TW201610453A - Determination apparatus, determination method and electronic apparatus system for battery module - Google Patents

Abstract

A determination apparatus for a battery module is coupled to a chip module and comprises a reference-voltage module to generate a comparison voltage; and a logic determination module to receive the comparison voltage and an input voltage of the battery module for determining an operational type of the battery module according to a comparison result of the input voltage and the comparison voltage, so as to output an operational voltage to set a default operational voltage value of the chip module.

Description

Battery module judging device, judging method and electronic device

The present invention relates to a judging device, a judging method and an electronic device for a battery module, and more particularly to a judging device which can be used to determine the type of a battery module, corresponding to a chip module of a coupling electronic module. Operating Voltage.

Currently available mobile electronic devices, such as notebook computers or tablet devices, may be matched with different types of replaceable battery modules due to different product specifications and design requirements, such as double cell (2 cell) serial connection, three battery cells. (3 cell), etc., or use more battery cores. In this case, since one of the wafer modules coupled to the battery module can only use a fixed operating voltage value, when the user inserts a different type of battery module or one of the electronic devices, system management (SM) convergence When the row display fails, the wafer module is operated under a non-fixed operating voltage value, thereby causing the battery module to generate an overvoltage protection or a low voltage protection.

Therefore, it is an important subject in the art to provide a judging device that can be used to determine the type of a battery module to correspondingly set the operating voltage of a chip module coupled to an electronic module.

Therefore, the main object of the present invention is to provide a judging device, a judging method, and an electronic device that can be used to determine the type of a battery module to correspondingly set an operating voltage of a chip module coupled to an electronic module.

The invention discloses a judging device for a battery module, coupled to a chip module, the judging device comprises a voltage reference module for generating a comparison voltage, and a logic judging module for receiving the battery One of the modules inputs the voltage and the comparison voltage, and according to the input voltage The comparison result of one of the comparison voltages determines the type of the battery module, and further outputs an operating voltage to set a preset operating voltage value of the wafer module.

The present invention further discloses a method for determining a determining device, the determining device coupled to a battery module and a chip module, the determining method comprising: generating a comparison voltage; and receiving an input voltage of the battery module, and Determining the type of the battery module according to the comparison result of the input voltage and the comparison voltage, and outputting an operating voltage to set a preset operating voltage value of the chip module.

The invention further discloses an electronic device comprising a voltage reference module for generating a comparison voltage, a battery module for generating an input voltage, an embedded controller for generating an embedded control signal, and a wafer module a combination of the battery module and the embedded controller; and a logic determining module coupled to the chip module, the embedded controller and the battery module for receiving the input voltage, the comparison voltage, and the The control signal is embedded, and the type of the battery module is determined according to the comparison result of the input voltage and the comparison voltage, and then an operating voltage is output to set a preset working voltage value of the chip module.

10‧‧‧Electronic devices

100‧‧‧Voltage Reference Module

102‧‧‧Logical judgment module

1020‧‧‧Logical judgment unit

1022‧‧‧Setting unit

104‧‧‧ wafer module

106‧‧‧Battery module

108‧‧‧ embedded controller

30‧‧‧Method of judgment

300, 302, 304, 306, 308‧ ‧ steps

U1‧‧‧ comparator

R1~R7‧‧‧ resistance

Q1~Q3‧‧‧Transistor Switch

D1~D3‧‧‧ diode

C1‧‧‧ capacitor

VREG‧‧‧ operating voltage

VIN‧‧‧ initial voltage

V2‧‧‧ drive voltage

V_Ref‧‧‧Comparative voltage

V_B‧‧‧ input voltage

S_EC‧‧‧ embedded control signal

S_BAT‧‧‧ control signal

SMBus‧‧‧ system management bus

FIG. 1 is a simplified schematic diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a detailed schematic view of some of the components of the electronic device in Figure 1.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a determination process according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

