Adapter and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11711017-B2
Application number	US-202117158278-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 26, 2021
Priority date	Apr 3, 2020
Publication date	Jul 25, 2023
Grant date	Jul 25, 2023

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an adapter. The adapter includes an input port, a first output port and a second output port, and the adapter further includes: a rectifier circuit having an input terminal being connected to the input port of the adapter; a bus capacitor connected to an output terminal of the rectifier circuit in parallel; a first flyback converter having an input terminal connected to the bus capacitor and an output terminal coupled to the first output port; and a second flyback converter having an input terminal connected to the bus capacitor and an output terminal coupled to the second output port.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An adapter comprising an input port, a first output port and a second output port, and further comprising:
a rectifier circuit having an input terminal being connected to the input port of the adapter;
a bus capacitor directly and electrically connected to an output terminal of the rectifier circuit; and
a first flyback converter having an input terminal connected to the bus capacitor and an output terminal coupled to the first output port; and,
a second flyback converter having an input terminal connected to the bus capacitor and an output terminal coupled to the second output port.

2. The adapter according to claim 1 , wherein a maximum output power of at least one of the first flyback converter and the second flyback converter is greater than a half of a rated output power of the adapter.

3. The adapter according to claim 2 , wherein the first flyback converter provides a first output voltage and the second flyback converter provides a second output voltage; the first output voltage and the second output voltage are both adjustable.

4. The adapter according to claim 3 , wherein the first output voltage and the second output voltage comprise 5V, 9V, 12V, 15V, 20V respectively.

5. The adapter according to claim 3 , wherein the first output voltage is greater than, equal to, or less than the second output voltage.

6. The adapter according to claim 1 , wherein when the first flyback converter and the second flyback converter work at the same time, a sum of the output power of the first flyback converter and the output power of the second flyback converter is not greater than a rated output power of the adapter.

7. The adapter according to claim 1 , wherein the first flyback converter is connected with the first output port through a first switch, and the second flyback converter is connected with the second output port through a second switch.

8. The adapter according to claim 7 , wherein the adapter comprises a first main control unit and a first output control unit, the first main control unit controls the first flyback converter, and the first output control unit controls the first switch; and the adapter comprises a second main control unit and a second output control unit, the second main control unit controls the second flyback converter, and the second output control unit controls the second switch.

9. The adapter according to claim 8 , wherein,
the first output control unit receives a first load signal, and sets a first output voltage reference according to the first load signal; and the first output control unit detects a first output voltage of the first flyback converter, and generates a first feedback signal according to the first output voltage reference and the first output voltage;
the second output control unit receives a second load signal, and sets a second output voltage reference according to the second load signal; and the second output control unit detects a second output voltage of the second flyback converter, and generates a second feedback signal according to the second output voltage reference and the second output voltage;
the first main control unit receives the first feedback signal, and generates a first driving signal according to the first feedback signal to control the first flyback converter; and
the second main control unit receives the second feedback signal, and generates a second driving signal according to the second feedback signal to control the second flyback converter.

10. The adapter according to claim 8 , wherein,
when there is a load that needs to be connected to the first output port, the first output control unit controls the first switch to be turned off firstly, and then controls the first switch to be turned on when the first output voltage of the first flyback converter is adjusted to a required output voltage for the load; and
when there is a load that needs to be connected to the second output port, the second output control unit controls the second switch to be turned off firstly, and then controls the second switch to be turned on when the second output voltage of the second flyback converter is adjusted to a required output voltage for the load.

11. The adapter according to claim 8 , wherein the first output port meets a USB PD Type-C requirement and the second output port meets the USB PD Type-C requirement.

12. The adapter according to claim 8 , wherein the first output control unit and the second output control unit communicate with each other, so as to exchange information of output voltages and output powers of their respective flyback converters.

13. The adapter according to claim 12 , wherein a communication mode between the first output control unit and the second output control unit comprises SPI, I 2 C or USART; or the first output control unit and the second output control unit are connected in a half-duplex or full-duplex communication mode through a General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) port.

14. The adapter according to claim 8 , wherein
the first main control unit, the first output control unit, the second main control unit, and the second output control unit are independent or integrated together; or
the first main control unit and the second main control unit are integrated together, and the first output control unit and the second output control unit are integrated together; or
the first main control unit and the first output control unit are integrated together, and the second main control unit and the second output control unit are integrated together.

15. A control method for an adapter, the adapter comprising an input port, a first output port and a second output port, and further comprising:
a rectifier circuit having an input terminal being connected to the input port of the adapter;
a bus capacitor directly and electrically connected to an output terminal of the rectifier circuit; and
a first flyback converter having an input terminal connected to the bus capacitor and an output terminal coupled to the first output port; and
a second flyback converter having an input terminal connected to the bus capacitor and an output terminal coupled to the second output port;
wherein one of the first flyback converter and the second flyback converter is in operation, and the other is to be responded; the method comprising:
according to an actual output power of the flyback converter in operation, a rated output power of the adapter, and an expected output power of the flyback converter to be responded, calculating an actual output power of the flyback converter to be responded.

16. The control method according to claim 15 , if a sum of the actual output power of the flyback converter in operation and the expected output power of the flyback converter to be responded is less than or equal to the rated output power of the adapter, the actual output power of the flyback converter to be responded is controlled to be equal to the expected output power.

17. The control method according to claim 15 , if a sum of the actual output power of the flyback converter in operation and the expected output power of the flyback converter to be responded is greater than the rated output power of the adapter, the actual output power of the flyback converter to be responded to is controlled to be equal to the rated output power of the adapter minus the actual output power of the flyback converter in operation.

18. The control method according to claim 17 , if the output power of the flyback converter that is in operation first decreases by ΔP, the output power of the flyback

Assignees

• Delta Electronics Shanghai Co

Inventors

• Zhou Jian
• Song Haibin
• Xu Daofei
• Zhang Jinfa

Classifications

• H02J2105/52

  for limitation of the power consumption in the networks or in one section of the networks, e.g. load shedding or peak shaving · CPC title

• H02J7/92

  with prioritisation of loads or sources · CPC title

• H02J7/50

  acting upon multiple batteries simultaneously or sequentially · CPC title

• Y02B70/10

  Technologies improving the efficiency by using switched-mode power supplies [SMPS], i.e. efficient power electronics conversion e.g. power factor correction or reduction of losses in power supplies or efficient standby modes · CPC title

• H02M3/1582 Primary

  Buck-boost converters (H02M3/1584 takes precedence) · CPC title