Charger and portable device having the same

• US 8,525,484 B2
• Filed: 09/11/2012
• Issued: 09/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Richtek Technology Corporation (MediaTek, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Richtek Technology Corporation (MediaTek, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kung, Nien-Hui, Chu, Kwan-Jen, Hsing, Ying-Hsin, Lee, Li-Wei
• Primary Examiner(s): Muralidar, Richard V
• Application Number:
  US13/610,019
• Publication Number:
  US 20130002195A1
• Time in Patent Office: 357 Days
• Field of Search: 320/103, 320/138, 307/43
• US Class Current: 320/138
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00 Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00712 the cycle being controlled or terminated in response to electric parameters

Abstract

A charger for a portable device includes a USB detector connected to a data pin to detect the effective resistance on the data pin before a USB transceiver is enabled, to identify USB or adapter plug in and control a charging current for a battery accordingly.

Claims

1. A charger comprising:

a USB detector connected to a data pin, operative to detect an effective resistance on the data pin during a detection period to determine a first control signal and a second control signal;

a power input terminal connected to a power input pin;

a first power transistor connected to the power input terminal and controlled to supply a charging current;

a charge current controller connected to the USB detector and a gate of the first power transistor, operative to control the charging current according to the second control signal;

a power supply terminal;

a second power transistor connected between the power input terminal and the power supply terminal; and

a USB transceiver power controller connected to the USB detector and a gate of the second power transistor, operative to control the second power transistor to generate a regulated voltage at the power supply terminal according to the first control signal.

2. The charger of claim 1, wherein the USB detector comprises:

a detecting transistor having a gate connected to the data pin;

a first current source and a precharge switch connected in series to the gate of the detecting transistor;

a second current source connected to a drain of the detecting transistor;

a logic circuit connected to the drain of the detecting transistor; and

an SR flip-flop connected to the logic circuit, for generating an output signal to determine the first and second control signals;

wherein the drain of the detecting transistor will have a voltage to trigger the output signal of the SR flip-flop when the detecting transistor is turned on during the detection period.

3. The charger of claim 1, wherein the charge current controller comprises:

a USB charge current controller connected to the gate of the first power transistor, for being enabled by the second control signal when USB plug in is detected by the USB detector; and

an ACIN charge current controller connected to the gate of the first power transistor, for being enabled by the second control signal when adapter plug in is detected by the USB detector.

4. The charger of claim 1, wherein the charge current controller determines a setting of the charging current according to the second control signal, which has a first value when USB plug in is detected by the USB detector and a second value greater than the first value when adapter plug in is detected by the USB detector.

5. A portable device comprising:

a data pin;

a USB transceiver connected to the data pin;

a power input pin; and

a charger connected to the data pin and connected between the power input pin and the USB transceiver, operative to detect an effective resistance on the data pin during a detection period to control a charging current, said charger including a USB detector connected to the data pin, operative to detect the effective resistance on the data pin during the detection period;

a power input terminal connected to the power input pin;

a first power transistor connected to the power input terminal and controlled to supply the charging current;

a charge current controller connected to the USB detector and a gate of the first power transistor, operative to control the charging current according to the second control signal;

a power supply terminal connected to the USB transceiver;

a second power transistor connected between the power input terminal and the power supply terminal; and

a USB transceiver power controller connected to the USB detector and a gate of the second power transistor, operative to control the second power transistor according to the first control signal, to provide power for the USB transceiver;

wherein the charger determines a setting of the charging current, which has a first value when USB plug in is detected and a second value greater than the first value when adapter plug in is detected.

6. The portable device of claim 5, wherein the USB detector comprises:

a detecting transistor having a gate connected to the data pin;

a first current source and a precharge switch connected in series to the gate of the detecting transistor;

a second current source connected to a drain of the detecting transistor;

a logic circuit connected to the drain of the detecting transistor; and

an SR flip-flop connected to the logic circuit, for generating an output signal to determine the first and second control signals;

wherein the drain of the detecting transistor will have a voltage to trigger the output signal of the SR flip-flop when the detecting transistor is turned on during the detection period.

7. The portable device of claim 5, wherein the charge current controller comprises:

a USB charge current controller connected to the gate of the first power transistor, for being enabled by the second control signal when USB plug in is detected by the USB detector; and

an ACIN charge current controller connected to the gate of the first power transistor, for being enabled by the second control signal when adapter plug in is detected by the USB detector.