Mobile terminal with charging surge protection circuit
View Patent ↗The present disclosure provides a mobile terminal, which comprises a charging port, a power management unit (PMU), a battery, and a charging surge protection circuit disposed between the charging port and the PMU. The charging surge protection circuit comprises a low-pass filtering circuit, a switch control circuit, a diode and a first resistor. The low-pass filtering circuit has an input terminal connected to an output terminal of the charging port, and an output terminal connected to a first input terminal of the PMU. The switch control circuit has a first input terminal connected to the low-pass filtering circuit, a second input terminal connected to an output terminal of the PMU, and an output terminal connected to the first resistor via the diode. The first resistor is connected to an anode of the battery, and a cathode of the battery is grounded.
1. A mobile terminal, comprising a charging port, a power management unit (PMU) and a battery, wherein the mobile terminal further comprises a charging surge protection circuit disposed between the charging port and the PMU;
the charging surge protection circuit comprises a low-pass filtering circuit, a switch control circuit, a diode and a first resistor;
the low-pass filtering circuit has an input terminal connected to an output terminal of the charging port, and an output terminal connected to a first input terminal of the PMU;
the switch control circuit has a first input terminal connected to the low-pass filtering circuit, a second input terminal connected to an output terminal of the PMU, and an output terminal connected to the first resistor via the diode; and
the first resistor is connected to an anode of the battery, and a cathode of the battery is grounded, wherein a cathode of the diode is connected to a second input terminal of the PMU and the anode of the battery is connected to a third input terminal of the PMU;
wherein during a battery charging process of the mobile terminal, a charging current flows from the charging port and passes through the low-pass filtering circuit, the switch control circuit, the diode, the first resistor and the battery in sequence to charge the battery;
wherein the switch control circuit comprises a metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor and a second capacitor; the MOS transistor has a source connected to the first input terminal of the PMU, a gate connected to the output terminal of the PMU, and a drain connected to the diode; and the second capacitor has one end connected to the source of the MOS transistor and the other end connected to the gate of the MOS transistor.
2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein a second resistor is disposed between the gate of the MOS transistor and the output terminal of the PMU.
3. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the MOS transistor is a P-channel MOS transistor.
4. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the mobile terminal is a mobile phone.
5. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the low-pass filtering circuit comprises an inductor and a first capacitor, the inductor is disposed between the output terminal of the charging port and the first input terminal of the PMU, and the first capacitor has one end connected to the inductor and the other end grounded.
6. The mobile terminal of claim 5 , wherein during the battery charging process of the mobile terminal, the charging current flowing from the charging port passes through the inductor of the low-pass filtering circuit, the MOS transistor of the switch control circuit, the diode, the first resistor and the battery in sequence, to charge the battery.
7. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the second capacitor is disposed between the source of the MOS transistor and the gate of the MOS transistor to couple a surge voltage from the source of the MOS transistor to the gate of the MOS transistor when the surge voltage is provided at the source of the MOS transistor, such that the transistor is forced to be turned off.