BATTERY CHARGING CONTROL CIRCUIT

• US 20090256530A1
• Filed: 03/25/2009
• Published: 10/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: HSIEH, KUAN-HONG, WANG, HAN-CHE, YOU, RUEY-SHYANG, ZHAO, XIN, CHUNG, SHIN-HONG, OUYANG, HONG-SHENG
• Granted Patent: US 8,085,001 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/164
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0029 with safety or protection devices or circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0031 using battery or load disconnect circuits H02J9/002 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00714 in response to battery charging or discharging current

Abstract

The present invention provides a charging control circuit for a rechargeable battery. The charging control circuit includes: a constant-current charging unit and a trickle charging unit. The charging control circuit further includes a branch switch, a detection switch, a control unit, and a detection unit. The branch switch is connected between a power source and the rechargeable battery for enabling or disabling the constant-current charging unit, the detection switch is turned on or off depending on the enable or disable state of the constant-current charging unit. The control unit is connected between the detection switch and the branch switch for controlling the branch switch to turn on or off depending on the off or on state of the detection switch.

Claims

1. A battery charging control circuit, comprising:

a constant-current charging unit configured for charging the rechargeable battery with a relatively large current in a constant-current mode;

a branch switch connected between the constant-current charging unit and the rechargeable battery, and configured for enabling or disabling the constant-current charging unit;

a detection switch configured for turning on or off depending on the enable or disable state of the constant-current charging unit; and

a control unit connected with the detection switch and the branch switch, and configured for controlling the branch switch to turn on or off depending on the off or on state of the detection switch.

2. The battery charging control circuit of claim 1, wherein the constant-current charging unit comprises a resistor which is connected between a power source and the branch switch.

3. The battery charging control circuit of claim 2, wherein the control unit controls the branch switch to turn off when the detection switch is turned on, and controls the branch switch to turn on when the detection switch is turned off.

4. The battery charging control circuit of claim 3, wherein the detection switch is a low voltage activated switch including a control terminal, a first path terminal, and a second path terminal, the first path terminal of the detection switch is connected to the power source, the second path terminal of the detection switch is grounded, and the control terminal of the detection switch is connected to a connection node of the constant-current charging unit and the branch switch.

5. The battery charging circuit of claim 4, wherein the detection switch is a positive-negative-positive (PNP) bipolar junction transistor (BJT), and the control terminal, the first path terminal, and the second path terminal of the detection switch correspond to a base, an emitter, and a collector, respectively, of the PNP BJT.

6. The battery charging circuit of claim 4, wherein the detection switch is a p-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (PMOSFET), and the control terminal, the first path terminal, and the second path terminal of the detection switch correspond to a gate, a source, and a drain, respectively, of the PMOSFET.

7. The battery charging control circuit of claim 4, wherein the branch switch comprises a first switch and a first resistor, a control terminal of the first switch is connected to the control unit, a first path terminal of the first switch is connected to the control terminal of the detection switch, a second path terminal of the first switch is connected to the anode of the rechargeable battery;

the first resistor is connected between the control terminal and the first path terminal of the first switch.

8. The battery charging control circuit of claim 7, wherein the first switch is a PNP BJT, the control terminal, and the first path terminal, and the second path terminal of the first switch correspond to a base, an emitter, and a collector, respectively, of the PNP BJT.

9. The battery charging circuit of claim 7, wherein the first switch is a PMOSFET, and the control terminal, the first path terminal, and the second path terminal of the detection switch correspond to a gate, a source, and a drain, respectively, of the PMOSFET.

10. The battery charging circuit of claim 7, wherein the control unit comprises a second switch and a third switch, the second switch and the third switch each comprise a control terminal, a first path terminal, and a second path terminal, a control terminal of the second switch is connected to the second path terminal of the detection switch, a first path terminal of the second switch is connected to the control terminal of the detection switch through a second resistor, a second path terminal of the second switch is grounded;

a control terminal of the third switch is connected to the first path terminal of the second switch, a first path terminal of the third switch is grounded, and a second path terminal of the third switch is connected to the control terminal of the first switch through a third resistor.

11. The battery charging control circuit of claim 10, wherein the second switch and the third switch are negative-positive-negative (NPN) bipolar junction transistors (BJTs), and the control terminals, the first path terminals, and the second path terminals of the second switch and the third switch correspond to bases, emitters, and collectors, respectively, of the NPN BJTs.

12. The battery charging circuit of claim 10, wherein the second switch and the third switch are n-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (NMOSFETs), and the control terminals, the first path terminals, and the second path terminals of the second switch and the third switch correspond to gates, sources, and drains, respectively, of the NMOSFETs.