CHARGING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20140320085A1
• Filed: 04/24/2013
• Published: 10/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dynapack International Technology Corporation
• Original Assignee: Dynapack International Technology Corporation
• Inventors: CHANG, YING-YIN, HWANG, BING-JOE, WANG, HSIN-YI, CHEN, JIUN-MING, LIN, YUN-CHIH, WANG, FU-MING
• Application Number:
  US13/869,706
• Publication Number:
  US 20140320085A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/112
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/007184 in response to battery voltage gradient

Abstract

The present invention discloses a charging device electrically connected to an external power supply and a rechargeable battery pack, so as to perform a charging procedure of the rechargeable battery pack. The charging device includes a detecting module, a processing module and a charging module, wherein the processing module is electrically connected to the detecting module and the charging module. The detecting module is used for detecting both the state of charge of the rechargeable battery pack during the charging procedure and a polarization voltage corresponding to the internal resistance of the rechargeable battery pack at different states of charge. The processing module generates a current adjusting parameter according to the polarization voltage and the state of charge. The charging module receives the external power supply and adjusts the charging current outputted to the rechargeable battery pack according to the state of charge and the current adjusting parameter.

Claims

1. A charging device, electrically connected to an external power supply and a rechargeable battery pack, so as to perform a charging procedure of the rechargeable battery pack, wherein the rechargeable battery pack includes at least one battery unit, the charging device comprising:

a detecting module, used for detecting both the state of charge of the rechargeable battery pack during the charging procedure and a polarization voltage corresponding to the internal resistance of the rechargeable battery pack at different states of charge;

a processing module, electrically connected to the detecting module and generating a current adjusting parameter according to the polarization voltage and the state of charge; and

a charging module, electrically connected among the external power supply, the rechargeable battery pack and the processing module, the charging module receiving the external power supply and adjusting the charging current outputted to the rechargeable battery pack according to the state of charge and the current adjusting parameter, so that the waveform of the polarization voltage conforms to a preset waveform.

2. The charging device according to claim 1, wherein the state of charge of the rechargeable battery pack is divided into several intervals, and wherein the processing module generates the current adjusting parameter according to the polarization voltage of each interval.

3. The charging device according to claim 1, wherein the charging module performs a constant current charging of the rechargeable battery pack by means of a preset current when the rechargeable battery pack performs the charging procedure at first time.

4. The charging device according to claim 1, wherein the preset waveform is a waveform fixed in a voltage range.

5. The charging device according to claim 1, wherein the preset waveform is a trapezoid, a triangle or a horizontal waveform.

6. The charging device according to claim 1, wherein if the waveform of the polarization voltage of the rechargeable battery pack at a state of charge of a certain interval is higher than the preset waveform, the outputted charging current will be decreased when the charging module performs at next time the charging procedure at a state of charge of this interval;

if the waveform of the polarization voltage of the rechargeable battery pack at a state of charge of a certain interval is lower than the preset waveform, the outputted charging current will be increased when the charging module performs at next time the charging procedure at a state of charge of this interval.

7. A control method of a charging device, including:

detecting the state of charge of the rechargeable battery pack during a charging procedure and the polarization voltages corresponding to the internal resistance of the rechargeable battery pack at different states of charge, wherein the rechargeable battery pack includes at least one battery unit;

generating a current adjusting parameter according to the polarization voltage and the state of charge; and

adjusting a charging current outputted to the rechargeable battery pack according to the state of charge and the current adjusting parameter, so that the waveform of the polarization voltage conforms to a preset waveform.

8. The control method according to claim 7, wherein the state of charge of the rechargeable battery pack is divided into several intervals, and wherein the processing module generates the current adjusting parameter according to the polarization voltage of each interval.

9. The control method according to claim 7, wherein the charging module performs a constant current charging of the rechargeable battery pack by means of a preset current when the rechargeable battery pack performs the charging procedure at first time.

10. The control method according to claim 7, wherein the preset waveform is a waveform fixed in a voltage range.

11. The control method according to claim 7, wherein the preset waveform is a trapezoid, a triangle or a horizontal waveform.

12. The control method according to claim 7, wherein if the waveform of the polarization voltage of the rechargeable battery pack at a state of charge of a certain interval is higher than the preset waveform, the outputted charging current will be decreased when the charging module performs at next time the charging procedure at a state of charge of this interval;

if the waveform of the polarization voltage of the rechargeable battery pack at a state of charge of a certain interval is lower than the preset waveform, the outputted charging current will be increased when the charging module performs at next time the charging procedure at a state of charge of this interval.