Recharging cable
A recharging cable is disclosed, applicable to a smart recharging environment capable of self-detection and self-diagnosis, comprising: a cable; a plug, coupled to the cable, and having at least a power line set, and at least a communication line set, the at least power line set having a power line and a ground line, and the at least communication line set providing real-time communication between the recharging cable and a charging control end and a charged end; an electronic chip, located at one of the cable and the plug, the electronic chip being able to detect real-time information of the material property and device property at the charged end to estimate a real-time impedance information of the cable, and in combination with a historic impedance changes of the cable, to estimate an impedance reflection point of the cable related to ageing.
1. A recharging cable, applicable to a smart recharging environment capable of self-detection and self-diagnosis, comprising:
a cable;
a plug, coupled to the cable, comprising at least a power cable set and at least a communication cable set, the at least power cable set comprising a power line and a ground line, and the at least communication cable set providing communication capability to the recharging cable with a source end for charging and a sink end for connecting to a device under charging; and
an integrated circuit (IC) chip, located in the plug or the cable, for detecting real-time information of changes in voltage, current and temperature in the cable and characteristics of the device under charging at the sink end, performing collaborative computation to estimate a real-time cable impedance information of the cable, in combination with historic data of the cable impedance change of the cable to predict an impedance reflection point of cable caused by ageing.
2. A recharging cable, applicable to a smart recharging environment capable of self-detection and self-diagnosis, comprising:
a cable;
a plug, coupled to the cable, comprising at least a power cable set and at least a communication cable set, the at least power cable set comprising a power line and a ground line, and the at least communication cable set providing communication capability to the recharging cable with a source end for charging and a sink end for connecting to a device under charging; and
an integrated circuit (IC) chip, located in the plug or the cable, for detecting real-time information of changes in voltage, current, temperature and stress in the cable and characteristics of the device under charging at the sink end, performing collaborative computation to estimate a real-time cable impedance information of the cable, in combination with historic data of the cable impedance change of the cable to predict an impedance reflection point of cable caused by ageing.
3. A recharging cable, applicable to a smart recharging environment capable of self-detection and self-diagnosis, comprising:
a cable;
a plug, coupled to the cable, comprising at least a power cable set and at least a communication cable set, the at least power cable set comprising a power line and a ground line, and the at least communication cable set providing communication capability to the recharging cable with a source end for charging and a sink end for connecting to a device under charging; and
an integrated circuit (IC) chip, located in the plug or the cable, comprising: an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), a computation module, a non-volatile memory, and a communication interface; wherein,
the ADC being for detecting real-time information of changes in voltage, current and temperature in the cable;
the computation module being for, based on the real-time information of changes in voltage, current and temperature in the cable from the ADC and characteristics of the device under charging at the sink end, performing collaborative computation to estimate a real-time cable impedance information of the cable and storing to the non-volatile memory; after the computation module estimating the real-time cable impedance information of the cable, in combination with historic data of the cable impedance change of the cable, the computation module predicting an impedance reflection point of cable caused by ageing; and
through the communication interface, the computation module provides the real-time information of voltage and current of the cable detected by ADC to the source end for the source end to adjust voltage and current for efficient charging according to the characteristics of the device at the sink end.
4. The recharging cable as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the computation module is an application-specific IC (ASIC) or a programmable processor.
5. The recharging cable as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the non-volatile memory is one of flash, or EEPROM/MTP.
6. A recharging cable, applicable to a smart recharging environment capable of self-detection and self-diagnosis, comprising:
a cable;
a plug, coupled to the cable, comprising at least a power cable set and at least a communication cable set, the at least power cable set comprising a power line and a ground line, and the at least communication cable set providing communication capability to the recharging cable with a source end for charging and a sink end for connecting to a device under charging; and
an integrated circuit (IC) chip, located in the plug or the cable, comprising: an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), a computation module, a non-volatile memory, and a communication interface; wherein,
the ADC being for detecting real-time information of changes in voltage, current, temperature, and stress in the cable;
the computation module being for, based on the real-time information of changes in voltage, current, temperature and stress in the cable from the ADC and characteristics of the device under charging at the sink end, performing collaborative computation to estimate a real-time cable impedance information of the cable and storing to the non-volatile memory; after the computation module estimating the real-time cable impedance information of the cable, in combination with historic data of the cable impedance change of the cable, the computation module predicting an impedance reflection point of cable caused by ageing; and
through the communication interface, the computation module provides the real-time information of voltage and current of the cable detected by ADC to the source end for the source end to adjust voltage and current for efficient charging according to the characteristics of the device at the sink end.