Charging control system and device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9887578-B2
Application number	US-201615130212-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 15, 2016
Priority date	Oct 12, 2010
Publication date	Feb 6, 2018
Grant date	Feb 6, 2018

Abstract

A charging control system for charging a secondary battery from a solar battery, including a first path for transmitting power from the solar battery to the secondary battery, a second path for sensing the voltage of the secondary battery, and a comparison unit for comparing the solar battery voltage with the sensed voltage of the secondary battery. The first path includes a first interrupter, controlled by the comparison unit, which interrupts the first path to prevent discharge of the secondary battery through the solar battery when the solar battery voltage falls below the secondary battery voltage. The second path includes a second interrupter that interrupts the second path after the first path is interrupted, to prevent the secondary battery from discharging through the second path when not being charged through the first path.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A semiconductor circuit comprising:
a first divided voltage node electrically connected to a solar battery;
a second divided voltage node electrically connected to a secondary battery;
a first transistor electrically connected to the solar battery and the secondary battery, the first transistor being controlled by a comparison signal generated by a comparator powered by the solar battery and on the basis of a result of a comparison between a first voltage of the first divided voltage node and a second voltage of the second divided voltage node;
a second transistor electrically connected to a first terminal of the secondary battery and a second terminal of the secondary battery; and
a bias generator connected to the solar battery to generate a bias voltage that is applied to the second transistor,
wherein the bias generator stops generating the bias voltage according to a third voltage output by the solar battery, and
the second transistor turns off when the bias generator stops generating the bias voltage.

2. The semiconductor circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the second transistor turns off when the first transistor turns off.

3. The semiconductor circuit according to claim 1 , wherein:
the solar battery has a third terminal and a fourth terminal,
when the first transistor turns on, the first terminal is electrically connected to the third terminal, and
when the first transistor turns off, a connection between the first terminal and the third terminal is interrupted.

4. The semiconductor circuit according to claim 3 , wherein the second terminal is electrically connected to the fourth terminal.

Assignees

• Lapis Semiconductor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Utsuno Kikuo

Classifications

• H02J7/35 Primary

  with light sensitive cells · CPC title

• H02J7/00

  Circuit arrangements for charging or discharging batteries or for supplying loads from batteries · CPC title

• H02J7/355

  Electricity · mapped topic

• Y02E10/566

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• H02J7/0072

  Electricity · mapped topic