This application claims priority and benefits of Chinese Patent Application No. 201410510322.0, filed with State Intellectual Property Office, P. R. C. on Sep. 28, 2014, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference.
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to charging control field, and more particularly, to a secondary control device and a charging system having the secondary control device.
With developments in science, various electronic products are used in daily life, and have become necessities in life, and thus how to charge these electronic products has become important. However, different electronic products have different charging specifications. For example, some electronic products require a voltage of 5V, some electronic products require a voltage 9V, and some electronic products require a voltage of 12V.
A solution to the above problem is to obtain a transmission signal from a terminal device via a D line of a USB interface, and to turn on corresponding MOS transistors selectively via a decoder chip, such that different ratios of divider resistor are put in circuit, and different voltages are outputted.
However, the above solution at least has following disadvantages.
1. A number of MOS transistors are needed for varying the output voltage, and additional components such as an opto-coupler and a controllable device are also needed for achieving the solution, thus increasing the cost.
2. Only the output voltage can be changed, but the output current cannot be changed accordingly, which will cause a phenomenon that a low power load is charged with a large current, affecting the life of the battery in the load.
Embodiments of the present disclosure seek to solve at least one of the problems existing in the related art to at least some extent.
Embodiments of a first aspect of the present disclosure provide a secondary control device, the secondary control device is connected with a transformer, the transformer has a secondary winding connected with a charging interface, and the secondary control device includes: a secondary rectifier switch connected with the secondary winding; and a secondary synchronous rectifier chip connected with the secondary winding and the secondary rectifier switch respectively, and configured to detect a voltage between two terminals of the secondary rectifier switch, to control the secondary rectifier switch to turn on or turn off according to the voltage between two terminals of the secondary rectifier switch, to control the secondary rectifier switch to turn on again when the secondary rectifier switch is in an off-state so as to control the secondary winding to generate a mutation voltage, to obtain a transmission signal on the charging interface, and to control a driving voltage of the secondary rectifier switch according to the transmission signal so as to adjust the mutation voltage.
With the secondary control device according to embodiments of the present disclosure, the secondary synchronous rectifier chip detects a voltage between two terminals of the secondary rectifier switch, controls the secondary rectifier switch to turn on or turn off according to the voltage between two terminals of the secondary rectifier switch, controls the secondary rectifier switch to turn on again when the secondary rectifier switch is in an off-state so as to control the secondary winding to generate the mutation voltage, obtains the transmission signal on the charging interface, and controls a driving voltage of the secondary rectifier switch according to the transmission signal so as to adjust the mutation voltage. In this way, the feedback winding may receive the mutation voltage feedback from the secondary winding and generate the output voltage switching signal according to the mutation voltage, and the primary control chip may sample the output voltage switching signal via the voltage feedback terminal to generate the selection signal and output the control signal to the primary switch according to the selection signal, so as to adjust the output voltage and the output current of the charging system, thus remaining a constant output power, and enabling to change the charging specification intelligently according to the load.
Embodiments of a second aspect of the present disclosure provide a charging system, and the charging system includes: a charging interface, configured to be connected with a load terminal; a transformer, having a primary winding, a secondary winding and a feedback winding, in which the secondary winding is connected with the charging interface; a rectifier module, configured to convert an input alternating current into a direct current and to charge the primary winding according to the direct current; a secondary control device, in which the feedback winding is configured to receive the mutation voltage feedback from the secondary winding, and to generate an output voltage switching signal according to the mutation voltage; and a primary control device comprising a primary control chip, a detecting resistor and a primary switch connected to grounded via the detecting resistor, in which the primary control chip has a voltage feedback terminal sampling a feedback voltage of the feedback winding and the output voltage switching signal and a voltage detecting terminal sampling a voltage of the detecting resistor, and is configured to generate a selection signal according to the output voltage switching signal, and to control the primary switch according to the selection signal, the voltage of the detecting resistor, and the feedback voltage of the feedback winding, so as to adjust an output voltage and an output current of the charging system.
