CHARGER AND CHARGER CONTROLLING METHOD FOR A BATTERY ROD HAVING A SMALL BATTERY CAPACITY

• US 20150069952A1
• Filed: 10/31/2013
• Published: 03/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huizhou Kimree Technology Co., Ltd
• Original Assignee: Huizhou Kimree Technology Co., Ltd
• Inventors: Xiang, Zhiyong
• Granted Patent: US 9,385,554 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/107
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/90 Arrangements or methods specially adapted for charging batteries thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00 Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0048 Detection of remaining charge capacity or state of charge [SOC]
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00714 in response to battery charging or discharging current

Abstract

A charger and a charger controlling method for a battery rod having a small battery capacity are provided, which are used to charge a battery rod comprising a charging management circuit, and the battery capacity C of the battery rod is less than 100 mAh. The method comprises: defining a preset constant charging current I based on the battery capacity C of the battery rod in order to charge the battery rod with a current of KC, wherein, the value of K is less than 1, and the value of I and the value of C conform to the following relationship: I=K*C; detecting a real-time charging current I_temp of the battery rod in real time; comparing I_temp with I, and adjusting the output charging voltage according to the comparison result to charge the battery rod with a current of KC.

Claims

1. A charger controlling method for a battery rod having a small battery capacity, which is used to charge a battery rod comprising a charging management circuit, and the battery capacity C of the battery rod less than 100 mAh, wherein the method comprises:

S1;

defining a preset constant charging current I based on the battery capacity C of the battery rod in order to charge the battery rod with a current of KC, and the preset constant charging current I is less than a default constant charging current of the charging management circuit;

wherein, the value of K is less than 1, and when the unit of the battery capacity C is mAh and the unit of the preset constant charging current I is mA, the value of the preset constant charging current I and the value of the battery capacity C conform to the following relationship;

I=K*C;

S2;

detecting a real-time charging current I_temp of the battery rod in real time;

S3;

comparing the real-time charging current I_temp with the preset constant charging current I, and adjusting the output charging voltage according to the comparison result so as to charge the battery rod with a current of KC.

2. The charger controlling method for a battery rod having a small battery capacity according to claim 1, wherein the preset constant charging current I in step S1 is defined unchangeably according to a battery rod having a specific battery capacity, and the preset constant charging current is defined by defining an unchangeable reference voltage U_ref.

3. The charger controlling method for a battery rod having a small battery capacity according to claim 1, wherein the preset constant charging current I in step S1 is defined changeably according to battery rods with different small battery capacities, and the method for defining the preset constant charging current I comprises:

S11;

calculating the value of the preset constant charging current I when the battery rod is charged with a current of KC based on the battery capacity C of the battery rod;

S12;

adjusting a reference voltage U_ref, and displaying a value of the preset constant charging current I corresponding to the adjusted reference voltage U_ref;

S13;

determining whether the value of the preset constant charging current I in step S12 is equal to the value of the preset constant charging current I in step S11, if not, turning to step S12 to adjust the reference voltage U_ref continuously.

4. The charger controlling method for a battery rod having a small battery capacity according to claim 3, wherein in step S12, the reference voltage U_ref is adjusted by changing the resistance value of a voltage-dividing resistor, and the value of the preset constant charging current I corresponding to the adjusted reference voltage U_ref is displayed by an LCD display.

5. The charger controlling method for a battery rod having a small battery capacity according to claim 2, wherein the relationship between the reference voltage U_ref and the preset constant charging current I is as follows:

U_ref=I*R_c

wherein, Rc represents the resistance of a current sampling resistor defined to detect the real-time charging current I_temp of the battery rod in step S2.

6. The charger controlling method for a battery rod having a small battery capacity according to claim 1, wherein in step S3, the real-time charging current I_temp and the preset constant charging current I are compared by comparing a voltage signal U_temp corresponding to the real-time charging current I_temp with a reference voltage U_ref corresponding to the preset constant charging current I.

7. The charger controlling method for a battery rod having a small battery capacity according to claim 6, wherein in step S3, the method for controlling to output the adjusted charging voltage based on the comparison result comprises:

controlling to output an increased charging voltage if U_temp is less than Uref;

controlling to output a decreased charging voltage if U_temp is larger than U_ref;

controlling to output an unchangeable charging voltage if U_temp is equal to U_ref.

8. A charger for a battery rod having a small battery capacity, which is used to charge a battery rod including a charging management circuit, and the battery capacity C of the battery rod less than 100 mAh;

the charger comprising a charging input interface defined to connect to an external power source and a charging output interface defined to connect to the battery rod, wherein the charger further comprises a control unit, a constant current output unit and a current sampling unit;

the control unit is connected to the charging input interface, the constant current output unit and the current sampling unit respectively;

the constant current output unit is further connected to the charging input interface and the charging output interface respectively;

the current sampling unit is further connected to the charging output interface;

the current sampling unit is used to detect a real-time charging current of the battery rod in real time;

the control unit is used to define a preset constant charging current based on the battery capacity of the battery rod, wherein the preset constant charging current is less than a default constant charging current of the charging management circuit, and the value of the preset constant charging current is less than the value of the battery capacity;

the control unit is also used to compare the real-time charging current with the preset constant charging current, and output a control signal to the constant current output unit according to the comparison result;

the constant current output unit is used to adjust the output charging voltage to the charging output interface based on the control signal so as to charge the battery rod.

