Circuit and method of operation for an electrical power supply

    公开(公告)号:US07791319B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-09-07

    申请号:US10372180

    申请日:2003-02-21

    摘要: A battery charging circuit comprising: a semiconductor switch having an output connected to a rechargeable battery; a battery charge controller for receiving power from an external source, and supplying output power to a portable device and the input of the semiconductor switch, the current output of the battery charge controller being controllable; and a voltage sensing circuit for: measuring the voltage drop across the battery charge controller; and responding to the voltage drop across the battery charge controller by modulating the semiconductor switch to reduce the quantity of current supplied to the rechargeable battery when the voltage drop is too great; whereby the total power dissipated by the battery charge controller is controlled, the portable device receiving the power it needs to operate and the rechargeable battery receiving any additional available power.

    Method and Apparatus for Handling a Charging State in a Mobile Electronic Device
    23.
    发明申请
    Method and Apparatus for Handling a Charging State in a Mobile Electronic Device 有权
    用于处理移动电子设备中的充电状态的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20100102774A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-04-29

    申请号:US12650245

    申请日:2009-12-30

    IPC分类号: H02J7/00

    摘要: In accordance with the teachings described herein, a method and apparatus for handling a charging state in a mobile electronic device is provided. A universal serial bus (USB) interface may be used for connecting the mobile device to a USB host. A processing device may be used to control operation of the mobile device and receive an enumeration acknowledgement signal from the USB host via the USB interface and generate an enable signal upon receiving the enumeration acknowledgement signal. The method and apparatus may further include a rechargeable battery, a battery charger, a timing circuit, and a battery charger enabling circuit.

    摘要翻译: 根据本文所述的教导,提供了一种用于在移动电子设备中处理充电状态的方法和装置。 通用串行总线(USB)接口可用于将移动设备连接到USB主机。 处理装置可以用于控制移动装置的操作并且经由USB接口从USB主机接收枚举确认信号,并且在接收到枚举确认信号时产生使能信号。 该方法和装置还可以包括可再充电电池,电池充电器,定时电路和充电器使能电路。

    Charging and power supply for mobile devices
    24.
    发明授权
    Charging and power supply for mobile devices 有权
    移动设备的充电和电源

    公开(公告)号:US07701173B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-04-20

    申请号:US11299701

    申请日:2005-12-13

    申请人: Dusan Veselic

    发明人: Dusan Veselic

    IPC分类号: H02J7/00

    摘要: Charging and power supply for mobile devices is disclosed. A USB-compliant charging and power supply circuit includes switch-mode battery charging circuitry for receiving power from an external power source and for supplying output power through an output node to an electronic system of an electronic communication device and a battery. Battery isolation circuitry includes a semiconductor switch connecting the output node to the battery. The battery isolation circuitry senses voltage at the output node and variably restricts current to the battery when the voltage is below a minimum voltage value by operationally controlling the semiconductor switch as current passes through it. During variable current restriction the electronic system is supplied required power with said battery being supplied any additional available power.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于移动设备的充电和电源。 USB兼容的充电和电源电路包括用于从外部电源接收电力并且通过输出节点向电子通信设备和电池的电子系统提供输出功率的开关模式电池充电电路。 电池隔离电路包括将输出节点连接到电池的半导体开关。 电池隔离电路感测输出节点处的电压,并且当电流通过其操作地控制半导体开关时,当电压低于最小电压值时,可变地限制电流到电池。 在可变电流限制期间,电子系统被供应所需的电力,所述电池被提供任何额外的可用功率。

    Handheld computing device with power-saving notification
    25.
    发明申请
    Handheld computing device with power-saving notification 有权
    手持式计算设备具有省电通知功能

    公开(公告)号:US20050270169A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-12-08

    申请号:US10857965

    申请日:2004-06-02

    IPC分类号: G08B3/00 G10H1/26

    摘要: A handheld computing device includes a notification lamp, a melody circuit coupled to the notification lamp for providing a first type notification, an electronic switch coupled to the notification lamp for providing a second type notification, and a notification controller coupled to the melody circuit and the electronic switch for selecting between the notification types. The power consumption of the second type notification is less than that of the first type notification.