With the charging system according to embodiments of the present disclosure, the secondary synchronous rectifier chip detects a voltage between two terminals of the secondary rectifier switch, controls the secondary rectifier switch to turn on or turn off according to the voltage between two terminals of the secondary rectifier switch, controls the secondary rectifier switch to turn on again when the secondary rectifier switch is in an off-state so as to control the secondary winding to generate the mutation voltage, obtains the transmission signal on the charging interface, and controls a driving voltage of the secondary rectifier switch according to the transmission signal so as to adjust the mutation voltage. The feedback winding receives the mutation voltage feedback from the secondary winding, and generates the output voltage switching signal according to the mutation voltage. The primary control chip samples the output voltage switching signal via the voltage feedback terminal to form the selection signal and outputs the control signal to the primary switch according to the selection signal, the voltage of the detecting resistor, and the feedback voltage of the feedback winding so as to adjust the output voltage and the output current of the charging system. Thus, the output power of the charging system can be constant, and the output charging specification can be changed intelligently according to the load. The charging system according to the present disclosure detects the transmission signal on the charging interface, such as the transmission signal on D line of the USB interface connected with the load terminal, and feedbacks the transmission signal to the primary control chip for adjusting the output voltage and the output current of the charging system, thus ensuring the output power constant. Thus, the battery life of the load terminal is not affected, and the cost is greatly reduced since no additional switches are added. In addition, the charging system according to the present disclosure performs the synchronous rectification control using the secondary rectifier switch and the secondary synchronous rectifier chip, and thus has a much smaller loss than the traditional solution using the freewheel diode, especially in a case that an output current of the charger has become larger and larger, a system conversion efficiency can be improved significantly using the secondary rectifier switch in combination with the secondary synchronous rectifier chip, which can meet a higher energy efficiency standard. Moreover, no opto-coupler and controllable device are used, thus greatly reducing the secondary static loss and making it easy to realize an ultra-low standby power consumption.
Additional aspects and advantages of embodiments of present disclosure will be given in part in the following descriptions, become apparent in part from the following descriptions, or be learned from the practice of the embodiments of the present disclosure.
These and other aspects and advantages of embodiments of the present disclosure will become apparent and more readily appreciated from the following descriptions made with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Reference will be made in detail to embodiments of the present disclosure. Embodiments of the present disclosure will be shown in drawings, in which the same or similar elements and the elements having same or similar functions are denoted by like reference numerals throughout the descriptions. The embodiments described herein according to drawings are explanatory and illustrative, not construed to limit the present disclosure.
Various embodiments and examples are provided in the following description to implement different structures of the present disclosure. In order to simplify the present disclosure, certain elements and settings will be described. However, these elements and settings are only by way of example and are not intended to limit the present disclosure. In addition, reference numerals may be repeated in different examples in the present disclosure. This repeating is for the purpose of simplification and clarity and does not refer to relations between different embodiments and/or settings. Furthermore, examples of different processes and materials are provided in the present disclosure. However, it would be appreciated by those skilled in the art that other processes and/or materials may be also applied. Moreover, a structure in which a first feature is “on” a second feature may include an embodiment in which the first feature directly contacts the second feature, and may also include an embodiment in which an additional feature is formed between the first feature and the second feature so that the first feature does not directly contact the second feature.
In the description of the present disclosure, unless specified or limited otherwise, it should be noted that, terms “mounted,” “connected” and “coupled” may be understood broadly, such as electronic connections or mechanical connections, inner communications between two elements, direct connections or indirect connections through intervening structures, which can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.
With reference to the following descriptions and drawings, these and other aspects of embodiments of the present disclosure will become apparent. In the descriptions and drawings, some particular embodiments are described in order to show the principles of embodiments according to the present disclosure. However, it should be appreciated that the scope of embodiments according to the present disclosure is not limited herein. To the contrary, changes, alternatives, and modifications can be made in the embodiments without departing from spirit, principles and scope of the attached claims.
In the following, a charging system, and a secondary control device are described in detail with reference to drawings.
