Apparatus of power line communication in portable device

• US 20050163309A1
• Filed: 12/13/2004
• Published: 07/28/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Seo Kwang
• Application Number:
  US11/009,069
• Publication Number:
  US 20050163309A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/413
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/4257 Smart batteries, e.g. electronic circuits inside the housing of the cells or batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/48 Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals, H01M50/569
• 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: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for sharing a power line and a data communication line between a master and a slave in a portable unit. The apparatus for sharing a power line and a data communication line in a portable terminal is configured to supply a charge power of a battery to a terminal body and can include a battery communication unit that supplies a battery data through a single power line through which a discharge power is supplied to the body and receives a communication data from the body; and a body communication unit that transmits a communication data to the battery communication unit through the single power line and receives the battery data from the battery communication unit.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a battery communication unit configured to supply a battery data and power through a power line to a portable terminal body and receive communication data from the terminal body through the power line; and

a body communication unit configured to transmit the communication data to the battery communication unit and receive the battery data from the battery communication unit through the power line.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said battery communication unit comprises a battery communication data separation unit configured to receive and separate the communication data received through the power line.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said battery communication unit comprises a battery logic unit configured to provide and control coding of the battery data, and control decoding of the communication data according to a communication protocol.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said battery communication unit comprises:

a battery encoding unit configured to transfer the battery data encoded in a communication protocol signal format to the power line;

a battery controller configured to control the battery encoding unit to encode the battery data according to current battery status and the communication protocol;

a battery communication data separation unit configured to separate the communication data received though the power line; and

a battery decoding unit configured to decode the separated communication data received from the battery communication data separation unit.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein said battery communication data separation unit is a filter matched to the communication data transferred through the power line that is capable of separating the communication data.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the filter is a high pass filter.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said battery communication unit comprises a battery logic unit configured to control coding of the battery data, and wherein the battery logic unit is configured to separate then control decoding of the communication data according to a communication protocol.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said body communication unit comprises:

a body encoding unit configured to transmit the communication data encoded in a communication protocol signal format to the power line;

a body communication data separation unit configured to apply the communication data to the power line and decouple the battery data received through the power line from the power; and

a body decoding unit configured to decode the battery data received from the body communication data separation unit.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, comprising a terminal controller configured to control the body encoding unit to encode the communication data according to the communication protocol.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said body communication data separation unit is a filter matched to the battery data transferred through the power line that is capable of separating the battery data from power.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the filter is a high pass filter.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the battery communication unit is configured to supply the battery data and battery discharge power through the power line to the portable terminal body.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the portable terminal body is configured to supply battery charge power through the power line to at least one battery in the battery communication unit.

14. A method for supplying power to a portable terminal, comprising:

providing a power line through which battery power is coupled to the portable terminal;

transmitting a battery data to the portable terminal through the power line; and

transmitting communication data from the portable terminal through the power line.

15. The method of claim 14, comprising:

transferring the battery data according to a current battery status encoded in a communication protocol signal format to the power line;

separating the communication data received through the power line; and

decoding the separated communication data.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the separating comprises decoupling the communication data from the power provided through the power line.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the decoupling comprises filtering the communication data using corresponding filtering characteristics matched to the encoded communication data.

18. The method of claim 14, comprising:

transferring the communication data encoded in a communication protocol signal format to the power line;

separating the battery data received through the power line;

decoding the separated battery data.

19. The method of claim 18, comprising providing battery charging power from the portable terminal to the power line.

20. A method for using a communication line to transfer power and data communications between a battery and a terminal body comprising:

providing a communication line for coupling a battery and a portable terminal body; and

transmitting a battery data and power through the communication line.

21. A method for using a communication line to transfer power and data communications between a battery and a terminal body comprising:

providing a communication line for connection between a battery and a portable terminal body; and

transmitting terminal communication data and power through the communication line.

22. An apparatus for sharing a power and data communication line in a portable terminal that is configured to supply a charge power of a battery to a terminal body, the apparatus comprising:

battery communication means for supplying battery data through a single power line through which a discharge power is supplied to the terminal body and for receiving a communication data from the terminal body through the power line; and

body communication means for transmitting the communication data to the battery communication means through the single power line and for receiving the battery data from the battery communication means through the power line.