    摘要翻译: 手持计算设备包括通知灯,耦合到通知灯的旋律电路,用于提供第一类型通知,耦合到通知灯以提供第二类型通知的电子开关,以及耦合到旋律电路和 电子开关用于在通知类型之间进行选择。 第二类通知的功耗小于第一类型通知的功耗。

    Universal serial bus current limit
    26.
    发明申请
    Universal serial bus current limit 有权
    通用串行总线电流限制

    公开(公告)号:US20050269883A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-12-08

    申请号:US10857966

    申请日:2004-06-02

    IPC分类号: G06F1/26 H02B1/24

    摘要: A load device includes a power input having an interface to a power supply; a peripheral power bus including an internal capacitance, and an active switch coupled to the power input and the peripheral power bus for applying power from the power input to the peripheral power bus. The load device also includes a switch controller coupled to the active switch for regulating the in-rush current drawn by the internal capacitance through the active switch while the internal capacitance is being charged.

    摘要翻译: 负载装置包括具有与电源的接口的电力输入; 包括内部电容的外围电源总线和耦合到电源输入和外围电源总线的有源开关,用于从电源输入端向外围电源总线供电。 负载装置还包括耦合到有源开关的开关控制器,用于在内部电容被充电的同时调节由内部电容通过有源开关汲取的浪涌电流。

    Method and apparatus for handling a charging state in a mobile electronic device
    27.
    发明申请
    Method and apparatus for handling a charging state in a mobile electronic device 有权
    用于处理移动电子设备中的充电状态的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20050189908A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-09-01

    申请号:US11026443

    申请日:2004-12-30

    IPC分类号: G06F1/26 G06F1/28 H02J7/00

    摘要: In accordance with the teachings described herein, a method and apparatus for handling a charging state in a mobile electronic device is provided. A universal serial bus (USB) interface may be used for connecting the mobile device to a USB host. A processing device may be used to execute programs and to control operation of the mobile device. The processing device may be operable to receive an enumeration acknowledgement signal from the USB host via the USB interface and generate an enable signal upon receiving the enumeration acknowledgement signal. A rechargeable battery may be used to power the processing device. A battery charger may be used to receive a USB bus voltage from the USB interface and use the USB bus voltage to power the processing device and to charge the rechargeable battery. The battery charger may be further operable to receive a charge enable signal that enables and disables the battery charger from powering the processing device and charging the rechargeable battery. A timing circuit may be used to detect the USB bus voltage and to measure the passage of a pre-determined amount of time upon detecting the USB bus voltage. A battery charger enabling circuit may be used to generate the charge enable signal to control the battery charger, the battery charger enabling the battery charger if the timer has measured the passage of the pre-determined amount of time or the enable signal is received from the processing device.

    摘要翻译: 根据本文所述的教导,提供了一种用于在移动电子设备中处理充电状态的方法和装置。 通用串行总线(USB)接口可用于将移动设备连接到USB主机。 处理装置可以用于执行程序并且控制移动装置的操作。 处理设备可以操作以经由USB接口从USB主机接收枚举确认信号,并且在接收到枚举确认信号时产生使能信号。 可以使用可充电电池为处理装置供电。 可以使用电池充电器从USB接口接收USB总线电压,并使用USB总线电压为处理设备供电并为可充电电池充电。 电池充电器可以进一步操作以接收充电使能信号,该充电使能信号使能和禁用电池充电器为处理装置供电并对可再充电电池充电。 可以使用定时电路来检测USB总线电压并且在检测到USB总线电压时测量预定量的时间的通过。 可以使用电池充电器使能电路来产生充电使能信号以控制电池充电器,如果定时器已经测量了预定时间量的通过或者从 处理装置。

    Circuit and method of operation for an adaptive charge rate power supply
    28.
    发明授权
    Circuit and method of operation for an adaptive charge rate power supply 有权
    自适应充电电源的电路和操作方法

    公开(公告)号:US06833686B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-12-21

    申请号:US10372446

    申请日:2003-02-21

    IPC分类号: H01M1044

    摘要: A convenient source of charging power for portable communication devices is an integral power node of a computer data bus, such as a USB (universal serial bus) port. Unfortunately, USB ports have limited power capacity, making them generally incompatible with battery charge controllers (BCCs) which are designed to receive a steady, high capacity input. The invention provides a battery charging circuit which adjusts to the parameters of an external power supply such as a USB port by adding a regulating circuit to a standard BCC design. This regulating circuit maximizes the current drawn by the BCC, while keeping the voltage to the BCC above a preset minimum (the low voltage shut off level for the BCC). If the voltage to the BCC begins to drop, the regulating circuit reduces the current drawn, so the voltage rises and stays within the operating range of the BCC.