In an embodiment, the transformer 10 has a primary winding 11, a secondary winding 12 connected with a charging interface 50, and a feedback winding 13. The rectifier module 20 (such as a rectifier bridge consisting of four diodes) is configured to convert an input alternating current AC into a direct current VDC and to charge the primary winding 11 according to the direct current VDC. The secondary control device 30 includes a secondary rectifier switch 31 and a secondary synchronous rectifier chip 32. The secondary rectifier switch 31 is connected with the secondary winding 12. The secondary synchronous rectifier chip 32 is connected with the secondary winding 12 and the secondary rectifier switch 31 respectively, and is configured to detect a voltage between two terminals of the secondary rectifier switch 31, to control the secondary rectifier switch 31 to turn on or turn off according to the voltage between two terminals of the secondary rectifier switch 31, to control the secondary rectifier switch 31 to turn on again when the secondary rectifier switch 31 is in an off-state so as to control the secondary winding 12 to generate a mutation voltage, to obtain a transmission signal on the charging interface 50 (such as a transmission signal on a D line of an USB interface connected with the load terminal), and to control a driving voltage of the secondary rectifier switch 31 according to the transmission signal, so as to adjust the mutation voltage. The feedback winding 13 is configured to receive the mutation voltage feedback from the secondary winding 12 and to generate an output voltage switching signal according to the mutation voltage. The primary control device 40 includes a primary control chip 41, a detecting resistor R0 and a primary switch 42 connected to ground via the detecting resistor R0. For example, when the primary switch 42 is a MOS transistor M40, a source electrode of the MOS transistor M40 is connected to ground via the detecting resistor R0. The primary control chip 41 has a voltage feedback terminal 2 sampling the feedback voltage of the feedback winding 13 and the output voltage switching signal, and a voltage detecting terminal 5 sampling the voltage of the detecting resistor R0. The primary control chip 41 is configured to generate a selection signal according to the output voltage switching signal, and to control the primary switch 42 according to the selection signal, the voltage of the detecting resistor R0, and the feedback voltage of the feedback winding 13, so as to adjust an output voltage and an output current of the charging system. Thus, an output power of the charging system can be constant, and an output charging specification can be changed intelligently according to the load.
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In addition, in one switching cycle of the secondary rectifier switch 31 such as the first MOS transistor M1, the secondary rectifier switch 31 only needs to be turned on once and turned off once. The secondary synchronous rectifier chip 32 detects the voltage between the drain electrode and the source electrode of the first MOS transistor M1 and controls the first MOS transistor M1 to turn on or off according to the voltage between the drain electrode and the source electrode of the first MOS transistor M1, thus achieving freewheeling. In an embodiment, the secondary rectifier switch 31 is controlled to turn on again when the secondary rectifier switch 31 is in the off-state, such that the mutation voltage may be generated over the secondary winding 12, and the mutation voltage is proportional to the drain voltage of the first MOS transistor M1
The current mirror module 321 is connected with the first power terminal VDD and the voltage sampling terminal VD respectively, and is configured to generate a first voltage V1 according to the drain voltage of the first MOS transistor M1 when the drain voltage of the first MOS transistor M1 is less than a first predetermined voltage. Specifically, as shown in
The first comparing and trigger module 322 is connected with the current mirror module 321, and is configured to generate a first trigger signal when the first voltage V1 is larger than the first reference voltage VONS and to generate a second trigger signal when the first voltage is less than the second reference voltage VOFFS. As shown in
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With the secondary control device according to embodiments of the present disclosure, the secondary synchronous rectifier chip detects the voltage between terminals of the secondary rectifier switch, controls the secondary rectifier switch to turn on or turn off according to the voltages, controls the secondary rectifier switch to turn on again when the secondary rectifier switch is in an off-state so as to control the secondary winding to generate the mutation voltage, obtains the transmission signal on the charging interface, and controls a driving voltage of the secondary rectifier switch according to the transmission signal so as to adjust the mutation voltage. In this way, the feedback winding may receive the mutation voltage feedback from the secondary winding and generate the output voltage switching signal according to the mutation voltage, and the primary control chip may sample the output voltage switching signal via the voltage feedback terminal to generate the selection signal and output the control signal to the primary switch according to the selection signal, so as to adjust the output voltage and the output current of the charging system, thus remaining a constant output power, and enabling to change the charging specification intelligently according to the load.
