CIRCUIT FOR EXTRACTING POWER FROM A BATTERY AND AN ELECTRONIC APPARATUS COMPRISING THE CIRCUIT

• US 20110025257A1
• Filed: 10/28/2009
• Published: 02/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lin-Song Weng
• Original Assignee: Lin-Song Weng
• Inventors: Weng, Lin-Song
• Application Number:
  US12/607,652
• Publication Number:
  US 20110025257A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/103
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00712 the cycle being controlled or terminated in response to electric parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/007182 in response to battery voltage
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/342 The other DC source being a battery actively interacting with the first one, i.e. battery to battery charging with circuits for polarity protection H02J7/0034

Abstract

The present invention provides a circuit for extracting power from a battery and an electronic apparatus comprising the circuit. The circuit of the invention includes a first connecting unit, a second connecting unit and a processor. The first connecting unit is used for connecting a dry battery, and the second connecting unit is used for connecting a rechargeable battery. Additionally, the processor is connected to the first connecting unit and the second connecting unit respectively, for controlling the dry battery to charge the rechargeable battery, and for controlling the rechargeable battery to supply power to a load.

Claims

1. One battery power extraction circuit comprises:

One first connecting unit linking one dry battery;

One second connecting unit linking one rechargeable battery; and

One processor linking the first connecting unit as well as the second connecting unit controls the dry battery to charge the rechargeable battery which can supply power to one load.

2. The battery power extraction circuit according to claim 1 further comprises:

One energy transfer unit linking the first connecting unit, the second connecting unit, and the processor is used for detecting one first power supply status of the dry battery and one second power supply status of the rechargeable battery wherein the first power supply status as well as the second power supply status can be delivered to the process, which is able to send the energy transfer unit one switching signal so as to make the energy transfer unit control power supplied to the load by the dry battery according to the switching signal while determining one nonconforming second power supply status.

3. The battery power extraction circuit according to claim 2 wherein the energy transfer unit further comprises:

One switch linking the first connecting unit, the second connecting unit, and the processor can control the dry battery to supply the load power in compliance with the switching signal; and

One signal detection unit linking the switch and the processor is used for determining the switch'"'"'s switching status and delivering the switching status to the processor.

4. The battery power extraction circuit according to claim 3 wherein the switch is one Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (MOSFET) switch.

5. The battery power extraction circuit according to claim 1 further comprises:

One energy storage unit linking the first connecting unit and the second connecting unit is used for improving stability of current supplied by the dry battery.

6. The battery power extraction circuit according to claim 1 further comprises:

One voltage detection unit linking the second connecting unit and the processor is used for detecting the rechargeable battery'"'"'s voltages and delivering detected results to the processor.

7. The battery power extraction circuit according to claim 1 further comprises:

One load status detection unit linking the load and the processor is used for detecting the load'"'"'s voltages and delivering detected results to the processor.

8. The battery power extraction circuit according to claim 1 wherein the processor further adjusts power supplied to the load by the rechargeable battery according to power consumed by the load.

9. The battery power extraction circuit according to claim 1 wherein the load further comprises one power-on switch and the processor controls the dry battery to charge the rechargeable battery with the power-on switch turned to develop one closed circuit.

10. The battery power extraction circuit according to claim 1 wherein the processor is one single-chip central processing unit.

11. One electronic device compromises:

One battery power extraction circuit comprising;

One first connecting unit linking one dry battery;

One second connecting unit linking one rechargeable battery; and

One processor linking the first connecting unit and the second connecting unit controls the dry battery to charge the rechargeable battery, so as to make the rechargeable battery supply power to the electronic device.

12. The electronic device according to claim 11 wherein the battery power extraction circuit further comprises:

One energy transfer unit linking the first connecting unit, the second connecting unit, and the processor is used for detecting the dry battery'"'"'s first power supply status as well as the rechargeable battery'"'"'s second power supply status and delivering the first power supply status as well as the second power supply status to the processor, which will send one switching signal to the energy transfer unit that can control the dry battery'"'"'s power supplied to the electronic device according to the switching signal while determining one nonconforming second power supply status.

13. The electronic device according to claim 12 wherein the energy transfer unit further comprises:

One switch linking the first connecting unit, the second connecting unit and the processor is used for controlling the dry battery'"'"'s power supplied to the load in compliance with the switching signal; and

One signal detection unit linking the switch and the processor is used for determining one switching status of the switch and delivering the switching status to the processor.

14. The electronic device according to claim 13 wherein the switch is one Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (MOSFET) switch.

15. The electronic device according to claim 11 wherein the battery power extraction circuit further comprises:

One energy storage unit linking the first connecting unit and the second connecting unit is used for improving stability of current supplied by the dry battery.

16. The electronic device according to claim 11 wherein the battery power extraction circuit further comprises:

One voltage detection unit linking the second connecting unit and the processor is used for detecting voltages of the rechargeable battery and delivering detected results to the processor.

17. The electronic device according to claim 11 wherein the battery power extraction circuit further comprises:

One load status detection unit linking the electronic device and the processor is used for detecting voltages of the electronic device and delivering detected results to the processor.

18. The electronic device according to claim 11 wherein the processor can further adjust power supplied to the electronic device by the rechargeable battery according to power consumed by the electronic device.

19. The electronic device according to claim 11 further comprises one power-on switch and its processor controls the dry battery to charge the rechargeable battery with the power-on switch turned to develop one closed circuit.

20. The electronic device according to claim 11 wherein the processor is one single-chip central processing unit.