Certain terms are used throughout the description and following claims to refer to particular elements. It should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that manufacturers may refer to the same elements by different nouns. The scope of this specification and the subsequent patent application do not use the difference of the names as the means for distinguishing the elements, but the differences in the functions of the elements as the basis for the distinction. The term "including" as used throughout the specification and subsequent claims is an open term and should be interpreted as "including but not limited to". In addition, the term "coupled" is used in this context to include any direct and indirect Electrical connection means. Therefore, if a first device is coupled to a second device, it means that the first device can be directly connected to the second device or indirectly connected to the second device through other devices or connection means.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a simplified schematic diagram of an electronic device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1 , the electronic device 10 includes a voltage reference module 100 , a logic determination module 102 , a chip module 104 , a battery module 106 , and an embedded controller 108 . In this embodiment, the voltage reference module 100 can generate a comparison voltage V_Ref and transmit it to the logic determination module 102. After the battery module 106 is coupled to the electronic device 10, the battery module 106 can be coupled to the chip module 104 through a system management (SM) bus bar SMBus, and an input voltage V_B is generated to the logic determining module. 102. In addition, when the battery module 106 is coupled to the embedded controller 108, the embedded controller 108 will adaptively generate an embedded control signal S_EC to the logic determining module 102. The logic determination module 102 in this embodiment will receive the comparison voltage V_Ref, the input voltage V_B and the embedded control signal S_EC, and determine the type of the battery module 106 according to the comparison result of the input voltage V_B and the comparison voltage V_Ref, and then output A working voltage is used to set a preset operating voltage value of the wafer module 104.

Preferably, the type of the battery module 106 in this embodiment may include a double cell (2 cell) serial or a three cell serial (3 cell) serial design. In other words, if the electronic device 10 has different functional designs or different needs of the user, the battery module 106 in this embodiment can also be compatible with the battery modules of different capacitances, and only needs to pass through the logic determination module 102. The size of the input voltage V_B is first determined to determine the type of the battery module 106, and the preset operating voltage value of the chip module is set.

In the prior art, when the user fails to display the system management bus bar of different types of battery modules or electronic devices, the chip module will be operated at a non-preset working voltage value that deviates from the original preset operating voltage. According to this, the battery module will have an overvoltage protection or a low voltage protection. In contrast, in this embodiment, the logic determination module 102 is used to determine the type of the battery module 106 (ie, the capacity of the battery module 106) to correspond to the preset operation of the chip module. The voltage value is such that the electronic device 10 can arbitrarily plug in battery modules of different capacitances, thereby improving the application range of the electronic device 10. Of course, those skilled in the art can also modify the judgment mechanism of the logic judgment module 102, so that the type of the battery module 106 in this embodiment can also be a single battery core or more than three battery cores connected in series. The circumstances are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

Please refer to FIG. 2 again. FIG. 2 is a detailed schematic diagram of some components of the electronic device 10 in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the voltage reference module 100 includes resistors R1 and R2, which apply Ohm's law and divide the initial voltage VIN by appropriately adjusting the resistance values of the resistors R1 and R2, and correspondingly generate a comparison voltage. V_Ref is transmitted to the logic determination module 102. In addition, the logic determining module 102 in this embodiment includes a logic determining unit 1020 and a setting unit 1022. In this embodiment, the logic determining unit 1020 includes a comparator U1, resistors R3 and R4, a transistor switch Q1, and a diode D1. The setting unit 1022 includes resistors R5, R6, and R7 and a transistor switch Q2. , Q3, diode D2, D3 and a capacitor C1. Accordingly, the logic determining unit 1020 receives the input voltage V_B to determine whether the voltage value of one of the input voltages V_B exceeds the comparison voltage V_Ref, and when the voltage value exceeds the comparison voltage V_Ref, the logic determining unit 1020 determines the type of the battery module 106. The three battery cells are connected in series, and the preset working voltage value of the wafer module 104 is set corresponding to the output working voltage value. When the logic determining unit 1020 determines that the voltage value does not exceed the comparison voltage V_Ref, the setting unit 1022 resets the preset operating voltage value of the wafer module 104 to the double battery cell serial connection.

In detail, the voltage reference module 100 generates a comparison voltage V_Ref of 8.8 volts corresponding to the resistance values of the adjustment resistors R1, R2, and transmits the comparison voltage V_Ref to the comparator U1. When the battery module 106 is inserted into the electronic device 10 (or when the system management bus has not been established, or the system management bus has been shown as failed), the battery module 106 also transmits the input voltage V_B to the comparator U1. Accordingly, when the input voltage V_B is greater than the comparison voltage V_Ref (ie, the input voltage V_B is greater than 8.8 volts), the transistor switch Q1 will be correspondingly turned off, so that an operating voltage VREG is directly used to set the wafer module 104 to a high level. The bit signal is set and the preset operating voltage value of the die module 104 is set to the voltage to which the three cell cores are connected in series.