In an embodiment, the sampling module 411 is connected with the voltage feedback terminal 2, and configured to output M selection signals via M selection output terminals according to the output voltage switching signal, to generate a sampling voltage according to the feedback voltage of the feedback winding 12 and to output the sampling voltage, in which M is an integer greater than or equal to 2. The third gating unit 415 is connected with M selection output terminals and M constant voltage references respectively, and is configured to select one from the M constant voltage references according to one of the M selection signals and to output a voltage adjusting signal according to a selected constant voltage reference. The fourth gating unit 416 is connected with M selection output terminals and M limiting-current references respectively, and is configured to select one from the M limiting-current references according one of the M selection signals and to output a current adjusting signal according to a selected limiting-current reference. The error amplifier EA has a first input terminal (+) connected with an output terminal of the third gating unit 415, a second input terminal (−) connected with an output terminal of the sampling module 411 and an output terminal, and is configured to output an error amplifying signal according to the sampling voltage and the voltage adjusting signal. The internal oscillator 412 has an input terminal connected with the output terminal of the error amplifier EA and an output terminal, and is configured to adjust an output frequency according to the error amplifying signal. The third comparator CP3 has an in-phase input terminal connected with the voltage detecting terminal 5, an inverting input terminal connected with the fourth gating unit 416 and an output terminal, and is configured to generate a first comparing signal according to the voltage of the detecting resistor and the current adjusting signal. The second RS trigger 413 has an S terminal connected with the output terminal of the internal oscillator 412, an R terminal connected with the output terminal of the third comparator CP3 and an output terminal, and is configured to output according to the output frequency and the first comparing signal a driving signal for controlling the primary switch 42. The second driving module 414 is connected with the output terminal of the second RS trigger 413, and is configured to control the primary switch 42 to turn on or turn off according to the driving signal.
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In embodiments of the present disclosure, the traditional freewheel diode is replaced with the first MOS transistor M1 and the secondary synchronous rectifier chip 32, the secondary synchronous rectifier chip 32 detects the voltage between the drain electrode and the source electrode of the first MOS transistor M1 and turns on the first MOS transistor M1 according to the drain-source voltage, thus achieving freewheeling. Furthermore, the secondary synchronous rectifier chip 32 controls the first MOS transistor M1 to turn on again when the first MOS transistor M1 is in an off-state, thus enabling the secondary winding to generate the mutation voltage. In addition, the secondary synchronous rectifier chip 32 detects the transmission signal on the charging interface 50 (such as the transmission signal on the D line of the USB interface connected with the load terminal). This is because, when the secondary synchronous rectifier chip 32 controls the first MOS transistor M1 to turn on again, the mutation voltage may be generated over the secondary winding 12 and the mutation voltage is proportional to the grid drive voltage of the first MOS transistor M1. When the secondary synchronous rectifier chip 32 obtains the transmission signal on the charging interface 50, it chooses different grid drive voltage of the first MOS transistor M1 so as to enable the mutation voltage to be relative with the transmission signal, and the mutation voltage is transferred to the feedback winding 13 from the secondary winding 12. After sampling the mutation voltage at the voltage feedback terminal 2, the primary control chip 41 generates the selection signal related with the transmission signal via the sampling module, such that the corresponding constant voltage reference (i.e. the output voltage of the charging system) and the limiting-current reference (the maximum charging current of the primary winding) are selected. That is, the corresponding output voltage and the corresponding output current are output, and thus it can ensure that the output power of the charging system is constant, and the charging specification can be changed intelligently according to the load.
