Embodiment
Figure 1 shows that voltage mode battery charger system 10 according to an embodiment.System 10 comprises a voltage mode battery charger circuit 12 that adopts DC power supply 14 to give one or more battery 16 chargings.The DC power supply can be an AC/DC adapter or other power supply units.Circuit 12 is by the duty ratio of switch 20 control buck converter (Buck converter) circuit 18 (comprising an inductance well known in the art and an electric capacity), thereby control offers the charge capacity of battery 16.Generally, circuit 12 is by the duty ratio of monitoring power supply electric current, battery charge (under the current-mode) and cell voltage (under the voltage mode) control buck converter 18.Detect battery charge by sensing resistor (or impedance) Rsch.The present invention adopts the voltage topological structure, detects the flow through electric current (adopting the method at conventional current pattern topological structure) of inductance of electric current on the Rsch rather than detection.According to the method, by adopting battery circuit control and voltage control simultaneously, the present invention can charge the battery when stopping near battery charge cycle more accurately, compares with conventional current pattern charging topological structure, grasps the charging termination time more accurately.Below will be described in detail system 10.
In fact, charger circuit 12 is controlled the duty ratio of buck converter 18 by the power of control compensation capacitor C comp38.Circuit 12 comprises: a battery current control section of being made up of sensing amplifier 26 and trsanscondutance amplifier 28, a cell voltage control section and a power control section branch of forming by sensing amplifier 34 and trsanscondutance amplifier 36 of forming by sum unit 30 and trsanscondutance amplifier 32.Battery current control section and cell voltage control section produce the signal of representing battery current and cell voltage respectively.Power control section is divided the signal of generation representative from power supply 14 obtainable power.These parts link to each other at node 60 places, if wherein any one part exceeds a threshold value, the power that offers charging capacitor just will reduce, thereby reduce the duty ratio of buck converter.Below will be described in detail this operation.
The duty ratio of buck converter 18 is controlled by switch 20 by comparator 40.Comparator 40 be input as the sawtooth signal that voltage on the building-out capacitor (Ccomp) 38 and oscillator 44 produce.Comparator 40 is output as a pulse-width modulation (PWM) signal 68, and the pulsewidth of this signal (duty ratio) obtains by the joining that Ccomp38 goes up voltage signal amplitude and sawtooth signal amplitude.Adopt this method for sensing, the duty ratio of pwm signal will be based on voltage on the building-out capacitor 38 and the sawtooth signal that is produced by oscillator 44.Said here " based on " should be interpreted as " be and so on function " or " relevant " widely with what.Voltage magnitude on the Ccomp is big more, and the duty ratio of pwm signal 68 is just big more.In an exemplary embodiment, sawtooth signal is the signal of a fixed-frequency, therefore can adjust the duty ratio of PWM by the voltage magnitude on the adjustment Ccomp38.Ccomp38 is by current source 42 chargings.If any part that Current Control part, voltage control part or power control section are divided is not all sent signal, current source just charges to Ccomp to greatest extent, at this moment, the duty ratio maximum of PWM, and buck converter is also maximum to charging current and charging voltage that battery provides.The signal that any part that Current Control part, voltage control part or power control section are divided is sent all will be an attenuation factor for building-out capacitor 38, thereby reduce the voltage on the building-out capacitor, and reduce the duty ratio of pwm signal thus.In such a way, the charging current that offers battery 16 can be controlled.The detail of buck converter 18 and switch 20 all is known in the art, not critical to the present invention, and can be extended to controllable DC/DC converter circuit.
Current Control
Current Control part (circuit) comprises a sensing amplifier 26 and a trsanscondutance amplifier 28.The sensing amplifier monitoring flow is through the battery charge of sensing impedance Rsch 24, and send one with the proportional signal of battery charge.Trsanscondutance amplifier 28 receives the output of sensing amplifier 26, and this output signal is compared with (expectation) battery current signal Ich that has programmed.Usually, the input of trsanscondutance amplifier 28 is voltage signals, and output is corresponding proportional current signal.The output of trsanscondutance amplifier is current controling signal 62, and this current controling signal is proportional with the battery charge amount that exceeds programming signal Ich.Ich was zero exceed the current value I ch that has programmed in battery charge before.The value of Ich of having programmed is to be provided with according to concrete battery size and demand, and is for example well known in the art, and the Ich value is set when giving the standard lithium ion battery charge.
