Device to-be-charged and wireless charging method
View Patent ↗A device to-be-charged and a wireless charging method are provided. The device to-be-charged includes a receiving coil, a first charging unit, and a second charging unit. The receiving coil includes a first end, a second end, and a middle tap. The first charging unit is coupled with the first end and the middle tap of the receiving coil and configured to convert an electromagnetic signal received at the first end and the middle tap into a first voltage and a first current for charging a battery. The second charging unit is coupled with the second end and the middle tap of the receiving coil and configured to convert an electromagnetic signal received at the second end and the middle tap into a second voltage and a second current for charging the battery.
1. A device to-be-charged, comprising:
a receiving coil comprising a first end, a second end, and a middle tap;
a first charging unit coupled with the first end and the middle tap of the receiving coil and configured to convert an electromagnetic signal received at the first end and the middle tap into a first voltage and a first current for charging a battery;
a second charging unit coupled with the second end and the middle tap of the receiving coil and configured to convert an electromagnetic signal received at the second end and the middle tap into a second voltage and a second current for charging the battery; and
a first control unit configured to control the first charging unit and/or the second charging unit to work according to a charging mode or a charging stage of the battery to charge the battery;
wherein the charging mode comprises a first charging mode and a second charging mode, wherein a charging speed in the first charging mode is higher than that in the second charging mode; and
wherein the charging stage of the battery at least comprises one of the following charging stages: a trickle charging stage, a constant-current charging stage, and a constant-voltage charging stage.
2. The device to-be-charged of claim 1 , wherein
the first charging unit comprises a first alternating current (AC)-direct current (DC) conversion circuit and a first voltage conversion circuit;
the second charging unit comprises a second AC-DC conversion circuit and a second voltage conversion circuit;
the first control unit is configured to control the first AC-DC conversion circuit and the first voltage conversion circuit to work and/or control the second AC-DC conversion circuit and the second voltage conversion circuit to work, according to the charging mode or the charging stage of the battery.
3. The device to-be-charged of claim 2 , wherein the first control unit is configured to control the first voltage conversion circuit to work in one or more of the following charging stages: the trickle charging stage, the constant-current charging stage, and the constant-voltage charging stage, and control the second voltage conversion circuit to work in the constant-current charging stage.
4. The device to-be-charged of claim 2 , wherein the device to-be-charged further comprises:
a third voltage conversion circuit coupled with the first AC-DC conversion circuit and/or the second AC-DC conversion circuit; and
wherein the first control unit is configured to control the first voltage conversion circuit and the second voltage conversion circuit to work in the constant-current charging stage, and control the third voltage conversion circuit to work in the trickle charging stage and/or the constant-voltage charging stage.
5. The device to-be-charged of claim 2 , wherein the first control unit is further configured to:
generate feedback information according to at least one of the following charging parameters and feed back the feedback information to a wireless transmitting apparatus: a charging voltage across the battery, a charging current of the battery, an output current of the first AC-DC conversion circuit, an output voltage of the first AC-DC conversion circuit, an output current of the second AC-DC conversion circuit, and an output voltage of the second AC-DC conversion circuit;
wherein the charging voltage across the battery and the charging current of the battery are used for the wireless transmitting apparatus to determine a transmission power; and
wherein the output current of the first AC-DC conversion circuit, the output voltage of the first AC-DC conversion circuit, the output current of the second AC-DC conversion circuit, and the output voltage of the second AC-DC conversion circuit are used for the wireless transmitting apparatus to determine a transmission voltage when determining the transmission power.
6. The device to-be-charged of claim 2 , wherein the first control unit is configured to:
determine a required charging power according to a charging voltage across the battery and/or a charging current of the battery; and
feed back the required charging power to a wireless transmitting apparatus, to make the wireless transmitting apparatus adjust a transmission power of an electromagnetic signal according to the required charging power.
7. The device to-be-charged of claim 2 , wherein the first control unit is configured to:
determine a required current according to an output current and/or an output voltage of the first AC-DC conversion circuit, and/or according to an output current and/or an output voltage of the second AC-DC conversion circuit; and
feed back the required current to a wireless transmitting apparatus, to make the wireless transmitting apparatus adjust a transmission power of an electromagnetic signal according to the required current.
8. The device to-be-charged of claim 2 , wherein the first control unit is configured to:
determine a required charging power according to a charging voltage across the battery and/or a charging current of the battery, and determine a required current according to an output current and/or an output voltage of the first AC-DC conversion circuit, and/or according to an output current and/or an output voltage of the second AC-DC conversion circuit;
determine a required voltage according to the required charging power and the required current; and
feed back the required voltage to a wireless transmitting apparatus, to make the wireless transmitting apparatus adjust a transmission power of an electromagnetic signal according to the required voltage.