With the charging system according to embodiments of the present disclosure, the secondary synchronous rectifier chip detects the voltage between two terminals of the secondary rectifier switch, controls the secondary rectifier switch to turn on or turn off according to the voltage between two terminal of the secondary rectifier switch, controls the secondary rectifier switch to turn on again when the secondary rectifier switch is in an off-state so as to control the secondary winding to generate the mutation voltage, obtains the transmission signal on the charging interface, and controls a driving voltage of the secondary rectifier switch according to the transmission signal so as to adjust the mutation voltage. The feedback winding receives the mutation voltage feedback from the secondary winding, and generates the output voltage switching signal according to the mutation voltage. The primary control chip samples the output voltage switching signal via the voltage feedback terminal to form the selection signal and outputs the control signal to the primary switch according to the selection signal, the voltage of the detecting resistor, and the feedback voltage of the feedback winding so as to adjust the output voltage and the output current of the charging system. Thus, the output power of the charging system can be constant, and the output charging specification can be changed intelligently according to the load. The charging system according to the present disclosure detects the transmission signal on the charging interface, such as the transmission signal on D line of the USB interface connected with the load terminal, and feedbacks the transmission signal to the primary control chip for adjusting the output voltage and the output current of the charging system, thus ensuring the output power constant. Thus, the battery life of the load terminal is not affected, and the cost is greatly reduced since no additional switches are added. In addition, the charging system according to the present disclosure performs the synchronous rectification control using the secondary rectifier switch and the secondary synchronous rectifier chip, and thus has a much smaller loss than the traditional solution using the freewheel diode, especially in a case that an output current of the charger has become larger and larger, a system conversion efficiency can be improved significantly using the secondary rectifier switch in combination with the secondary synchronous rectifier chip, which can meet a higher energy efficiency standard. Moreover, no opto-coupler and controllable device are used, thus greatly reducing the secondary static loss and making it easy to realize an ultra-low standby power consumption.
Any procedure or method described in the flow charts or described in any other way herein may be understood to comprise one or more modules, portions or parts for storing executable codes that realize particular logic functions or procedures. Moreover, advantageous embodiments of the present disclosure comprises other implementations in which the order of execution is different from that which is depicted or discussed, including executing functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in an opposite order according to the related functions. This should be understood by those skilled in the art which embodiments of the present disclosure belong to.
The logic and/or step described in other manners herein or shown in the flow chart, for example, a particular sequence table of executable instructions for realizing the logical function, may be specifically achieved in any computer readable medium to be used by the instruction execution system, device or equipment (such as the system based on computers, the system comprising processors or other systems capable of obtaining the instruction from the instruction execution system, device and equipment and executing the instruction), or to be used in combination with the instruction execution system, device and equipment.
It is understood that each part of the present disclosure may be realized by the hardware, software, firmware or their combination. In the above embodiments, a plurality of steps or methods may be realized by the software or firmware stored in the memory and executed by the appropriate instruction execution system. For example, if it is realized by the hardware, likewise in another embodiment, the steps or methods may be realized by one or a combination of the following techniques known in the art: a discrete logic circuit having a logic gate circuit for realizing a logic function of a data signal, an application-specific integrated circuit having an appropriate combination logic gate circuit, a programmable gate array (PGA), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), etc.
Those skilled in the art shall understand that all or parts of the steps in the above exemplifying method of the present disclosure may be achieved by commanding the related hardware with programs. The programs may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, and the programs comprise one or a combination of the steps in the method embodiments of the present disclosure when run on a computer.
In addition, each function cell of the embodiments of the present disclosure may be integrated in a processing module, or these cells may be separate physical existence, or two or more cells are integrated in a processing module. The integrated module may be realized in a form of hardware or in a form of software function modules. When the integrated module is realized in a form of software function module and is sold or used as a standalone product, the integrated module may be stored in a computer readable storage medium.
The storage medium mentioned above may be read-only memories, magnetic disks or CD, etc.
Reference throughout this specification to “an embodiment,” “some embodiments,” “one embodiment”, “another example,” “an example,” “a specific example,” or “some examples,” means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present disclosure. Thus, the appearances of the phrases such as “in some embodiments,” “in one embodiment”, “in an embodiment”, “in another example,” “in an example,” “in a specific example,” or “in some examples,” in various places throughout this specification are not necessarily referring to the same embodiment or example of the present disclosure. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments or examples.
Although explanatory embodiments have been shown and described, it would be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the above embodiments cannot be construed to limit the present disclosure, and changes, alternatives, and modifications can be made in the embodiments without departing from spirit, principles and scope of the present disclosure.
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201410510322.0 | Sep 2014 | CN | national |
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PCT/CN2015/090805 | 9/25/2015 | WO | 00 |