If battery charge exceeds threshold value Ich, amplifier 28 sends the current controling signal 62 of a corresponding proportion.Because the output (at node 60) of amplifier links to each other with the negative pole of current source 42, any signal that amplifier 28 sends all will weaken the electric current of current source 42.Then, this operation will reduce the voltage on the Ccomp38, thereby reduce the duty ratio of pwm signal 68, and reduce to offer the charging current of battery.Because output current control signal 62 is directly proportional with input value, so duty ratio can dynamically be adjusted as the function of battery charge.
Current sense amplifier 26 can be customization or the ready-made amplifier in this area.Yet, those skilled in the art will appreciate that amplifier 26 must provide high common-mode voltage to suppress.Correspondingly, with reference to figure 2, another aspect of the present invention provides an amplifier that is used to reduce to high common mode inhibition voltage request.Sensing amplifier 26 comprises a switch 48 by operational amplifier 46 controls, gain resistor R1 52 and R2 50 among Fig. 2.Amplifier 26 is insensitive for common-mode voltage among Fig. 2.On the contrary, switch amplifies voltage with Rsch ground connection and according to the gain that R2/R1 provides, thereby shifts the variable differential voltage on the Rsch.
Voltage control
Voltage control part (circuit) comprises sum unit 30 and a trsanscondutance amplifier 32.In an exemplary embodiment, sum unit comprises three inputs: high precision reference voltage or calibration voltage Ref signal, voltage setting (Vset) signal and a voltage correction (Vcor) signal.In an exemplary embodiment, battery 16 is lithium ion batteries.Lithium ion battery is very responsive to over-voltage condition, and if overcharge will danger close.Therefore, reference signal or calibrating signal Ref will be accurate in the margin of tolerance of battery permission.For lithium ion battery, permissible error+/-0.5% in.Yet the battery of other types and reference voltage require equally in this consideration.Vset represents the voltage value of setting, is provided by battery manufacturers usually.Vcor is a corrected signal that is directly proportional with charging current, as the compensating signal of charging device and the dead resistance relevant with battery (owing to can't directly measure cell voltage, therefore must dependence dead resistance).Vcor can obtain by voltage divider with the output-parallel of sensing amplifier 26 of tap.These three signals are sued for peace in sum unit 30 with the form of weighting.For example, the output of sum unit 30 can be set to: reference voltage+(Vset/x)+Vcor/y); Wherein x and y choose according to the voltage value of setting and the electric current value of setting of expectation respectively.Vcor and Vset needn't be the same with reference voltage accurate, because will be divided by x and y, its proportion be just corresponding less.
Usually be regarded as predefined cell voltage threshold signal from the weighted voltage signal of sum unit 30 outputs.Trsanscondutance amplifier 32 is compared the output of sum unit with cell voltage.Amplifier 32 is output as a voltage control signal 64, and the cell voltage amount of the threshold value that this voltage control signal is definite with exceeding sum unit is directly proportional.As described in dividing as the front current control division, if cell voltage exceeds the threshold value that sum unit is determined, 64 of signals are non-vanishing.Because the output (at node 60) of amplifier 32 is connected with the negative pole of current source 42, any signal 64 that amplifier 32 sends all will weaken the electric current of current source 42.Then, this operation will reduce the voltage on the Ccomp38, thereby reduce the duty ratio of pwm signal 68, and reduce to offer the charging current of battery.Because the output signal 64 of amplifier 32 is directly proportional with input value, so duty ratio can dynamically be adjusted to reach the cell voltage of expectation.
Power control
Power control section branch (circuit) comprises a sensing amplifier 34 and a trsanscondutance amplifier 36.The power control section branch is used to reduce the duty ratio of buck converter, thereby the active system 72 (for example portable electric appts) that need link to each other to power supply at the DC power supply reduces to offer the charging current of battery when providing more high-power.This active system is in parallel with the charging system 10 on being connected across sensing resistor Rsac.Because the gross power that power supply 14 is provided is constant, so in a design perfect system, the loading demand of active system and battery charger is a balance.The power control section branch satisfies the demand of active system by reducing charging current, thereby guarantees that active system (aspect power demand) enjoys priority.Therefore, power control section divides generation a power control signal 66, and this power control signal is directly proportional with the amount that battery charger and active system power demand exceed thresholding Iac_lim.Iac_lim is power supply 14 available maximums normally.For example, power supply 14 can be given an active system (not shown) power supply simultaneously and provide charging current to battery.If this portable system needs more power, then the charging current of battery correspondingly reduces to guarantee the demand of this system.Power supply 14 is normally defined the DC power supply, and it can be powered by the AC/DC adapter.Because the output voltage values that DC power supply 14 provides is constant, just be enough to limit the power of DC power supply by the electric current output of monitoring and restriction DC power supply.