    摘要翻译: 用于便携式通信设备的方便的充电电源是计算机数据总线(例如USB(通用串行总线)端口)的整体功率节点。 不幸的是,USB端口的功率容量有限,使得它们通常与设计用于接收稳定,高容量输入的电池充电控制器(BCC)不兼容。 本发明提供一种电池充电电路,其通过向标准BCC设计添加调节电路来调节诸如USB端口的外部电源的参数。 该调节电路使BCC吸收的电流最大化,同时保持BCC的电压高于预设的最小值(BCC的低电压关断电平)。 如果BCC的电压开始下降,则调节电路减小了电流消耗,因此电压升高并停留在BCC的工作范围内。

    Hybrid battery system for portable electronic devices
    29.
    发明授权
    Hybrid battery system for portable electronic devices 有权
    用于便携式电子设备的混合电池系统

    公开(公告)号:US08509861B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-08-13

    申请号:US13286633

    申请日:2011-11-01

    IPC分类号: H04M1/00

    摘要: A power management method with a portable electronic device (100) includes identifying, with a controller (202) of the portable electronic device, a power consumption event in the portable electronic device, the power consumption event having a power consumption requirement. The method further includes selecting (818), in response to the identifying, one of a collection of energy storage devices (304, 306, 308, 320) in an energy storage device farm (218) for the portable electronic device, the selecting being based at least on the power consumption requirement of the power consumption event and on one or more characteristics of the one of the plurality of energy storage devices. The portable electronic device executes the power consumption event using energy stored in the selected one of the plurality of energy storage devices. The portable electronic device (100) may be a mobile phone or other wireless communication device.

    摘要翻译: 具有便携式电子设备(100)的电源管理方法包括:利用便携式电子设备的控制器(202)识别便携式电子设备中的功耗事件,其具有功耗要求。 该方法还包括响应于识别用于便携式电子设备的能量存储设备场(218)中的能量存储设备(304,306,308,320)的集合中的一个,选择(818),所述选择是 至少基于功耗事件的功耗要求和多个能量存储装置中的一个的一个或多个特性。 便携式电子设备使用存储在所选择的多个能量存储设备中的能量来执行功耗事件。 便携式电子设备(100)可以是移动电话或其他无线通信设备。

    Battery charger having analog charge profile for charging multiple batteries
    30.
    发明授权
    Battery charger having analog charge profile for charging multiple batteries 有权
    电池充电器具有模拟充电曲线,用于为多个电池充电

    公开(公告)号:US08436579B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-05-07

    申请号:US12470782

    申请日:2009-05-22

    申请人: Dusan Veselic

    发明人: Dusan Veselic

    IPC分类号: H02J7/00

    CPC分类号: H02J7/0022

    摘要: A battery charger for charging a plurality of batteries includes a plurality of charge managers and a cross-over controller coupled to the charge managers. The charge managers are coupled to a common power source that has a finite maximum available current. The cross-over controller is configured to continuously determine the charge current that is applied to one of the batteries by one of the charge managers, and to direct another one of the charge managers to apply to another one of the batteries a charge current that is based on the determined charge current. The total of the determined charge current that is applied to the one battery and the charge current that is applied to the other battery (prior to when the voltage across the other battery reaches a rated value) is continuously substantially equal to the maximum available current.

    摘要翻译: 用于对多个电池充电的电池充电器包括多个充电管理器和耦合到充电管理器的交叉控制器。 电荷管理器耦合到具有有限最大可用电流的公共电源。 交叉控制器被配置为通过一个充电管理器连续地确定施加到一个电池的充电电流,并且引导另一个充电管理器向另一个电池施加充电电流,该充电电流是 基于确定的充电电流。 施加到一个电池的确定的充电电流和施加到另一个电池的充电电流(在其他电池两端的电压达到额定值之前)的总和连续地基本上等于最大可用电流。