When the input voltage V_B is smaller than the comparison voltage V_Ref (ie, the input voltage V_B is less than 8.8 volts), the transistor switch Q1 of the setting unit 1022 will be turned on correspondingly, and one of the pins of the wafer module 104 will be in a floating state. At this time, the resistors R3, R4, and R7 and the diodes D1 to D3 can be used to prevent a reverse voltage and avoid damage of the wafer module 104, and the resistors R5 and R6 can also suitably generate a driving voltage V2 of 3.3 volts, and When the battery module 106 is inserted into the electronic device 10, a low-level control signal S_BAT is generated correspondingly, so that the transistor switch Q3 is turned on correspondingly, and then the capacitor C1 is turned on after the diode D3 is turned on, so that the capacitor C1 is instantaneously charged. After the turn-on, a pulse signal is generated to activate the transistor switch Q2, thereby resetting the preset operating voltage of the wafer module 104 to a voltage suitable for serial connection of the double cells. In addition, the embedded controller 108 in this embodiment is also used to directly generate an embedded control signal S_EC to correspond to the preset operating voltage value of the chip module 104, thereby solving the battery module inserted in the electronic device 10. The operating voltages applied between 106 and the die module 104 are incompatible with each other, the system management bus has not been established, or the system management bus has been displayed as a failure, and the wafer module operation is prevented from deviating from the original preset operating voltage. It is not the preset working voltage value, and the exclusion of the battery module will operate as voltage protection or low voltage protection, which will not operate normally.

Further, the determination method applicable to the logic determination module 102 of the electronic device 10 in the embodiment can be further summarized into a determination flow 30, as shown in FIG. The judgment process 30 includes the following steps: Step 300: Start.

Step 302: The voltage reference module 100 generates a comparison voltage V_Ref.

Step 304: The comparator U1 of the logic determining unit 1020 receives the input voltage V_B of the battery module 106, and determines whether the magnitude of the input voltage V_B exceeds the value of the comparison voltage V_Ref. When the input voltage V_B exceeds the value of the comparison voltage V_Ref, step 306 is performed; otherwise, step 308 is performed.

Step 306: The logic determining unit 1020 determines that the type of the battery module 106 is a three-cell serial connection, and sets a preset working voltage value of the wafer module 104 corresponding to the output operating voltage value.

Step 308: The setting unit 1022 uses the opening and closing operation of the transistor switch Q3 or the embedded control signal S_EC to reset the preset operating voltage value of the wafer module 104 as a double battery cell serial connection.

The detailed operation contents of the determination flow 30 provided in this embodiment can be further understood in the first and second figures and related paragraphs, and are not described herein. It should be noted that the sequence of operations of steps 302 and 304 of the process flow 30 is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, that is, the person skilled in the art may modify the relevant content according to the general knowledge, so that the comparator U1 of the logic determining unit 1020 receives the battery module. After the input voltage V_B of the group 106, the voltage reference module 100 generates the comparison voltage V_Ref, and then the comparator U1 determines whether the magnitude of the input voltage V_B exceeds the value of the comparison voltage V_Ref, and then proceeds to step 306 or step 308.

In short, in the present embodiment, the comparison voltage V_Ref is generated through the voltage reference module 100, and after the battery module 106 is inserted into the electronic device 10, the logic determination module 102 correspondingly sets/resets the pre-set of the wafer module 104. The operating voltage value is set to prevent the battery module 104 from being over-voltage protected or low-voltage protected from operating normally. Of course, the conventional knowledge in the art can also modify the setting operation of the comparison voltage V_Ref and the logic determination module 102 in the embodiment, for example, integrating the comparison voltage V_Ref into the logic determination module 102 to form a voltage determination module. The voltage determination module is directly coupled between the battery module 106 and the wafer module 104. Furthermore, the types of the transistor switches depicted in this embodiment are merely exemplary. In addition, the prior art may also modify the original voltage reference module 100 to simultaneously generate multiple sets of comparison voltages to correspond to different capacitances. After the battery module 106 is inserted into the electronic device 10, the voltage determination module determines whether the capacitance of the battery module 106 is one of a plurality of sets of comparison voltages, and further sets the wafer mode corresponding to the output operating voltage value. The preset operating voltage value of the group 104 is a single battery core, a double battery core serial connection, a triple battery core serial connection, or three or more battery core serial connections, etc., and is also within the scope of the present invention.

