Wireless charging device, wireless charging method, and device to-be-charged

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11201509-B2
Application number	US-201916528063-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 31, 2019
Priority date	Apr 7, 2017
Publication date	Dec 14, 2021
Grant date	Dec 14, 2021

Abstract

Provided are a wireless charging device, a wireless charging method, and a device to-be-charged. The wireless charging device is configured to conduct wireless communication with the device to-be-charged through communication control circuits to adjust a transmission power of the wireless charging device. The device to-be-charged includes a battery, a wireless receiving circuit, a first charging channel, a detecting circuit, and a communication control circuit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device to-be-charged, comprising:
a battery, comprising N cells coupled in series, wherein N is a positive integer greater than one;
a wireless receiving circuit, configured to receive an electromagnetic signal from a wireless charging device and convert the electromagnetic signal into an output voltage and an output current of the wireless receiving circuit;
a first charging channel, through which the output voltage and the output current of the wireless receiving circuit are received and provided to the battery for charging;
a detecting circuit, configured to detect at least one of a voltage and a current in the first charging channel;
a communication control circuit, configured to conduct wireless communication with the wireless charging device according to the at least one of the voltage and the current in the first charging channel detected by the detecting circuit, wherein the wireless charging device is configured to adjust a transmission power of the wireless charging device according to the wireless communication, to make at least one of an output voltage and an output current of the first charging channel match at least one of a charging voltage and a charging current currently required by the battery; and
a second charging channel, provided with a converting circuit, wherein the converting circuit is configured to receive the output voltage and the output current of the wireless receiving circuit and conduct at least one of a constant-voltage control and a constant-current control on at least one of the output voltage and the output current of the wireless receiving circuit, to make at least one of an output voltage and an output current of the second charging channel match the at least one of the charging voltage and the charging current currently required by the battery, wherein the battery is charged according to the at least one of the output voltage and the output current of the second charging channel;
wherein the communication control circuit is further configured to control switching between the first charging channel and the second charging channel.

2. The device to-be-charged of claim 1 , wherein the first charging channel is provided with a step-down circuit, and the step-down circuit is configured to receive the output voltage of the wireless receiving circuit and decrease the output voltage of the wireless receiving circuit to obtain the output voltage and the output current of the first charging channel, wherein the battery is charged according to the output voltage and the output current of the first charging channel.

3. The device to-be-charged of claim 2 , wherein the communication control circuit configured to conduct wireless communication with the wireless charging device according to the at least one of the voltage and the current in the first charging channel detected by the detecting circuit is configured to:
send adjustment information to the wireless charging device, wherein the adjustment information is for instructing the wireless charging device to adjust at least one of an output voltage and an output current of a power supply device.

4. The device to-be-charged of claim 1 , wherein the communication control circuit is further configured to send battery-state information to the wireless charging device, whereby the wireless charging device adjusts the transmission power of the wireless charging device according to the battery-state information, wherein the battery-state information comprises at least one of a present power and a present voltage of the battery of the device to-be-charged.

5. The device to-be-charged of claim 1 , wherein information communicated between the communication control circuit and the wireless charging device comprises at least one of:
temperature information of the battery;
information indicative of a peak value or an average value of at least one of a charging voltage and a charging current of the battery;
information indicative of over-voltage protection or over-current protection; and
power-delivery efficiency information indicative of efficiency in power delivery between the wireless charging device and the wireless receiving circuit.

6. The device to-be-charged of claim 1 , wherein the communication control circuit is further configured to conduct handshake communication with the wireless charging device and control the first charging channel to work when the handshake communication succeeds, or control the second charging channel to work when the handshake communication fails.

7. The device to-be-charged of claim 1 , wherein the communication control circuit is further configured to control switching between the first charging channel and the second charging channel according to a temperature of the battery.

8. The device to-be-charged of claim 1 , wherein the current in the first charging channel is a pulsating DC, and the detecting circuit comprises:
a sample-and-hold circuit, configured to sample the pulsating DC when the sample-and-hold circuit is in a sample state and hold a peak current of the pulsating DC when the sample-and-hold circuit is in a hold state; and wherein
the communication control circuit is further configured to determine whether the sample-and-hold circuit is in the hold state and to obtain the peak current of the pulsating DC held by the sample-and-hold circuit based on a determination that the sample-and-hold circuit is in the hold state.

9. The device to-be-charged of claim 8 , wherein
the sample-and-hold circuit comprises a capacitor, and the sample-and-hold circuit is configured to hold the peak current of the pulsating DC based on the capacitor of the sample-and-hold circuit; and
the detecting circuit further comprises a discharge circuit, and the communication control circuit is further configured to release electric charges across the capacitor of the sample-and-hold circuit via the discharge circuit to make the sample-and-hold circuit switch to the sample state from the hold state.

10. A method for wirelessly charging a device to-be-charged, comprising:
receiving, with a wireless receiving circuit, an electromagnetic signal from a wireless charging device, and converting the electromagnetic signal into an output voltage and an output current of the wireless receiving circuit;
charging a battery through a first charging channel according to the output voltage and the output current of the wireless receiving circuit, wherein the battery comprises N cells coupled in series, and N is a positive integer greater than one;
detecting at least one of a voltage and a current in the first charging channel; and
conducting wireless communication with the wireless charging device according to the at least one of the voltage and the current detected in the first charging channel, wherein the wireless charging device adjusts a transmission power of the wireless charging device according to the wireless communication, to make at least one of an output voltage and an output current of the first charging channel match at least one of a charging voltage and a charging current currently required by the battery;
conducting at least one of a constant-voltage control and a constant-current control on at least one of the output voltage and the output current of the wireless receiving circuit to obtain at least one of an output voltage and an output current of a second charging channel, to make the at least one of the output voltage and the output current of the second charging channel match the at least one of the charging voltage and the charging current currently required by the battery, and charging the battery according to the at least one of the output voltage and the output current of the second c

Assignees

• Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd

Inventors

• Wan Shiming
• Zhang Jialiang
• Yang Dongsun
• Lin Shangbo
• Li Jiada

Classifications

• H02J7/977

  of the battery · CPC title

• H02J7/731

  specially adapted for holding portable devices containing batteries (H02J7/751 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02J7/94

  in response to battery current · CPC title

• H02J7/65

  against overtemperature · CPC title

• H02J7/60

  including safety or protection arrangements · CPC title