Charging system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9859742-B2
Application number	US-201715597270-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 17, 2017
Priority date	Jan 28, 2014
Publication date	Jan 2, 2018
Grant date	Jan 2, 2018

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a charging system that includes a charging adapter and a mobile terminal. The charging adapter includes: a second USB interface; and an adjusting circuit for rectifying and filtering the mains supply to obtain an original power signal, for performing a voltage adjustment on the original power signal, and for outputting a power signal after the voltage adjustment. The mobile terminal includes a first USB interface. P first power wires in the first USB interface and P second power wires in the second USB interface are correspondingly coupled, and Q first ground wires in the first USB interface and Q second ground wires in the second USB interface are correspondingly coupled. Because each first power wire and a corresponding second power wire are coupled, at least two charging circuits can be provided, and the charging system supports charging with a large current more than 3 A.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A charging system, comprising a charging adapter and a mobile terminal, wherein,
the charging adapter comprises:
a second USB interface, having P second power wires, Q second ground wires and N second data wires, wherein P is greater than or equal to 2, Q is greater than or equal to 2, and N is greater than or equal to 1; and
an adjusting circuit, having a power terminal, a power signal output terminal and a ground signal output terminal, the power terminal being coupled to an external mains supply, the power signal output terminal being coupled to each of the P second power wires, the ground signal output terminal being coupled to each of the Q second ground wires, and the adjusting circuit being configured to perform a rectifying and a filtering on the mains supply to obtain an original power signal, to perform a voltage adjustment on the original power signal and to output a power signal after the voltage adjustment via the power signal output terminal,
the mobile terminal comprises:
a first USB interface, having P first power wires, Q first ground wires and N first data wires, the P first power wires of the first USB interface being insertion-connected with the P second power wires of the second USB interface correspondingly, the Q first ground wires of the first USB interface being insertion-connected with the Q second ground wires of the second USB interface correspondingly, and the N first data wires of the first USB interface being insertion-connected with the N second data wires of the second USB interface correspondingly,
the mobile terminal further comprises:
a first controller, having a sample terminal and a first data terminal, the first data terminal being coupled to one or more first data wires of the first USB interface, and the first controller being configured to receive a voltage value of a cell output by a cell connector via the sample terminal and to send the voltage value of the cell via the first data terminal; and
a switch circuit, having a cell terminal, a charging terminal, a first controlled terminal and a second controlled terminal, the cell terminal being coupled to an anode of the cell, the charging terminal being coupled to the first power wires of the first USB interface, the first controlled terminal being coupled to a first control terminal of the first controller, the second controlled terminal being coupled to a second control terminal of the first controller, and the switch circuit being configured to couple the charging terminal with the cell terminal when receiving via the first controlled terminal a coupling instruction sent by the first controller, such that the charging adapter charges the cell; and to switch off a coupling between the charging terminal and the cell terminal when receiving via the second controlled terminal a first switch-off instruction sent by the first controller, such that the charging adapter stops charging the cell,
the switch circuit comprises a second capacitor, a third capacitor, a second resistor, a third resistor, a fourth resistor, a fifth resistor, a first Schottky diode, a second Schottky diode, a third Schottky diode, a NPN triode and a switch module;
a first terminal of the second resistor, a second terminal of the switch module, a first terminal of the second capacitor and a second terminal of the second resistor are configured as the cell terminal, the charging terminal, the first controlled terminal and the second controlled terminal of the switch circuit respectively, a first terminal and a second terminal of the third resistor are coupled to the second terminal of the second resistor and a base electrode of the NPN triode respectively, an anode and a cathode of the third Schottky diode are coupled to an emitter electrode of the NPN triode and ground respectively, an anode and a cathode of the first Schottky diode are coupled to the first terminal of the second resistor and a second terminal of the second capacitor respectively, an anode and a second cathode of the second Schottky diode are coupled to the second terminal of the second capacitor and a first terminal of the fourth resistor respectively, a first terminal and a second terminal of the third capacitor are coupled to the cathode of the first Schottky diode and ground respectively, a first terminal and a second terminal of the fifth resistor are coupled to a second terminal of the fourth resistor and ground respectively, a collector electrode of the NPN triode is coupled to the second terminal of the fourth resistor, and a first terminal and a controlled terminal of the switch module are coupled to the first terminal of the second resistor and the second terminal of the fourth resistor respectively.

2. The charging system according to claim 1 , wherein,
the charging adapter further comprises a second controller having a control terminal and a third data terminal, the control terminal being coupled to a controlled terminal of the adjusting circuit, the third data terminal being coupled to one or more second data wires of the second USB interface, and the second controller being configured to receive the voltage value of the cell of the mobile terminal via the third data terminal, to compare the voltage value of the cell with a preset voltage value, and to send an adjustment instruction via the control terminal according to a comparison result;
the adjusting circuit is configured to perform the voltage adjustment on the original power signal according to the adjustment instruction received and to output a power signal with a preset current value via the power signal output terminal.

3. The charging system according to claim 2 , wherein,
the adjusting circuit further comprises a current detection circuit, a detection output terminal of the current detection circuit being coupled to a calibration terminal of the second controller, and the current detection circuit being configured to detect a current value of the power signal via a detection resistor, and to send the current value detected to the second controller;
the second controller is further configured to send a calibration instruction to the adjusting circuit according to a difference between the current value detected and the present current value;
the adjusting circuit is further configured to re-perform the voltage adjustment on the original power signal according to the calibration instruction, and to output a calibrated power signal via the power signal output terminal.

4. The charging system according to claim 1 , wherein, the mobile terminal further comprises:
an anti-reverse circuit, having a high potential terminal, a low potential terminal and a control output terminal, the high potential terminal being coupled to the first power wires of the first USB interface, the low potential terminal being coupled to the first ground wires of the first USB interface, the control output terminal being coupled to a third controlled terminal of the switch circuit, and the anti-reverse circuit being configured to send a second switch-off instruction to the switch circuit when a ground signal is coupled to the high potential terminal and a power signal is coupled to the low potential terminal, such that the switch circuit switches off the coupling between the charging terminal and the cell terminal.

5. The charging system according to claim 1 , wherein, the switch module comprises a third switch chip and a fourth switch chip;
a source pin of the third switch chip, a source pin of the fourth switch chip, and a gate pin of the fourth switch chip are configured as the second terminal, the first terminal and the controlled terminal of the switch module respectively, and a gate pin and a drain pin of the third switch chip are coupled to the gate pin and a drain pin of the fourth switch chip respectively.

Assignees

• Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Jialiang
• Chen Biao
• Wu Kewei
• Liu Fengshuo

Classifications

• H02J7/42

  with electronic devices having internal batteries, e.g. mobile phones · CPC title

• H02J7/963

  in response to battery voltage gradient · CPC title

• H02J7/751

  concerning the insertion or the connection of the batteries · CPC title

• H02J7/80

  including monitoring or indicating arrangements · CPC title

• H02J7/60

  including safety or protection arrangements · CPC title