In summary, the embodiments of the present invention provide a device and a method for determining a battery module of an electronic device. The determining device is provided with a logic determining module and is configured to determine the capacity of the battery module. To set/reset the preset work of the chip module to which the battery module is coupled The voltage value, in order to avoid the overvoltage protection or low voltage protection of the battery module, cannot be operated normally. At the same time, the embodiment can also solve the problem that the system management busbar corresponding to the electronic device has not been established, or the system management bus has been Displayed as a failure, thereby increasing the range of applications of electronic devices.

The above are only the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and all changes and modifications made to the scope of the present invention should be within the scope of the present invention.

10‧‧‧Electronic devices

100‧‧‧Voltage Reference Module

102‧‧‧Logical judgment module

104‧‧‧ wafer module

106‧‧‧Battery module

108‧‧‧ embedded controller

V_B‧‧‧ input voltage

S_EC‧‧‧ embedded control signal

SMBus‧‧‧ system management bus

Claims (15)

A determining device for a battery module is coupled to a chip module, the determining device comprising: a voltage reference module for generating a comparison voltage; and a logic determining module for receiving the battery module The input voltage is compared with the comparison voltage, and the type of the battery module is determined according to the comparison result of the input voltage and the comparison voltage, and then an operating voltage is output to set a preset operating voltage value of the chip module. The judging device of claim 1, wherein the type of the battery module comprises a double battery core series or a three battery core series connection. The determining device of claim 2, wherein the logic determining module further comprises: a logic determining unit configured to receive the input voltage and the comparison voltage to determine whether a voltage value of the input voltage exceeds the comparison voltage, And when the voltage value exceeds the comparison voltage, determining that the type of the battery module is a series connection of the three battery cells, and correspondingly outputting the working voltage value to set the preset working voltage value of the chip module. The determining device of claim 3, wherein the logic determining module further comprises: a setting unit, configured to reset the pre-determination of the chip module when the logic determining unit determines that the voltage value does not exceed the comparison voltage The working voltage value is set to be connected in series. The determining device of claim 4, wherein the setting unit further activates a capacitor unit to generate a pulse signal by using an embedded control signal or a switching element to open and close the capacitor unit, thereby resetting the pre-determination of the chip module. The working voltage value is set to be connected in series. A judging method for a judging device, the judging device is coupled to a battery module and a chip module, the judging method comprises: generating a comparison voltage; and receiving an input voltage of the battery module, and according to the input The voltage is compared with the comparison voltage to determine the type of the battery module, and then an operating voltage is output to set a preset operating voltage value of the wafer module. The method of determining according to claim 6, wherein the type of the battery module comprises a double battery core series or a three battery core series connection. The method of claim 7, further comprising determining, by a logic determining unit, whether a voltage value of the input voltage exceeds the comparison voltage, and determining the battery module when the voltage value exceeds the comparison voltage The type is that the three battery cells are serially connected, and the preset operating voltage value of the wafer module is set corresponding to the output of the working voltage value. The method of claim 8, further comprising: when the logic determining unit determines that the voltage value does not exceed the comparison voltage, using a setting unit to reset the preset operating voltage value of the chip module to the double The battery cells are connected in series. The method of determining the method of claim 9, further comprising: opening and closing a capacitor unit to generate a pulse signal, and then resetting the preset operating voltage of the chip module by using an embedded control signal or a switching element The value is the serial connection of the two battery cells. An electronic device comprising: a voltage reference module for generating a comparison voltage; a battery module for generating an input voltage; an embedded controller for generating an embedded control signal; and a chip module coupled Connecting the battery module and the embedded controller; and a logic determining module coupled to the chip module, the embedded controller and the battery module, configured to receive the input voltage, the comparison voltage, and the embedded control signal And determining the type of the battery module according to the comparison result of the input voltage and the comparison voltage, and further outputting an operating voltage to set a preset operating voltage value of the chip module. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the type of the battery module comprises a double battery core serial or a three battery core serial connection. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the logic determining module further comprises: a logic determining unit configured to receive the input voltage and the comparison voltage to determine whether a voltage value of the input voltage exceeds the comparison voltage, And when the voltage value exceeds the comparison When pressing, determining the type of the battery module is a series connection of the three battery cells, and correspondingly outputting the working voltage value to set the preset working voltage value of the chip module. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the logic determining module further comprises: a setting unit, configured to reset the pre-determination of the chip module when the logic determining unit determines that the voltage value does not exceed the comparison voltage The working voltage value is set to be connected in series. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the setting unit further activates a capacitor unit to generate a pulse signal by using the embedded control signal or a switching element to open and close the capacitor unit, thereby resetting the pre-determination of the chip module. The working voltage value is set to be connected in series.