Charging circuit

• US 8,446,130 B2
• Filed: 08/31/2010
• Issued: 05/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Hsu, Ming-Yuan
• Primary Examiner(s): Fantu, Yalkew
• Application Number:
  US12/871,937
• Publication Number:
  US 20120007566A1
• Time in Patent Office: 994 Days
• Field of Search: 320/162
• US Class Current: 320/162
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00041 in response to measured battery parameters, e.g. voltage, current or temperature profile
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00047 with provisions for charging different types of batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/007182 in response to battery voltage

Abstract

A charging circuit for charging a battery includes a processor, a switching circuit, a voltage converter, and a power voltage detecting circuit. A first terminal of the switching circuit is connected to a power source. A second terminal of the switching circuit is connected to a first output of the processor. A first terminal of the voltage converter is connected to a third terminal of the switching circuit. A second terminal of the voltage converter is connected to the battery. The power voltage detecting circuit is connected to the power source, and a first input and a second output of the processor.

Claims

1. A charging circuit for a battery, the charging circuit comprising:

a processor comprising a first output, a second output, and a first input;

a switching circuit comprising a first terminal connected to a power source, a second terminal connected to the first output of the processor, and a third terminal;

a voltage converter comprising a first terminal connected to the third terminal of the switching circuit, and a second terminal connected to the battery, the voltage converter converting the voltage of the power source to a standard voltage matching the battery; and

a power voltage detecting circuit comprising a first resistor, a second resistor, a third resistor, a first switch, a second switch, and an inverter, a first terminal of the first resistor is connected to an anode of the power source, a second terminal of the first resistor is connected to a first contact of the first switch through the second resistor, the second terminal of the first resistor is also connected to a first contact of the second switch through the third resistor, a second contact of the first switch is connected to a cathode of the power source, a control terminal of the first switch is connected to the second output of the processor, a second contact of the second switch is connected to the cathode of the power source, a control terminal of the second switch is connected to a cathode of the inverter, an anode of the inverter is connected to the second output of the processor, the first input of the processor is connected to a node between the first resistor and the third resistor;

wherein upon a condition that a standard voltage of the battery equals to a first standard voltage, the second output of the processor outputs a first control signal to make the power voltage detecting circuit output a first sampling voltage to the first input of the processor, the first sampling voltage satisfies an equation as below;

V1=Vcc×

R2/(R1+R2), V1 denotes the first sampling voltage, Vcc denotes the voltage of the power source, R1 denotes a resistance of the first resistor, and R2 denotes a resistance of the second resistor;

wherein upon a condition that the standard voltage of the battery equals to a second standard voltage, the second output of the processor outputs a second control signal, to make the power voltage detecting circuit output a second sampling voltage to the first input of the processor, the second sampling voltage satisfies an equation as below;

V2=Vcc×

R3/(R1+R3), V2 denotes the second sampling voltage, and R3 denotes a resistance of the third resistor; and

wherein the first input of the processor receives the first or second sampling voltage from the power voltage detecting circuit, the first output of the processor controls the switching circuit to disconnect the power source from the battery when the first or second sampling voltage is beyond a corresponding first predetermined range.

2. The charging circuit of claim 1, wherein the resistance of the first resistor is 9 kilohms (KΩ

), the resistance of the second resistor is 1 KΩ

, and the resistance of the third resistor is 2.25 KΩ

.

3. The charging circuit of claim 1, wherein when the first control signal is at a high voltage level, the first contact contacts the second contact, and when the second control signal is at a low voltage level, the first contact does not contact the second contact.

4. The charging circuit of claim 1, further comprising a battery voltage detecting circuit, wherein the processor further comprises a second input, the battery voltage detecting circuit comprises a fourth resistor, a fifth resistor, a sixth resistor, a third switch, and a fourth switch, a first terminal of the fourth resistor is connected to an anode of the battery, a second terminal of the fourth resistor is connected to a first contact of the third switch through the fifth resistor, the second terminal of the fourth resistor is also connected to a first contact of the fourth switch through the sixth resistor, a second contact of the third switch is connected to a cathode of the battery, a control terminal of the third switch is connected to the second output of the processor, a second contact of the fourth switch is connected to the cathode of the battery, a control terminal of the fourth switch is connected to the cathode of the inverter, the second input of the processor is connected to a node between the fourth resistor and the fifth resistor;

wherein when the second output of the processor outputs the first control signal, the battery voltage detecting circuit outputs a third sampling voltage to the second input of the processor, the third sampling voltage from the battery voltage detecting circuit satisfies an equation as below;

V3=VIN×

R5/(R4+R5), V3 denotes the third sampling voltage, VIN denotes the voltage of the battery, R4 denotes a resistance of the fourth resistor, and R5 denotes a resistance of the fifth resistor; and

wherein when the second output of the processor outputs the second control signal, the battery voltage detecting circuit outputs a fourth sampling voltage to the second input of the processor, the fourth sampling voltage from the battery voltage detecting circuit satisfies an equation as below;

V4=VIN×

R6/(R4+R6), V4 denotes the fourth sampling voltage, and R6 denotes a resistance of the sixth resistor;

wherein the second input of the processor receives the third or fourth sampling voltage from the battery voltage detecting circuit, the second output of the processor controls the switching circuit to disconnect the power source from the battery when the third or fourth sampling voltage is beyond a corresponding second predetermined range.

5. The charging circuit of claim 4, wherein the resistance of the fourth resistor is 4 kilohms (KΩ

), the resistance of the fifth resistor is 1 KΩ

, and the resistance of the sixth resistor is 2 KΩ

.

6. The charging circuit of claim 4, wherein when the first control signal is at a high voltage level, the first contact contacts the second contact of each of the third and fourth switches, and when the second control signal is at a low voltage level, the first contact does not contact the second contact of each of the third and fourth switches.