Sensing amplifier 34 monitoring are offered the adapter total current of sensing impedance Rsac 22 by power supply 14.Adapter (power supply) total current comprises: the charging current (equaling the duty ratio of the charging current of battery divided by buck converter) of system power (for example, offering the electric current of the portable system (not shown) that is connected with power supply 14) and battery charger circuit 12 controls.Signal on the sensing resistor Rsac is directly proportional with the adapter total current.Trsanscondutance amplifier 36 receives the output signal of sensing amplifier 34, and this signal is compared with a power threshold signal Iac_lim.So, if the signal on the sensing resistor just shows the power that system's needs are bigger greater than Iac_lim, battery charge just should correspondingly reduce.Certainly, this restricting signal can be fixed, and perhaps can variation required according to the dynamic power of system and/or power supply adjust.Trsanscondutance amplifier is output as power control signal 66, and this signal was zero before battery charger and activity system power demand exceed threshold value Iac_lim.
If battery charger and activity system power demand exceed threshold value Iac_lim, 36 in amplifier sends the power control signal 66 of a corresponding proportion.Because the output (at node 60) of amplifier links to each other with the negative pole of current source 42, so any signal that amplifier 36 sends all will weaken the electric current of current source.Then, this process will reduce the voltage on the Ccomp38, thereby reduce the duty ratio of pwm signal 68, and reduce to offer the charging current of battery.Because the output signal 66 of amplifier 36 is directly proportional with input value, thus duty ratio can dynamically be adjusted as a function of balance sysmte and battery power demand between the two, thereby make DC power supply 14 can not surpass peak power output.
Figure 3 shows that voltage vcc omp on explanation pwm signal 68 (figure below) and the building-out capacitor and sequential Figure 70 of sawtooth signal 44 crossing (last figure).In this one exemplary embodiment, Vccomp comes down to a DC signal, and the amplitude of this signal is heightened by current source 42, turns down by current controling signal 62, voltage control signal 64 or power control signal 66.In other words, the value of Vccomp (amplitude) is signal (42-(62,64 and/or 66)) sum.By moving down the value of Vccomp, the duty ratio of pwm signal will reduce.
Therefore, adopt the present invention, the duty ratio of pwm signal can be adjusted by a difference building-out capacitor.In an exemplary embodiment, PWM can be used as the required function of battery charge, cell voltage and/or system power and is dynamically adjusted.Topological structure shown in Figure 1 is a voltage mode topological structure.The voltage mode topological structure means that sensing resistor Rsch places the outside of buck converter, and therefore, the electric current of this resistance of flowing through is a DC value (non-ripple).
In another embodiment, as described below, can adopt electric power management circuit 12a control to offer the charge power grade of rechargeable battery 16.For realizing this function, can adopt electric power management circuit 12a directly a control controlled DC power supply (Fig. 4 A) or a DC/DC transducer (Fig. 4 B), wherein the associated DC power supply among each embodiment possibly can't provide a fixing output voltage values.
Fig. 4 A is depicted as the electronic equipment 400 with electric power management circuit 12a of the present invention, and this electric power management circuit control offers the battery charge parameter of rechargeable battery, for example, and battery charge and/or voltage.In the embodiment of Fig. 4 A, realize this function by the power output grade of controlling controlled DC power supply 404.Electronic equipment 400 can be to comprise this type of any electronic equipment of notebook computer, mobile phone, personal digital assistant.Employing is given system 72, battery 16 power supplies from the electric energy of controlled DC power supply 404 with various modes or is powered to them simultaneously.Battery 16 comprises one or more batteries.Battery 16 can be the rechargeable battery as kinds such as lithium ion battery, nickel-cadmium cell, Ni-MH batteries.
