Apparatus for input power detection and method thereof

• US 10,114,049 B2
• Filed: 05/13/2016
• Issued: 10/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canyon Semiconductor Inc.
• Original Assignee: Canyon Semiconductor Inc.
• Inventors: Chen, Chi-Ming, Wei, Ding-Yu
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Tung X
• Application Number:
  US15/154,521
• Publication Number:
  US 20160356829A1
• Time in Patent Office: 900 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 21/127 by using pulse modulation G01R21/133 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00 Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries

Abstract

An electronic device includes an input power detection unit, a transmission control unit and a converter. The input power detection unit is configured to determine an input voltage value and an input current value of an input power. In response to the input power, the transmission control unit is configured to determine a first voltage value and a first current value associated with another electronic device via a handshake process. The voltage converter is configured to convert the input power into a first power required by the another electronic device.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

an input power detection unit, configured to determine an input voltage value and an input current value of an input power;

a transmission control unit, configured to determine a first voltage value and a first current value, based on the input voltage value and the input current value, associated with another electronic device through a handshake process;

a voltage converter, configured to convert the input power into a first power required by the another electronic device;

wherein the input power detection unit includes a voltage detection unit, configured to determine the input voltage value based on a detection voltage value; and

wherein the input power detection unit further comprises a current control unit, configured to generate a second voltage value and a second current value in response to the input power.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the voltage detection unit is configured in parallel connection with the current control unit.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the input power detection unit further comprises a current detecting unit, configured to determine the input current value based on the second voltage value.

4. The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein the current detection unit is configured to determine the second current value as the input current value in response to the detection voltage value dropping down to or below a threshold voltage.

5. The electronic device according to claim 4, wherein the voltage detection unit is configured, in response to the detection voltage value dropping down to or below the threshold voltage, to send a signal to the current detection unit, whereby the second current value is determined as the input current value.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the current control unit comprises a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) configured to generate the second current value from the input power, the MOSFET comprising a source terminal with the second current value being a current value at the source terminal.

7. The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the current control unit further comprises a resistor, and the second voltage value corresponds to the second current value through the resistor.

8. The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the MOSFET further comprises a gate terminal, and the current control unit further comprises a pulse generation unit configured to send a first pulse having a first amplitude to the gate terminal.

9. The electronic device according to the claim 8, wherein the pulse generation unit is configured, in response to the detection voltage value not dropping down to or below a threshold voltage, to output a second pulse to the gate terminal, the second pulse having a second amplitude greater than the first amplitude.

10. A method for detecting an input power, the method comprising:

receiving a detection voltage value of the input power;

determining an input voltage value of the input power based on the detection voltage value;

generating a first pulse having a first amplitude;

generating a control current value based on the first pulse; and

determining the control current value as an input current value in response to the detection voltage value dropping down to or below a threshold voltage value.

11. The method according to claim 10, further comprising, in response to the detection voltage value not dropping down to or below the threshold voltage value, generating a second pulse having a second amplitude greater than the first amplitude in place of the first pulse.

12. The method according to claim 10, further comprising, in response to the first amplitude reaching a maximum amplitude, determining the control current value as an input current value of the input power.

13. The method according to claim 10, where the control current is generated by a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) comprising a source terminal, the control current value being a current value at the source terminal.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the MOSFET further comprises a gate terminal, and the first pulse is generated by a pulse generation unit and applied to the gate terminal.

15. The method according to claim 10, wherein the first pulse has a first period during which the control current is generated and detected.