WO1993019508A1 - A power supply and battery charging system - Google Patents
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
- H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
- H02J7/00—Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
- H02J7/0068—Battery or charger load switching, e.g. concurrent charging and load supply
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
- H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
- H02J7/00—Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
- H02J7/007—Regulation of charging or discharging current or voltage
- H02J7/00712—Regulation of charging or discharging current or voltage the cycle being controlled or terminated in response to electric parameters
- H02J7/007182—Regulation of charging or discharging current or voltage the cycle being controlled or terminated in response to electric parameters in response to battery voltage
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
- H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
- H02J7/00—Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
- H02J7/007—Regulation of charging or discharging current or voltage
- H02J7/007188—Regulation of charging or discharging current or voltage the charge cycle being controlled or terminated in response to non-electric parameters
- H02J7/007192—Regulation of charging or discharging current or voltage the charge cycle being controlled or terminated in response to non-electric parameters in response to temperature
- H02J7/007194—Regulation of charging or discharging current or voltage the charge cycle being controlled or terminated in response to non-electric parameters in response to temperature of the battery
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
- H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
- H02J9/00—Circuit arrangements for emergency or stand-by power supply, e.g. for emergency lighting
- H02J9/04—Circuit arrangements for emergency or stand-by power supply, e.g. for emergency lighting in which the distribution system is disconnected from the normal source and connected to a standby source
- H02J9/06—Circuit arrangements for emergency or stand-by power supply, e.g. for emergency lighting in which the distribution system is disconnected from the normal source and connected to a standby source with automatic change-over, e.g. UPS systems
- H02J9/061—Circuit arrangements for emergency or stand-by power supply, e.g. for emergency lighting in which the distribution system is disconnected from the normal source and connected to a standby source with automatic change-over, e.g. UPS systems for DC powered loads
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- This invention relates in general to power supplies and battery charging systems and, more particularly, to a battery charging system for portable electronic devices or electrically powered devices that can function as a universal power source for powering the portable device, charging the batteries, or both.
- Portable electronic devices such as, for example, personal computers of the notebook, laptop, palmtop, or pen- based type, digital oscilloscopes, communications analyzers, surveying equipment, etc., usually have complex power supply requirements.
- a portable computer typically drives a large display, a microprocessor, and a disk drive such as a floppy disk or hard drive, or both.
- Early "luggable" personal computers (PCs) used displays that were small cathode ray tubes (CRT) with floppy drives.
- CTR cathode ray tubes
- a portable computer 1 uses a power supply that includes an AC adapter 2 (an external AC/DC switcher) , some form of limited current 3 to trickle charge the battery, steering diodes 4 to isolate the battery 5 from the raw supply voltage and an internal DC/DC converter 6.
- the DC/DC converter operates from either the power external supply or 6 to 10 internal nickel/cadmium (NiCad) batteries, which supply power for about one to two hours. This tends to restrict charging to trickle charge currents and wastes power in the steering diodes, reducing battery discharge time. To charge the battery rapidly, careful attention mus be paid to the level of charge to prevent overcharging th battery.
- a common method to detect full charge is known a "negative delta V" (- ⁇ V) .
- This method detects the smal negative change in voltage across the NiCad cell as it become fully charged.
- the rapid charg current must be held constant and cannot be a function of th computer load current; or, the battery must be disconnected fro the charger while measuring - ⁇ V as is done in the example show in FIG. IB.
- Powe supply 10 includes an AC adaptor 12, which has a wide range A input and is capable of providing 35 Watts (W) of DC output t the device and batteries 16. While charging, a current contro maintains constant current to the combination of battery 16 an a DC-DC converter 14. In this manner, as more current is draw by DC-DC converter 14, less current is supplied to charge th battery.
- the powe converter topology includes a two-field-effect-transistor (FET) forward converter 18 with both a current control and a maximu voltage control.
- FET field-effect-transistor
- AC adaptor 12 uses a - ⁇ V battery chargin technique controlled by an internal processor 20. Power for DC DC convertor 14 and battery charging is transferred over the +V and -VA leads. Negative ⁇ V is measured across leads +VS and VS. To prevent false readings, a FET switch in the negativ lead of the battery is turned off while - ⁇ V is being measured AC adaptor 12 reverts to a constant maximum voltage control whe the battery becomes fully charged and is removed from th charging circuit by turning off the FET switch, or by physicall removing the battery. To protect against over-charging th battery, AC adaptor 12 uses a battery-charge timer and a charg detector.