Controlled DC power supply 404 can be the power supply of any kind of well known in the art, for example, and a controlled AC/DC adapter that receives ac input voltage and a controlled DC output is provided according to an appropriate control signals.Control signal can 421 be sent along the path by electric power management circuit 12a.Path 421 from electric power management circuit 12a to controlled DC power supply 404 can be an independent pathway that uses any communications protocol known in the field.For example, the controlled DC power supply 404 configurable serial communication interfaces (as RS232) that a reception is arranged from the serial control signal of electric power management circuit 12a.In addition, the also configurable analog interface that an analog control signal of a reception is arranged of controlled DC power supply 404.So just do not need independent pathway 421.For example, the control signal from electric power management circuit 12a can be modulated on the power line 25.In this case, electric power management circuit 12a and controlled DC power supply 404 all are equipped with modulating/demodulating circuit known in the field, so that be created in the feedback control signal of transmission on the power line 25.
Electric power management circuit 12a comprises a power control circuit 471 and a control signal generation circuit 473.Usually, power control circuit 471 provides the power control signal of the controlled DC power supply 404 power output grades of representative for control signal generation circuit 473.Control signal generation circuit 473 comprises multiple error amplifier, is used for signal (for example, power control signal) and the associated gate limit value that is provided with for each monitored parameter are made comparisons.Be similar to the circuit 12 among Fig. 1 of detailed earlier herein.For example, error amplifier can be arranged in simulation " line or " topological structure, and like this, at first detecting the error amplifier that relevant maximum threshold situation occurs exceeding will be to controlled adapter 404 command signal.Then, appropriate control signals is transmitted to controlled DC power supply 404, for example, when reaching a max threshold, is used to reduce a power output parameter.
Fig. 4 B is depicted as another one exemplary embodiment of the electronic equipment 400a with electric power management circuit 12a of the present invention, this electric power management circuit is used for controlling the battery charge parameter, for example, by control DC/DC transducer 18 control battery charge and/or battery charging voltages.DC power supply 406 provides rechargeable electrical energy by DC/DC transducer 18 to battery.The output voltage values of DC power supply 406 can change in time.For example, DC power supply 406 is sun-generated electric powers, the light that its output voltage values receives along with power supply what and change.The DC power supply also may be a fuel cell.The fixedly output voltage values that DC power supply 406 provides may be different with the magnitude of voltage that system is expected.For example, it is 15 volts power supply that the user of electronic equipment 400a uses fixing output voltage values, and the expectation power supply of electronic equipment 400a is 20 volts.As the preferred embodiments of the present invention, under the situation that is no more than this power supply maximum output current, the DC that electric power management circuit 12 changes this output voltage values can provide maximum power.
Control signal generation circuit 473 sends a control signal for DC/DC transducer 18.This control signal can be a foregoing pwm signal 68, and this DC/DC transducer 18 can be any DC/DC transducer known in the art.Description among other elements of Fig. 4 B and operation and the prior figures 4A is similar.Therefore, the similar circuit element numbers also is similarly to mark.For simplicity's sake, just be not repeated in this description similar elements or operation here.
Fig. 5 A is depicted as the exemplary circuit diagram of the embodiment of electric power management circuit 12a, has described the details of control signal generation circuit 473 among the figure.Control signal generation circuit 473 comprises and being used for various signals and associated gate limit value multiple error amplifier 36,472,28 and 32 relatively.Here, the class of operation of the circuit of describing in the various elements of control signal generation circuit 473 and operation and the prior figures 1 12 seemingly.Therefore, the similar circuit element numbers also is similarly to mark.For simplicity's sake, just be not repeated in this description similar elements or operation here.
Because the output of controlled DC power supply 404 is Protean, so control signal generation circuit 473 can comprise a current limliting error amplifier 36 and a Power Limitation error amplifier 472 simultaneously.This current limliting error amplifier 36 is compared the signal of controlled DC power supply 404 output currents of representative with a threshold Iac_lim.Power Limitation error amplifier 472 is compared the signal of controlled DC power supply 404 power outputs of representative with a power threshold.When the output current of power supply reaches the threshold value or power output reaches power threshold, the duty ratio of the pwm control signal that provided by comparator 40 just will be provided control signal generation circuit 473.At this moment, thus controlled DC power supply 404 response pwm control signals reduce its power output.Certainly, comparator also can be replaced by other circuit, as long as this circuit can with the voltage on the building-out capacitor 38 with make comparisons from the sawtooth signal of oscillator 44, and can provide the control signal (as, analog or digital signal) of any kind of the output voltage of the controlled DC power supply of control.
