit, the current comparing unit is configured to compare the second voltage with a second reference voltage, and to generate the current feedback signal based on a result of comparing the second voltage with the second reference voltage;
wherein, the second adjusting unit is coupled to the current comparing unit, and configured to provide the second reference voltage for the current comparing unit, and to adjust the current value of the target current by adjusting a voltage value of the second reference voltage.

9. The adapter according to claim 8 , wherein the second adjusting unit comprises a control unit and a second digital-analog convertor (DAC), an input end of the second DAC is coupled to the control unit, an output end of the second DAC is coupled to the current comparing unit, and the control unit is configured to adjust the voltage value of the second reference voltage via the second DAC.

10. The adapter according to claim 8 , wherein the current comparing unit comprises a second operational amplifier, an inverting input end of the second operational amplifier of the current comparing unit is configured to receive the second voltage, an in-phase input end of the second operational amplifier of the current comparing unit is configured to receive the second reference voltage, and an output end of the second operational amplifier of the current comparing unit is configured t

Assignees

• Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd

Inventors

• Tian Chen
• Zhang Jialiang

Classifications

• H02M5/04

  by static converters (controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils, e.g. by tap changing H02P13/00) · CPC title

• H02M1/08

  Circuits specially adapted for the generation of control voltages for semiconductor devices incorporated in static converters · CPC title

• H02M1/44

  Circuits or arrangements for compensating for electromagnetic interference in converters or inverters · CPC title

• H02J7/06

  using discharge tubes or semiconductor devices · CPC title

• H02J7/04

  Regulation of charging current or voltage · CPC title