Cancel voltage offset of operational amplifier

• US 10,110,039 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2014
• Issued: 10/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Sawyers, Thomas, Lloyd, Jon G
• Primary Examiner(s): Alam, Mohammed
• Application Number:
  US15/308,316
• Publication Number:
  US 20180102662A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,576 Days
• Field of Search: 320148
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2207/20 Charging or discharging characterised by the power electronics converter
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00711 with introduction of pulses during the charging process
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00714 in response to battery charging or discharging current
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/007182 in response to battery voltage
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 3/45076 characterised by the way of implementation of the active amplifying circuit in the differential amplifier
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 3/45475 using IC blocks as the active amplifying circuit
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 3/45973 by using a feedback circuit

Abstract

A system according to examples of the present disclosure includes a battery charger electrically coupled to a battery and a battery charging circuit. The battery charging circuit includes an operational amplifier having a negative input to receive a pre-bias voltage, a positive input, an output, and a voltage offset. The battery charging circuit also includes a charge controller having an analog-to-digital converter to receive a voltage output from the output of the operational amplifier and a voltage supply to supply a voltage input into the positive input of the operation amplifier to cancel the voltage offset of the operational amplifier. In the example, the voltage output of the charge controller is a function of the voltage input of the charge controller.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining, by a computing system, whether a voltage output from an operational amplifier in a current regulating circuit is stable, wherein stability is determined by whether the voltage output changes at a rate beyond a predetermined operational level desired for a rechargeable battery, the voltage being read by an analog-to-digital converter of the computing system, wherein the operational amplifier having a negative input to receive a pre-bias voltage, a positive input, an output, and a voltage offset, and wherein the pre-bias voltage received at the negative input of the operational amplifier is greater than half the range of the voltage offset of the operational amplifier;

responsive to determining that the voltage output from the operational amplifier in the current regulating circuit is not stable, inputting, by the computing system, a voltage input into the operational amplifier in the current regulating circuit equal to a first constant value minus the voltage output times a second constant value until the voltage output is stable; and

responsive to determining that the voltage output from the operational amplifier in the current regulating circuit is stable, storing, by the computing system, the voltage output value as a voltage bias value to cancel an offset of the current regulating circuit.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the current regulating circuit is a battery charging circuit.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the voltage input is generated by a digital-to-analog converter.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the voltage input is generated by a pulse width modulator.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to inputting the voltage input into the operational amplifier, determining, by the computing system, whether the voltage output from the operational amplifier is stable.

6. A computing system comprising:

a battery charger electrically coupled to a battery and a battery charging circuit, the battery charging circuit further comprising;

an operational amplifier having a negative input to receive a pre-bias voltage, a positive input, an output, and a voltage offset, wherein the pre-bias voltage received at the negative input of the operational amplifier is greater than the half the range of the voltage offset of the operational amplifier; and

a charge controller having an analog-to-digital converter to receive a voltage output from the output of the operational amplifier and a voltage supply to supply a voltage input into the positive input of the operation amplifier to cancel the voltage offset of the operational amplifier,

wherein the charge controller determines whether the voltage output from the operational amplifier in the battery charging circuit is stable, wherein stability is determined by whether the voltage output changes at a rate beyond a predetermined operational level desired for a rechargeable battery, and

wherein the voltage output of the charge controller is a function of the voltage input of the charge controller.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the voltage supply is a digital-to-analog converter.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the voltage supply is a pulse width modulator.

9. A method, comprising:

initiating, by a computing system, a battery charging for a rechargeable battery;

calibrating, by the computing system, a battery charging circuit, the battery charging circuit further comprising;

an operational amplifier having a negative input to receive a pre-bias voltage, a positive input, an output, and a voltage offset, wherein the pre-bias voltage received at the negative input of the operational amplifier is greater than the half the range of the voltage offset of the operational amplifier, and

a charge controller having an analog-to-digital converter to receive a voltage output from the output of the operational amplifier and a voltage supply to supply a voltage input into the positive input of the operation amplifier, wherein the charge controller determines whether the voltage output from the operational amplifier in the battery charging circuit is stable, wherein stability is determined by whether the voltage output changes at a rate beyond a predetermined operational level desired for the rechargeable battery;

determining, by the computing system, a desired charge current for the battery charging circuit;

applying, by the computing system, the desired charge current to the battery charging circuit to cancel the voltage offset of the battery charging circuit; and

supplying, by the computing system, a battery charging current to the battery.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the voltage output of the charge controller is a function of the voltage input of the charge controller.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

determining, by the computing system, whether the battery charging is complete.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

responsive to determining that the battery charging is not complete, determine a desired current charge for the battery charging circuit;

apply the voltage to control the battery charging current; and

supply the battery charging current to the battery.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the voltage supply is a digital-to-analog converter.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the voltage supply is a pulse width modulator.

15. The method of claim 9, comprising calibrating the battery charging circuit to determine a level of battery charging current to supply to the rechargeable battery.