Power control circuit 471 comprises sensing amplifier 34, and this sensing amplifier links to each other with sensing resistor 22 so that the signal of the controlled DC power supply 404 electric currents output of representative to be provided.Power control circuit 471 further comprises a circuit for power conversion 577.Circuit for power conversion 577 receives signal and another signal VAD that represents controlled DC power supply 404 voltages to export of the controlled DC power supply 404 electric currents output of representative from sensing amplifier 34 outputs, and the power control signal of the controlled DC power supply 404 power output sizes of representative is provided for error amplifier 472.
Fig. 5 B is depicted as another embodiment of Fig. 4 B, and wherein electric power management circuit 12a provides a control signal to offer the charge parameter of rechargeable battery 16 with control for DC/DC transducer 18.The output voltage values of DC power supply 406 may change in time, as the specific descriptions among the prior figures 4B.Control signal can be a foregoing pwm signal, and DC/DC transducer 18 also can be the DC/DC transducer of any kind known in the field.Description among other elements of Fig. 5 B and operation and the prior figures 5A is similar.Therefore, the similar circuit element numbers also is similarly to mark.For simplicity's sake, just be not repeated in this description similar elements or operation here.
Figure 6 shows that the concrete block diagram of exemplary power control circuit 471 and circuit for power conversion 577 among Fig. 5 A and Fig. 5 B.This circuit provides current signal for the error amplifier 36 in the control signal generation circuit 473, power signal is provided for error amplifier 472.Circuit for power conversion 577 comprises the standard configuration of analog or digital multiplier topological structure.Yet in order to reach the accuracy of expectation, these methods also need to be repaired.Circuit for power conversion 577 can also comprise an oblique wave oscillator 608, comparator 610, a multiplier 612 and a filter 614, will specifically describe below.
Usually, power control circuit 471 comprises sensing amplifier 34, and this sensing amplifier is monitored the pressure drop on sensing resistor 22 and an IAD signal offered the in-phase input end of comparator 610.The IAD signal can be the dc voltage signal of a representative from DC power supply 404 or 406 electric currents.Then, the sawtooth signal of fixed-frequency will be offered the inverting input of comparator 610 by oblique wave oscillator 608.The output of the oblique wave oscillator 44 in the control signal generation circuit 473 also can provide this signal to comparator 610.Like this, comparator 610 just provides an adapter electric current pulse-width signal IAD_PWM, and wherein signal pulsewidth or duty ratio are based on the IAD signal value.
Multiplier 612 is with IAD_PWM and represent the VAD signal multiplication of the output voltage values of power supply 404 or 406, thereby obtains a power_PWM signal.The power_PWM signal can be one to have and represents the output of DC power supply 404 or 406 electric currents and have the pulse-width signal of represent DC power supply 404 or 406 voltages to export.So, the power_PWM signal is just represented the instantaneous output of DC power supply 404 or 406.Then, the power_PWM signal is input to filter 614, then power signal with dc voltage value of filter output.Then offer the error amplifier 472 of control signal generation circuit 473 from this power signal of filter 614 outputs.If the instantaneous output value rises and surpasses the predetermined electric power threshold value, error amplifier 472 just makes comparator 40 provide a pwm signal to reduce to offer the charge parameter of battery.This pwm signal can offer controlled DC power supply 404 or DC/DC transducer 18.
Power control circuit 471 also can comprise a current control circuit 606.Current control circuit 606 comprises the sensing amplifier 34 that the IAD signal is offered control signal generation circuit 473.Control signal generation circuit 473 comprises an error amplifier 36, and error amplifier receives this IAD signal and it is compared with a threshold value.If output current value increases and exceeds a predetermined current thresholding, control signal generation circuit 473 just provides a control signal to reduce a charge parameter, for example, offers the charging voltage of battery 16.
