Power adapter, terminal, and method for processing impedance anomalies in charging circuit

• US 10,320,206 B2
• Filed: 01/09/2015
• Issued: 06/11/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corporation Limited
• Original Assignee: Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corporation Limited
• Inventors: Zhang, Jialiang
• Primary Examiner(s): Isla, Richard
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sharief, Mohammed J
• Application Number:
  US15/115,052
• Publication Number:
  US 20160344210A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,614 Days
• Field of Search: 320107
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 31/06 Intermediate parts for linking two coupling parts, e.g. adapter with a holder adapted for supporting apparatus to which its counterpart is attached H01R33/94
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00034 Charger exchanging data with an electronic device, i.e. telephone, whose internal battery is under charge
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00036 Charger exchanging data with battery
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00047 with provisions for charging different types of batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0029 with safety or protection devices or circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0047 with monitoring or indicating devices or circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0069 Charging or discharging for charge maintenance, battery initiation or rejuvenation
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/02 for charging batteries from ac mains by converters

Abstract

A power adapter, a terminal, and a method for processing an impedance anomaly in a charging loop are provided. The terminal includes a battery and a charging interface, and is configured to form a charging loop with a power adapter via the charging interface to charge the battery. The terminal further includes: a communication component, configured to receive voltage indication information from the power adapter when the power adapter charges the terminal, the voltage indication information indicating an output voltage of the power adapter; a detection component, configured to detect an input voltage of the power adapter; and an anomaly processing component, configured to determine whether an impedance of the charging loop is abnormal according to a difference between the input voltage and the output voltage, and to control the charging loop to enter into a protected state if the impedance of the charging loop is abnormal.

Claims

1. A terminal comprising a battery and a charging interface, and the terminal being configured to form a charging loop with a power adapter via the charging interface to charge the battery, wherein, the terminal further comprises:

a communication component, configured to receive voltage indication information from the power adapter when the power adapter charges the terminal, the voltage indication information indicating an output voltage of the power adapter;

a detection component, configured to detect an input voltage of the power adapter; and

an anomaly processing component, configured to;

determine whether an impedance of the charging loop is abnormal according to a difference between the input voltage and the output voltage,

determine a level of the impedance according to the difference,

control, according to the level of the impedance, the charging loop to enter into a protected state if the impedance of the charging loop is abnormal, the protected state corresponding to the level of the impedance.

2. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein, detection positions of the input voltage of the power adapter and the output voltage of the power adapter are located at two terminals of the charging interface respectively, and the impedance of the charging loop refers to an impedance of a circuit in the charging interface.

3. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein, a detection position of the input voltage of the power adapter is located at two terminals of the battery of the terminal, and the impedance of the charging loop refers to an impedance of a circuit from the power adapter to the battery of the terminal.

4. The terminal according to claim 1, further comprising:

an alarm device, configured to generate an alarm signal if the impedance of the charging loop is abnormal.

5. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein, the communication component is configured to send charging protection indication information to the power adapter if the impedance of the charging loop is abnormal, so as to instruct the power adapter to control the charging loop to enter into the protected state.

6. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein, the charging interface comprises a power wire and a data wire,

the terminal is configured to form the charging loop with the power adapter via the power wire in the charging interface to charge the battery;

the communication component is configured to receive the voltage indication information from the power adapter via the data wire in the charging interface.

7. A power adapter comprising a power conversion component and a charging interface, the power conversion component being configured to form a charging loop with a terminal via the charging interface to charge a battery of the terminal, wherein, the power adapter further comprises:

a detection component, a communication component and an anomaly processing component, wherein

the detection component is configured to detect an output voltage of the power adapter when the power adapter charges the terminal;

the communication component is configured to send voltage indication information to the terminal, the voltage indication information indicating the output voltage of the power adapter detected by the detection component,

and to receive charging protection indication information from the terminal if the terminal determines that an impedance of the charging loop is abnormal based on a difference between an input voltage of the power adapter and the output voltage of the power adapter; and

the anomaly processing component is configured to control the charging loop to enter into a protected state according to an indication of the charging protection indication information the indication of the charging protection indicative information indicating a protection state corresponding to a level of the impedance determined according to the difference.

