IP Library Granted Patent US 11,557,963
Granted Patent B2
US 11,557,963 · App. 16/897,636 · Granted Jan 17, 2023

Charge-pump control circuit and battery control circuit

Inventor: Ryoichi Anzai (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: ABLIC INC.
H02M3/07H02J7/007H02J2207/20
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Patent No.
US 11,557,963
App. No.
16/897,636
Granted
Jan 17, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A charge-pump control circuit includes an oscillator which supplies a clock for driving a charge pump driver to supply a first gate voltage to a discharging transistor in order to control discharge from a battery, and driving a charge pump driver to supply a second gate voltage to a charging transistor in order to control charge to the battery, respectively; and a drive control circuit which sets a control target voltage as one of the first gate voltage and the second gate voltage having a lower voltage in order to control generation of the clock by the oscillator according to the control target voltage.

Claims (18)

1. A charge-pump control circuit comprising:

a first charge pump driver configured to supply a first gate voltage to a discharging transistor in order to control discharging from a battery;

a second charge pump driver configured to supply a second gate voltage to a charging transistor in order to control charging to the battery;

an oscillator configured to supply a clock for driving the first charge pump driver and the second charge pump driver, respectively;

a drive control circuit configured to set a control target voltage as whichever of the first gate voltage and the second gate voltage having a lower voltage and control generation of the clock by the oscillator according to the control target voltage; and

a switch circuit configured to output a first comparison voltage indicative of the first gate voltage of the discharging transistor after switching to one of a detection voltage corresponding to the first gate voltage and a power supply voltage according to a discharge enable signal to control the discharge of the battery, and output a second comparison voltage indicative of the second gate voltage of the charging transistor after switching to one of a detection voltage corresponding to the second gate voltage and the power supply voltage according to a charge enable signal to control the charge of the battery.

2. The charge-pump control circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the drive control circuit causes the oscillator to generate the clock in a case where either or both of the discharge enable signal and the charge enable signal indicate an enabled state, and the control target voltage is less than a predetermined set voltage.

3. The charge-pump control circuit according to claim 1 , further comprising

a frequency control circuit configured to increase a frequency of the clock of the oscillator upon lapse of a predetermined time after at least either of the discharge enable signal and the charge enable signal is put in the enabled state.

4. A battery control circuit comprising:

a discharging transistor configured to control discharging from a battery;

a charging transistor configured to control charging to the battery;

a first voltage conversion circuit configured to acquire a first gate voltage of the discharging transistor as a first detection voltage corresponding to the first gate voltage;

a second voltage conversion circuit configured to acquire a second gate voltage of the charging transistor as a second detection voltage corresponding to the second gate voltage;

a discharging charge-pump driver configured to supply the first gate voltage to the discharging transistor;

a charging charge-pump driver configured to supply the second gate voltage to the charging transistor;

an oscillator configured to supply a clock for driving each of the discharging charge-pump driver and the charging charge-pump driver; and

a drive control circuit configured to set a control target voltage as whichever of the first gate voltage and the second gate voltage having a lower voltage and controls generation of the clock by the oscillator according to the control target voltage.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 8, 2023
From: ABLIC INC.
To: ABLIC INC.
Reel/Frame 064021/0575 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 10, 2020
From: ANZAI, RYOICHI
To: ABLIC INC.
Reel/Frame 052895/0413 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-110750 · Jun 14, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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