Figure 7 shows that the sequential chart of various signals, further explained the power control circuit 471 of Fig. 6.Figure 70 8 shows two input signals that comparator 610 receives, or perhaps IAD signal 711 and sawtooth signal 714.Sawtooth signal 714 can be the signal of a fixed-frequency, and the joining of sawtooth signal 714 and IAD signal 711 has just defined the pulsewidth or the duty ratio of synthetic IAD_PWM signal 716 like this.For example, the time interval of t1 time and t2 time is represented one-period.IAD_PWM signal 716 is " 0 " in the time in t1 time and t2, is " 1 " in the time in t2 time and t3.Therefore, the time interval of t2 time and t3 time has defined pulsewidth or the title duty ratio from the IAD_PWM signal 716 of comparator 610.
In curve chart 708,, synthesize the just increase of pulsewidth of IAD_PWM signal 716 when IAD signal 711 position from figure is moved.Similarly, move when IAD signal 711 deposits from the figure meta, the pulsewidth of synthetic IAD_PWM signal 716 just reduces.The amplitude of IAD_PWM signal 716 is fixed value x.
Then, IAD_PWM signal 716 be input to multiplier 612 and with the VAD signal multiplication of the output voltage values of representing power supply 404 or 406.So just obtain the output signal of multiplier 612 or claim power_PWM signal 718.Therefore power_PWM signal 718 has the pulsewidth of controlled adapter 404 current output value of representative and the amplitude y of controlled matching device 404 voltage output values of representative.Then, power_PWM signal 718 is input to filter 614 so that the power signal 720 with constant DC performance number to be provided.This power signal also can be imported into control signal generation circuit 473, for example, is input to the error amplifier 472 of circuit 473.
Figure 8 shows that the physical circuit figure of an one exemplary embodiment of the electric power management circuit 12a of Fig. 4 A, Fig. 4 B, Fig. 5 A, Fig. 5 B, Fig. 6 and Fig. 7.The component labelling of describing in the element of Fig. 8 and the prior figures 6 is similar.For simplicity's sake, just be not repeated in this description this element here.
Sensing amplifier 34 can be the sensing amplifier of this area any kind.In the embodiment of Fig. 8, sensing amplifier 34 comprises a transistor MP1 by an operational amplifier 6a, gain resistor R1 and R2 control.Similar with the embodiment of Fig. 2 signal, sensing amplifier 34 can reduce the requirement that high common-mode voltage is suppressed.Sensing amplifier 34 provides IAD signal.
Voltage sampling circuit 807 can comprise a pair of resistance R 3, R4, forms a voltage divider, thereby with the scaled of the output voltage of controlled adapter and offer the in-phase input end of operational amplifier 1a.The output of operational amplifier 1a feeds back to inverting input.Those skilled in the art will appreciate that and to adopt the multiple voltage sample circuit that the VAD signal is offered multiplier 612.
Multiplier 612 can be a power buffer, effectively the amplitude of IAD_PWM input signal is converted to the amplitude of the controlled adaptor voltages value of representative.Like this, the output in power buffer just obtains the power_PWM signal.Filter 614 can be a RC filter.It is made up of with the resistance between the node 814 and a capacitor C F who is connected between node 814 and the ground an input that is connected in filter.The RC filter receives the power_PWM input signal and the power output signal with dc voltage value of representing DC output power of power supply value is provided.
Figure 9 shows that another embodiment of electric power management circuit 12b.Electric power management circuit 12b comprises an on-site judgment circuit 903, is used for the magnitude of voltage and the selectable voltage threshold value of DC power supply 902 are made comparisons, and will describe in detail below.Like this, single electric power management circuit 12b just can use the multiple DC power supply 902 with corresponding a plurality of fixedly output voltage values.
Usually, electric power management circuit 12b comprises a control signal generation circuit 905 and an on-site judgment circuit 903.Control signal generation circuit 905 comprises the multiple error amplifier in the circuit 916, is used for the associated gate limit value of signal and each monitoring parameter is made comparisons, and is similar to the specific descriptions of circuit 12 in the prior figures 1.For example, a plurality of error amplifiers can be configured to simulation " line or " topological structure, so at first detect the be correlated with error amplifier of maximum threshold situation to occur exceeding and control is offered the command signal of DC/DC transducer 904.Control signal generation circuit can comprise PWM circuit 915, is similar to the circuit 12 of pwm control signal to be provided among Fig. 1 DC/DC transducer 904.For example, relevant maximum threshold situation occurs exceeding if one of them error amplifier detects, the duty ratio that reduces pwm control signal just can reduce a power output parameter of DC/DC transducer 904.
