Charging device
A charging device is configured with a power supply device and a DC-DC converter that have constant current voltage drooping type overcurrent protection characteristics and that are connected in series. A constant current value in a voltage drooping state of the DC-DC converter is lower than a constant current value in a voltage drooping state of the power supply device. The DC-DC converter is shifted to an operation state to supply a charging current of the constant current value to a charging target when a voltage value of a direct current voltage that is output from the power supply device reaches a maximum output voltage value or an approximate value thereof. Therefore, the charging target can be charged to a higher voltage even though a charging voltage of the charging target is low.
1. A charging device, comprising:
a power supply device having a constant current voltage drooping overcurrent protection characteristic, the power supply device including a first positive output terminal and a first negative output terminal, and outputting a first direct current voltage between the first positive output terminal and the first negative output terminal; and
a DC-DC converter that is connected to the power supply device in series, the DC-DC converter:
having the constant current voltage drooping overcurrent protection characteristic;
including a positive input terminal, a negative input terminal, a second positive output terminal and a second negative output terminal; and
outputting a second direct current voltage between the second positive output terminal and the second negative output terminal, wherein
the first positive output terminal is connected to the positive input terminal and the first negative output terminal is connected to the negative input terminal, and the DC-DC converter outputs the second direct current voltage by receiving the first direct current voltage as an operation voltage,
the power supply device is connected to the DC-DC converter in series by connecting the first positive output terminal to the second negative output terminal, and a charging target is connectable between the first negative output terminal and the second positive output terminal,
the power supply device has a first constant current value when the power supply device is in a voltage drooping state, the DC-DC converter has a second constant current value when the DC-DC converter is in the voltage drooping state, and the second constant current value is lower than the first constant current value, and
the DC-DC converter is shifted to an operation state to supply a charging current of the second constant current value to the charging target when a voltage value of the first direct current voltage reaches one of a maximum output voltage value and an approximate value of the maximum voltage value.
2. A charging device, comprising:
a plurality of power supply devices that are connected in series, each of the plurality of power supply devices having a positive output terminal and a negative output terminal;
a power source control device that sequentially shifts the plurality of power supply devices to an operation state in a predetermined order; and
a rectifying device that is connected between the positive output terminal and the negative output terminal of each of the plurality of power supply devices except a first power supply device of the plurality of power supply devices that is initially shifted to the operation state, and a forward direction of the rectifying device faces toward the positive outlet terminal, wherein
the positive output terminal of one of the first power supply device and a second power supply device of the plurality of power supply devices located at a low potential side is connected to the negative output terminal of one of the second power supply device and a third power supply device of the plurality of power supply devices located at a high potential side so as to serially connect the plurality of power supply devices, and
a battery is connected between the positive output terminal of one of the second power supply device and the third power supply device of the plurality of power supply devices located at a highest potential side and the negative output terminal of the first power supply device of the plurality of power supply devices located at a lowest potential side.
3. The charging device according to claim 2 , wherein
the power source control device compares a charging voltage of the battery with a predetermined threshold voltage, and
the power source control device shifts a next power supply device to the operation state in the predetermined order when the charging voltage reaches the threshold voltage.
4. The charging device according to claim 3 , wherein
the threshold voltage is a total maximum output voltage value that is obtained by adding each maximum output voltage value of each of the plurality of power supply devices that are shifted to the operation state.
5. The charging device according to claim 3 , wherein
the threshold voltage is an approximate value of a total maximum output voltage value that is obtained by adding each maximum output voltage value of each of the plurality of power supply devices that are shifted to the operation state.
6. The charging device according to claim 3 , wherein
the power source control device sequentially shifts the plurality of power supply devices to the operation state in an order of descending maximum output current values.
7. The charging device according to claim 2 , wherein
the power source control device sequentially shifts the plurality of power supply devices to the operation state in an order of descending maximum output current values.