9. The charger for a battery rod having a small battery capacity according to claim 8, wherein the control unit includes a microprocessor.

10. The charger for a battery rod having a small battery capacity according to claim 9, wherein the control unit further includes a reference voltage defining circuit defined to unchangeably define a reference voltage corresponding to the preset constant charging current, and the reference voltage defining circuit is connected to the microprocessor;

the microprocessor is used to control the constant current output unit to charge a battery rod having a specific battery capacity based on the comparison result between the reference voltage and a voltage signal corresponding to the real-time charging current.

11. The charger for a battery rod having a small battery capacity according to claim 10, wherein the model of the microprocessor is SN8P2711, and the reference voltage defining circuit includes a first voltage-dividing resistor and a second voltage-dividing resistor;

one end of the first voltage-dividing resistor is connected to a first pin of the microprocessor, and the other end of the first voltage-dividing resistor is respectively connected to one end of the second voltage-dividing resistor and a sixth pin of the microprocessor; and

the other end of the second voltage-dividing resistor is connected to the ground.

12. The charger for a battery rod having a small battery capacity according to claim 9, wherein the control unit further includes a reference voltage defining circuit and a feedback display circuit;

the reference voltage defining circuit and the feedback display circuit are respectively connected to the microprocessor;

the feedback display circuit is used to display the preset constant charging current corresponding to the reference voltage that the reference voltage defining circuit provides to the microprocessor in real time;

the reference voltage defining circuit is used to adjust the reference voltage according to the battery capacity of the battery rod and the preset constant charging current displayed in real time by the feedback display circuit when the battery rod is changed;

the microprocessor is used to control the constant current output unit to use the preset constant charging current corresponding to the adjusted reference voltage to charge the corresponding battery rod having a small battery capacity based on the comparison result between the adjusted reference voltage and a voltage signal corresponding to the real-time charging current.

13. The charger for a battery rod having a small battery capacity according to claim 12, wherein the model of the microprocessor is SN8P2711.

14. The charger for a battery rod having a small battery capacity according to claim 13, wherein the reference voltage defining circuit includes an adjustment potentiometer;

a first end of the adjustment potentiometer is connected to a first pin of the microprocessor, a second end of the adjustment potentiometer is connected to the ground, and a third end of the adjustment potentiometer is connected to a sixth pin of the microprocessor;

the sixth pin of the microprocessor is used to receive the reference voltage from the third end of the adjustment potentiometer.

15. The charger for a battery rod having a small battery capacity according to claim 13, wherein the feedback display circuit includes an LCD display defined to display the preset constant charging current.

16. The charger for a battery rod having a small battery capacity according to claim 9, wherein the charger further includes a voltage regulating unit;

the voltage regulating unit is respectively connected to the charging input interface and the control unit;

the voltage regulating unit is used to receive an input voltage from the external power source and supply a constant operating voltage to the control unit.

17. The charger for a battery rod having a small battery capacity according to claim 16, wherein the voltage regulating unit includes a first resistor, a first triode, a first filter capacitor and a zener diode;

the collector of the first triode is connected to a voltage output port of the charging input interface;

the base of the first triode is connected to a cathode of the zener diode, and an anode of the zener diode is connected to the ground;

the emitter of the first triode is connected to the microprocessor;

one end of the first filter capacitor is connected to the emitter of the first triode, and the other end of the first filter capacitor is connected to the ground;

one end of the first resistor is connected to the base of the first triode, and the other end of the first resistor is connected to the collector of the first triode.

18. The charger for a battery rod having a small battery capacity according to claim 9, wherein the constant current output unit includes a second triode, a third triode, a second resistor, a third resistor, and a forth resistor;

the emitter of the second triode is connected to a voltage output port of the charging input interface;

the collector of the second triode is connected to a positive output port of the charging output interface;

the base of the second triode is connected to the collector of the third triode via the forth resistor;

the base of the third triode is connected to the microprocessor via the third resistor;

the emitter of the third triode is connected to the ground;

one end of the second resistor is connected to the base of the second triode, and the other end of the second resistor is connected to the emitter of the second triode.

19. The charger for a battery rod having a small battery capacity according to claim 9, wherein the current sampling unit includes a current sampling resistor, a current limiting resistor, and a second filter capacitor;

one end of the current sampling resistor is respectively connected to a negative output port of the charging output interface and one end of the current limiting resistor, and the other end of the current sampling resistor is connected to the ground;

the other end of the current limiting resistor is connected to the microprocessor; and

the second filter capacitor is connected in parallel with two series resistors comprising the current sampling resistor and the current limiting resistor.

20. The charger for a battery rod having a small battery capacity according to claim 8, wherein the control unit includes a voltage comparator and a reference voltage defining circuit;

a first voltage input port of the voltage comparator is connected to the current sampling unit, and a second voltage input port of the voltage comparator is connected to the reference voltage defining circuit, and an output port of the voltage comparator is connected to the constant current output unit;

the reference voltage defining circuit is used to unchangeably define a reference voltage corresponding to the preset constant charging current and provide the reference voltage to the second voltage input port;

the voltage comparator is used to control the constant current output unit to output the preset constant charging current corresponding to the reference voltage based on the comparison result between a voltage signal corresponding to the real-time charging current received at the first voltage input port and the reference voltage received at the second voltage input port, so as to charge a battery rod having a designated battery capacity.