Adapter and method for charging control

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10819134-B2
Application number	US-201715811770-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 14, 2017
Priority date	Feb 5, 2016
Publication date	Oct 27, 2020
Grant date	Oct 27, 2020

Abstract

An adapter for charging control include a power converting unit, a sample and hold unit, a current acquisition and control unit. The power converting unit is configured to convert an input AC to obtain an output voltage and an output current of the adapter, and the output current of the adapter is a current of a first pulsating waveform. The sample and hold unit is connected to the power converting unit, and is configured to sample the current of the first pulsating waveform when the sample and hold unit is in a sampling state and hold a peak value of the current of the first pulsating waveform when the sample and hold unit is in a holding state. The current acquisition and control unit is configured to determine whether the sample and hold unit is in the holding state.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An adapter, comprising:
a power converting unit, configured to convert an input alternating current (AC) to obtain an output voltage and an output current of the adapter, wherein the output current of the adapter is a current of a first pulsating waveform;
a sample and hold unit, connected to the power converting unit, and configured to sample the current of the first pulsating waveform when the sample and hold unit is in a sampling state and hold a peak value of the current of the first pulsating waveform when the sample and hold unit is in a holding state; and
a current acquisition and control unit, connected to the sample and hold unit and configured to determine whether the sample and hold unit is in the holding state and acquire the peak value of the current of the first pulsating waveform held by the sample and hold unit when the sample and hold unit is in the holding state, wherein the adapter is operable in a first charging mode and a second charging mode, and a charging speed of a device to be charged by the adapter in the second charging mode is faster than a charging speed of the device to be charged by the adapter in the first charging mode.

2. The adapter of claim 1 , wherein the current acquisition and control unit is configured to receive a sync signal and determine, based on the sync signal, whether the sample and hold unit is in the holding state, wherein a period of the sync signal is 1/N of a period of the first pulsating waveform, and wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to one.

3. The adapter of claim 2 , wherein the current acquisition and control unit is connected to the power converting unit and configured to obtain the sync signal from the power converting unit.

4. The adapter of claim 3 , wherein the power converting unit comprises a primary unit and a secondary unit, the current acquisition and control unit is connected to the secondary unit and configured to obtain the sync signal from the secondary unit.

5. The adapter of claim 4 , wherein the secondary unit comprises a first rectifying unit connected to the current acquisition and control unit, and wherein the first rectifying unit is configured to rectify a current which is coupled to the secondary unit by the primary unit to obtain a voltage of a second pulsating waveform and transmit the voltage of the second pulsating waveform as the sync signal to the current acquisition and control unit.

6. The adapter of claim 2 , wherein the current acquisition and control unit is configured to:
determine, based on the sync signal, whether the first pulsating waveform is at a peak or a falling edge; and
acquire the peak value of the current of the first pulsating waveform held by the sample and hold unit when the first pulsating waveform is at the peak or the falling edge.

7. The adapter of claim 6 , wherein the current acquisition and control unit comprises:
a comparator and a control unit, wherein the comparator comprises a first input end configured to receive the sync signal and a second input end configured to receive a reference voltage, and wherein the control unit is connected to an output end of the comparator and configured to determine, based on a comparison result between a voltage of the sync signal and the reference voltage, whether the first pulsating waveform is at the peak or the falling edge.

8. The adapter of claim 6 , wherein the current acquisition and control unit comprises:
a comparing unit and a control unit, wherein the comparing unit comprises a capacitor and a comparator, and wherein
the capacitor is configured to receive the sync signal and filter a direct current (DC) signal contained in the sync signal to obtain a zero-crossing point AC signal,
the comparator comprises a first input end connected to the capacitor and configured to receive the zero-crossing point AC signal and a second input end configured to receive a reference voltage,
the comparator is configured to compare a voltage of the zero-crossing point AC signal with the reference voltage, and
the control unit is connected to an output end of the comparator and configured to determine, based on a comparison result between the voltage of the zero-crossing point AC signal and the reference voltage, whether the first pulsating waveform is at the peak or the falling edge, wherein a voltage value of the reference voltage is zero.

9. The adapter of claim 2 , wherein the period of the first pulsating waveform is the same as the period of the sync signal.

10. The adapter of claim 1 , wherein the current acquisition and control unit is further configured to control the sample and hold unit to switch from the holding state to the sampling state after acquiring the peak value of the current of the first pulsating waveform.

11. The adapter of claim 10 , wherein the sample and hold unit comprises a capacitor and is configured to hold the peak value of the current of the first pulsating waveform based on the capacitor of the sample and hold unit; and
wherein the current acquisition and control unit comprises a discharging unit and a control unit, the discharging unit is connected to the control unit and the capacitor of the sample and hold unit, respectively, and configured to release charges across the capacitor of the sample and hold unit under control of the control unit, wherein the sample and hold unit switches from the holding state to the sampling state.

12. The adapter of claim 1 , further comprising:
a voltage adjusting unit, connected to the power converting unit and configured to detect and adjust the output voltage of the adapter; and
wherein the current acquisition and control unit is connected to the voltage adjusting unit and configured to adjust the peak value of the current of the first pulsating waveform through the voltage adjusting unit.

13. The adapter of claim 1 , wherein the sample and hold unit comprises:
a current sampling unit, connected to the power converting unit, and configured to detect the current of the first pulsating waveform to obtain a sampling current and convert the sampling current to a sampling voltage, wherein the sampling voltage is configured to indicate a magnitude of the current of the first pulsating waveform;
a current holding unit, connected to the current sampling unit and the current acquisition and control unit, and configured to receive the sampling voltage from the current sampling unit and charge a capacitor of the current holding unit based on the sampling voltage; and
wherein the current acquisition and control unit is configured to acquire the peak value of the current of the first pulsating waveform by detecting a voltage across the capacitor of the sample and hold unit.

14. The adapter of claim 1 , wherein the current acquisition and control unit comprises an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), and the current acquisition and control unit is configured to acquire the peak value of the current of the first pulsating waveform based on the ADC.

15. The adapter of claim 1 , wherein the current of the first pulsating waveform is the output current of the adapter in the second charging mode, and wherein the adapter comprises a control unit configured to perform two-way communication with the device to be charged to control an output of the adapter in the second charging mode, when the adapter is connected to the device to be charged.

16. The adapter of claim 15 , wherein the control unit configured to perform the two-way communication with the device to be charged to control the output of the adapter in the second charging mode is further configured to:

Assignees

• Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
• Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommuncations Corp Ltd

Inventors

• Tian Chen
• Zhang Jialiang

Classifications

• H02J7/825

  Detection of fully charged condition · CPC title

• H02J7/585

  Sequential battery discharge in systems with a plurality of batteries · CPC title

• H02J7/448

  using switches, contacts or markings, e.g. optical, magnetic or barcode · CPC title

• H02J7/70

  characterised by the mechanical construction · CPC title

• H02J7/62

  against overcurrent · CPC title