IP Library Granted Patent US 9,570,932
Granted Patent B2
US 9,570,932 · App. 14/568,118 · Granted Feb 14, 2017

Charging current setting method and charging module

Inventor: Chih-Heng Su (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: Anpec Electronics Corporation
H02J7/007H02J7/0052H02J2007/0062
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Patent No.
US 9,570,932
App. No.
14/568,118
Granted
Feb 14, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A charging current setting method for a charging module includes detecting at least two voltage values associated with two input current values of an input voltage signal at an input terminal of the charging module to calculate an input resistance; setting a lower limit voltage value of the input voltage signal according to the input resistance; controlling an input current to increase its magnitude, so that voltage level of the input voltage signal decreases in accordance with increasing level of the input current; controlling the input voltage signal to remain on the lower limit voltage value when the input voltage signal is decreasing and reaches the lower limit voltage value, and recording a magnitude of the input current as an upper limit current value when the input voltage signal is on the lower limit voltage value and the input current becomes stable; and determining a charging current value of the charging module according to the upper limit current value.

Claims (35)

1. A charging current setting method for a charging module, comprising:

detecting at least two voltage values associated with two input current values of an input voltage signal at an input terminal of the charging module to calculate an input resistance at the input terminal;

setting a lower limit voltage value of the input voltage signal according to the input resistance;

controlling an input current to increase its magnitude, so that voltage level of the input voltage signal decreases in accordance with increasing level of the input current;

controlling the input voltage signal to remain on the lower limit voltage value when the input voltage signal is decreasing and reaches the lower limit voltage value, and recording a magnitude of the input current as an upper limit current value when the input voltage signal is on the lower limit voltage value and the input current becomes stable; and

determining a charging current value of the charging module according to the upper limit current value.

2. The charging current setting method of claim 1 , wherein the step of determining a charging current value of the charging module according to the upper limit current value comprises:

setting the charging current value to a predetermined ratio of the upper limit current value.

3. The charging current setting method of claim 1 , wherein the step of determining a charging current value of the charging module according to the upper limit current value comprises:

setting the charging current value to the upper limit current value minus a predetermined current value.

4. The charging current setting method of claim 1 , wherein the charging current value is smaller than the upper limit current value.

5. The charging current setting method of claim 1 , wherein the step of detecting the at least two voltage values associated with two input current values of an input voltage signal at an input terminal of the charging module to calculate an input resistance at the input terminal comprises:

inputting a current having a first current value to the input terminal to detect a first voltage value;

inputting a current having a second current value to the input terminal to detect a second voltage value; and

setting the input resistance to be equal to the difference between the first voltage value and the second voltage value divided by the difference between the second current value and the first current value.

6. The charging current setting method of claim 1 , wherein the step of setting a lower limit voltage value according to the input resistance comprises:

decreasing the lower limit voltage value when the input resistance increases; and

increasing the lower limit voltage value when the input resistance decreases.

7. A charging module, comprising:

a charging device;

a voltage detector for detecting at least two voltage values associated with two input current values of an input voltage signal at an input terminal of the charging module to calculate an input resistance at the input terminal; and

a control module coupled to the charging device and the voltage detector for executing the following steps:

setting a lower limit voltage value of the input voltage signal according to the input resistance;

controlling an input current to increase its magnitude, so that voltage level of the input voltage signal decreases in accordance with increasing level of the input current;

controlling the input voltage signal to remain on the lower limit voltage value when the input voltage signal is decreasing and reaches the lower limit voltage value, and recording a magnitude of the input current as an upper limit current value when the input voltage signal is on the lower limit voltage value and the input current becomes stable; and

determining a charging current value of the charging module according to the upper limit current value;

wherein the charging device performs charging using the determined charging current value.

8. The charging module of claim 7 , wherein the control module sets the charging current value to a predetermined ratio of the upper limit current value.

9. The charging module of claim 7 , wherein the control module sets the charging current value to the upper limit current value minus a predetermined current value.

10. The charging module of claim 7 , wherein the charging current value is smaller than the upper limit current value.

11. The charging module of claim 7 , wherein the voltage detector detects the at least two voltage values associated with two input current values of the input voltage signal at the input terminal of the charging module to calculate the input resistance at the input terminal by executing the following steps:

inputting a current having a first current value to the input terminal to detect a first voltage value;

inputting a current having a second current value to the input terminal to detect a second voltage value; and

setting the input resistance to be equal to the difference between the first voltage value and the second voltage value divided by the difference between the second current value and the first current value.

12. The charging module of claim 7 , wherein the control module decreases the lower limit voltage value when the input resistance increases, and increases the lower limit voltage value when the input resistance decreases.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2014
From: SU, CHIH-HENG
To: ANPEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 034484/0332 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 103131563 A · Sep 12, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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