8. The power adapter according to claim 7, wherein, the charging interface comprises a power wire and a data wire,

the power conversion component is configured to form the charging loop with the terminal via the power wire in the charging interface to charge the battery of the terminal;

the communication component is configured to send the voltage indication information to the terminal via the data wire in the charging interface.

9. The power adapter according to claim 7, wherein, detection positions of the input voltage of the power adapter and the output voltage of the power adapter are located at two terminals of the charging interface respectively, and the impedance of the charging loop refers to an impedance of a circuit in the charging interface.

10. The power adapter according to claim 7, wherein, a detection position of the input voltage of the power adapter is located at two terminals of the battery of the terminal, and the impedance of the charging loop refers to an impedance of a circuit from the power adapter to the battery of the terminal.

11. The power adapter according to claim 7, further comprising:

an alarm device, configured to generate an alarm signal if the impedance of the charging loop is abnormal.

12. A method for processing an impedance anomaly of a charging loop, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal, voltage indication information from a power adapter when the power adapter charges the terminal, the voltage indication information indicating an output voltage of the power adapter;

detecting, by the terminal, an input voltage of the power adapter; and

determining, by the terminal, whether an impedance of the charging loop is abnormal according to a difference between the input voltage and the output voltage,

determining, by the terminal, a level of the impedance according to the difference; and

controlling, by the terminal and according to the level of impedance, the charging loop to enter into a protected state corresponding to the level of impedance if the impedance of the charging loop is abnormal.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein, detection positions of the input voltage of the power adapter and the output voltage of the power adapter are located at two terminals of a charging interface respectively, and the impedance of the charging loop refers to an impedance of a circuit in the charging interface.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein, the charging interface comprises a power wire and a data wire, the power adapter charges the terminal via the power wire,

receiving, by the terminal, the voltage indication information from the power adapter, comprises:

receiving, by the terminal, the voltage indication information from the power adapter via the data wire in the charging interface.

15. The method according to claim 12, wherein, a detection position of the input voltage of the power adapter is located at two terminals of a battery of the terminal, and the impedance of the charging loop refers to an impedance of a circuit from the power adapter to the battery of the terminal.

16. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

generating, by the terminal, an alarm signal if the impedance of the charging loop is abnormal.

17. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

sending, by the terminal, charging protection indication information to the power adapter if the impedance of the charging loop is abnormal, so as to instruct the power adapter to control the charging loop to enter into the protected state.

18. A method for processing an impedance anomaly of a charging loop, comprising:

detecting, by the power adapter, an output voltage of the power adapter when the power adapter charges the terminal;

sending, by the power adapter, voltage indication information to the terminal, the voltage indication information indicating the output voltage of the power adapter detected by the power adapter;

receiving, by the power adapter, charging protection indication information from the terminal if the terminal determines that an impedance of the charging loop is abnormal based on a difference between an input voltage of the power adapter and the output voltage of the power adapter; and

controlling, by the power adapter, the charging loop to enter into a protected state according to an indication of the charging protection indication information, the indication of the charging protection indicative information indicating a protection state corresponding to a level of the impedance determined according to the difference.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein, a charging interface comprises a power wire and a data wire, the power adapter charges the terminal via the power wire in the charging interface,

sending, by the power adapter, the voltage indication information to the terminal, comprises:

sending, by the power adapter, the voltage indication information to the terminal via the data wire in the charging interface.

20. The method according to claim 18, wherein, detection positions of the input voltage of the power adapter and the output voltage of the power adapter are located at two terminals of the charging interface respectively, and the impedance of the charging loop refers to an impedance of a circuit in the charging interface.

21. The method according to claim 18, wherein, a detection position of the input voltage of the power adapter is located at two terminals of a battery of the terminal, and the impedance of the charging loop refers to an impedance of a circuit from the power adapter to the battery of the terminal.

22. The method according to claim 18, further comprising:

generating an alarm signal if the impedance of the charging loop is abnormal.