Control signal generation circuit 905 can also comprise selector circuit known in the art in the circuit 916, be used to provide a selector control signal, this control signal is according to various monitor states and/or at least can control switch SW1, SW3 and the state of SW4 from the order of host power supply administrative unit (PMU) 912.
Usually, on-site judgment circuit 903 compares magnitude of voltage and a selectable voltage threshold value of DC power supply 902.DC power supply 902 can provide a fixedly DC power supply of any kind of output voltage values, for example, the fixedly ACDC adapter of DC output voltage is arranged.Can adopt a plurality of DC power supplys that relevant a plurality of fixedly output dc voltage values are provided.For example, an ACDC adapter provides 15 volts of DC outputs, and another ACDC adapter provides 20 volts of DC output.Voltage threshold V_SEL according to the expectation of DC power supply 902 fixedly output voltage values select.Selected voltage threshold V_SEL is normally less than the standard value of desired output magnitude of voltage.Therefore, if the DC power supply exists, and this DC power supply provides a magnitude of voltage that meets the requirement of expectation fixed voltage value, and compare operation just provides the signal of this situation of expression.
For carrying out this compare operation, on-site judgment circuit 903 comprises a comparator 931, and this comparator receives a voltage signal V_DC who represents DC power supply 902 magnitudes of voltage at its in-phase input end.Comparator 931 receives selectable voltage threshold value V_SEL at its inverting input.If DC power source voltage value exceeds selected threshold value, comparator then offers control signal generation circuit 905 with an one-output signal, shows that the output voltage that exists DC power supply and DC power supply to provide meets the requirements.
Can select the selectable voltage threshold value in several ways and provide it to comparator 931.For example, optional threshold voltage circuit 932 can provide optional threshold voltage.Among Figure 10 A, optional threshold voltage circuit 932 comprises a resistor network 1004 that receives a reference voltage level V_REF and selected voltage threshold V_SEL is provided.Resistor network 1004 comprises one or more resistance of arranging by method well known in the art, for example, and for reaching desired value or selected threshold voltage is arranged in potential-divider network.In addition, resistor network 1004 comprises the adjustable resistance element of at least one adjustable to the expectation resistance.Resistive element can adopt several different methods well known in the art to calibrate (for example, laser calibration), combines with the reference voltage V_REF that receives by resistor network 1004 like this, and an expectation threshold voltage just can be provided.
In addition, optional threshold voltage circuit 932 can comprise a memory element 1006, shown in Figure 10 B.Memory element 1006 can be any kind memory element of storing digital information, for example, random asccess memory (RAM), programmable read-only memory (prom), EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory) (EPROM), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memo) (EEPROM), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), disk (as floppy disk and hard disk) and CD (as CD-ROM) also are not limited thereto certainly.Memory element 1006 can be disposable programmable memory or time-after-time programmable memory, and this depends on the memory element type of employing and the access mode of memory element when programming again.In case the digital signal of expression expectation simulation threshold voltage program storage then can adopt digital to analog converter (DAC) 1008 digital signal of storage to be converted to the analog voltage signal of the selected voltage threshold V_SEL of representative in memory element.
In addition, can also send indication for electric power management circuit 12b by host bus 980, thereby select selected voltage threshold V_SEL by main frame PMU 912.The host interface 913 of electric power management circuit 12b offers selectable voltage threshold circuit 932 by internal signal bus 982 with signal, expects that like this threshold value just can carry out dynamic programming by main frame PMU 912.
Thereby, provide a circuit to offer a charge parameter of rechargeable battery with control here.This circuit comprises a power control circuit, the power control signal that provides one to represent DC power output valve is provided, with a control signal generation circuit, be used for when the power output valve exceeds a predetermined power threshold value, reducing to offer the charge parameter of battery.
Another circuit that provides comprises an on-site judgment circuit, be used for having one fixedly the DC power source voltage value of output voltage values compare with the selectable voltage threshold value, and if magnitude of voltage an expression DC power supply signal on the throne on the throne is provided when exceeding the selectable voltage threshold value.This circuit also comprises a control signal generation circuit, and this control signal generation circuit receives and responds this signal on the throne at least and further sends a control signal.
Those skilled in the art will be appreciated that many modifications of the present invention.Conspicuous for those skilled in the art modification and other modifications all are regarded as comprising within the spirit and scope of the present invention, and the present invention only is subject to appended claims.