Electronic cigarette circuit
View Patent ↗This invention discloses an electronic cigarette circuit, including an IC, an airflow sensor connected to the IC, a heating wire and a power supply VDD connected to the IC and the heat wire, the electronic cigarette circuit further including a switch device, the switch device being connected with the heating wire and the power supply VDD to form a circuit loop. The electronic cigarette circuit of the present invention adopts a switch device placed outside the IC, and the IC, the heating wire and the power supply form the circuit loop, so as to achieve high power output to the heating wire, and a large amount of smoke, with a simple circuit structure for ease mass production.
1. An electronic cigarette circuit, comprising:
an integrated circuit (IC);
an airflow sensor connected to the IC;
a heating wire; and
a power supply connected to the IC and the heat wire;
wherein the electronic cigarette circuit further comprises a light emitting diode (LED) and a switch device placed outside the IC, the switch device are connected with the heating wire and the power supply to form a circuit loop; a first pin of the IC is connected to an end of the airflow sensor; a second pin of the IC is connected to another end of the airflow sensor and an end of the LED and ground, a third pin of the IC is connected to another end of the LED; the switch device is N-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (NMOS) or P-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (PMOS) or a micro-mechanical switch;
when the switch device is an NMOS:
a D pin of the NMOS is connected to an end of the heating wire, another end of the heating wire is connected to the power supply, a fifth pin of the IC and an electrode of a capacitor, another end of the capacitor is grounded,
an S pin of the NMOS is grounded, and
a G pin of the NMOS is connected to a fourth pin of the IC and an end of a resistance, another end of the resistance is grounded;
or, when the switch device is a PMOS:
a D pin of the PMOS is connected to the power supply, a fifth pin of the IC, an end of a resistance and an electrode of a capacitor, another electrode of the capacitor is grounded,
an S pin of the PMOS is connected to one end of the heating wire, the other end of the heating wire is grounded, and
a G pin of the PMOS is connected to a fourth pin of the IC and another end of the resistance.
2. The electronic cigarette circuit as described in claim 1 , wherein a resistance value of the NMOS or PMOS is 20˜60 milliohms.
3. The electronic cigarette circuit as described in claim 2 , wherein the resistance value of the NMOS or PMOS is 30 milliohms, 40 milliohms or 50 milliohms.
4. The electronic cigarette circuit as described in claim 1 , wherein the micro-mechanical switch connected with the heating wire and the power supply in series to form a circuit loop; the micro-mechanical switch is a mini touch-switch or a mini button-switch; and the micro-mechanical switch is arranged at a center of the electronic cigarette for convenient control.
5. The electronic cigarette circuit as described in claim 1 , wherein the power supply is a disposable lithium manganese battery with supply voltage of 3V.