9. The device to-be-charged of claim 8 , wherein the first control unit is further configured to:
compare the required voltage with an output voltage of the first AC-DC conversion circuit and/or an output voltage of the second AC-DC conversion circuit that is currently received, to determine a voltage difference; and
feed back the voltage difference to the wireless transmitting apparatus, to make the wireless transmitting apparatus adjust a transmission power of an electromagnetic signal according to the voltage difference.
10. The device to-be-charged of claim 2 , wherein the first control unit is further configured to:
send to a wireless transmitting apparatus feedback information indicating to increase a transmission voltage or decrease a transmission voltage.
11. The device to-be-charged of claim 1 , wherein the first control unit is further configured to:
detect a temperature of the battery; and
send a first instruction to a wireless transmitting apparatus when the detected temperature of the battery is higher than a temperature threshold and lower than a preset temperature value;
wherein the first instruction is used for instructing the wireless transmitting apparatus to adjust a transmission power of an electromagnetic signal.
12. The device to-be-charged of claim 1 , wherein the first control unit is further configured to:
detect a charging status of the device to-be-charged; and
send a second instruction to a wireless transmitting apparatus when the charging status is an abnormal charging status;
wherein the second instruction is used for instructing the wireless transmitting apparatus to stop transmitting an electromagnetic signal, so as to stop providing a transmission power to the device to-be-charged;
wherein the abnormal charging status comprises: a remaining power of the battery is higher than a preset power value, and/or a temperature of the battery is higher than a preset temperature value, and/or the charging voltage across the battery is higher than a preset voltage value, and/or the charging current of the battery is higher than a preset current value.
13. The device to-be-charged of claim 1 , wherein the first control unit is further configured to:
obtain a maximum transmission power of a wireless transmitting apparatus; and
control the first charging unit or the second charging unit to work when the obtained maximum transmission power is lower than a preset power threshold.
14. A device to-be-charged, comprising:
a receiving coil comprising a first end, a second end, and N taps, N being a positive integer and N>1;
a first charging unit coupled with the first end and a first tap of the N taps of the receiving coil and configured to convert an electromagnetic signal received at the first end and the first tap into a first voltage and a first current for charging a battery;
an ith charging unit coupled with an (i−1)th tap and an ith tap of the N taps of the receiving coil and configured to convert an electromagnetic signal received at the (i−1)th tap and the ith tap into an ith voltage and an ith current for charging the battery, i being a positive integer and 1<i≤N; and
an (N+1)th charging unit coupled with an Nth tap of the N taps and the second end of the receiving coil and configured to convert an electromagnetic signal received at the Nth tap and the second end into an (N+1)th voltage and an (N+1)th current for charging the battery;
wherein a kth charging unit comprises a kth alternating current (AC)-direct current (DC) conversion circuit and a kth voltage conversion circuit, the kth AC-DC conversion circuit is coupled with the kth voltage conversion circuit, and k is a positive integer and 1≤k≤N+1;
wherein the kth AC-DC conversion circuit is configured to perform AC-DC voltage conversion on a kth electromagnetic signal received from the receiving coil, to obtain an output voltage and an output current of the kth AC-DC conversion circuit; and
wherein the kth voltage conversion circuit is configured to perform DC-DC voltage conversion on the output voltage and the output current of the kth AC-DC conversion circuit, to obtain a kth voltage and a kth current for charging the battery.
15. The device to-be-charged of claim 14 , wherein the battery comprises a multi-cell series structure and a multi-cell parallel structure;
wherein when the battery is of the multi-cell parallel structure, a kth cell of the multiple cells is coupled with the kth voltage conversion circuit of the kth charging unit, to control the kth charging unit to charge the kth cell, and k is a positive integer and 1≤k≤N+1.
16. A wireless charging method, being applicable to a device to-be-charged and comprising:
receiving, via a receiving coil, an electromagnetic signal, the receiving coil comprising a first end, a second end, and a middle tap, a first charging unit being coupled with the first end and the middle tap of the receiving coil, and a second charging unit being coupled with the second end and the middle tap of the receiving coil;
converting, via the first charging unit, an electromagnetic signal received at the first end and the middle tap into a first voltage and a first current for charging a battery;
converting, via the second charging unit, an electromagnetic signal received at the second end and the middle tap into a second voltage and a second current for charging the battery; and
applying the first voltage and the first current as well as the second voltage and the second current to the battery for charging;
controlling, via a first control unit, the first charging unit and/or the second charging unit to work according to a charging mode or a charging stage of the battery to charge the battery;
wherein the charging mode comprises a first charging mode and a second charging mode, wherein a charging speed in the first charging mode is higher than that in the second charging mode; and
wherein the charging stage of the battery at least comprises one of the following charging stages: a trickle charging stage, a constant-current charging stage, and a constant-voltage charging stage.