- the power-conversion circuits for the DC outputs ar FET buck and boost converters operating at about 50 kilohert (kHz). Because of the range of battery voltage while chargin and discharging, DC-DC converter 14 is required to operate ove a 2:1 voltage range. Typically, digital logic and analo application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) are used t minimize circuit space normally required for status and contro signals.
- ASICs application specific integrated circuits
- a novel powe charger apparatus for supplying electrical power t an electrical device for operation or to a battery for charging, or to both.
- the charger apparatus comprises a primary powe supply for supplying power from an external power source to th power charger, a power converter coupled to the primary powe supply for converting the power received by the primary powe supply rom the external power source into a form usable by th power charger, and a power controller coupled to the powe converter for controlling the power applied to the device or th battery, or both, whereby, regardless of the rate of charge o the battery, a constant current is maintained for charging th battery while the voltage across the device and battery i allowed to vary.
- the power charger also includes a charge rat sensor connected in series with the battery and coupled to th power controller for determining the state of the charge of th battery by measuring the voltage across the charge rate sensor
- the charge rate sensor comprises a variable resistance value and a voltage detector for measuring the voltage across the resistor while the battery is charging.
- the variable resistance value allows the battery to either rapid charge, trickle charge, or discharge (power the device) .
- a charge monitor connected to the battery and coupled to the power controller, monitors the battery during charging and signals the power controller the state of charge on the battery. Based on the monitoring by the charge monitor, the charge monitor and power controller place the battery into either a rapid charge, trickle charge, or power discharge state.
- the charge monitor uses either a temperature sensing system, a change of voltage sensing (- ⁇ V) system, or a charge timing system, or any combination of the three.
- the power controller uses a signal amplifier, such as an error amplifier, which has a constant signal input and a charge rate input from the charge rate sensor, and a control output, which is based upon the difference between the constant signal input and the charge rate input, to control the current across the battery.
- the primary power supply uses a pulsewidth invertor responsive to the power controller.
- the invertor may be, for example, a current mode pulsewidth modulated flyback invertor.
- a signalling device for example, an LED coupled to a waveform generator and the power controller, provides a signal representative of the state of operation in which the power charger is operating, i.e. rapid charge, trickle charge, battery discharging, or charger-powered.
- FIGS. 1A and IB are block diagrams illustrating two known electrical power supplies for a portable computer
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the power supply-battery charger according to the present invention
- FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the control and power circuitry of the power supply-battery charger shown in FIG. 2;
- FIG. 4 is a schematic illustration of the control circuitry and battery of the battery pack shown in FIG. 2. Detailed Description of the Specific Embodiments
- FIG. 2 illustrates a block diagram of a batter charger and power system 100 for use with an electronic device
- power system 100 may be adapted to operate computer 200, such as a portable notebook computer.
- computer 200 such as a portable notebook computer.
- Connecte in parallel with computer 200 is a charging unit or charger 30 and a battery pack 400.
- Charger 300 further comprises a primary section 30 and a secondary section 304. Within secondary 304 there are power rectifier and filter unit 306, a charge sensing an control circuit 308, and a signal control circuit 310. A exemplary embodiment of charger 300 is illustrated in FIG. 3.
- Battery pack 400 comprises a battery 402 connected t feedback and control circuitry 404.
- An exemplary embodiment o battery pack 400 is illustrated in FIG. 4.
- Charger 300 is capable either of charging battery pac 400 or operating computer 200, or both simultaneously.
- I battery pack 400 is not present in the unit, charger 300 power computer 200. If battery pack 400 is connected to charger 300 which is capable of sensing the presence of battery pack 400 charger 300 begins charging the battery pack while powerin computer 200. Upon reaching a full charge, battery pack 400 i switched out of full charge operation and is placed in a trickl charge operation from charger 300. Since both battery pack 40 and computer 200 connect in parallel, with no separate means o current limiting between charger 300 and battery pack 400 charger 300 must monitor current through battery pack 400 an provide adequate voltage that will support the required chargin current for battery pack 400. Accordingly, as battery pack 40 charges, the voltage increases across both battery pack 400 an computer 200.
- FIG. 3 shows a schematic drawing of an exemplar embodiment of charger 300.
- Primary circuit 302 is an AC-D adapter for converting AC wall current into DC voltage.
- Primar circuit 302 includes a transformer and a bridge and othe circuitry, which are not important for a full understanding o the present invention, and are left for the skilled artisan to implement.
- power rectifier and filter circuit 306 On the opposite side of primary circuit 302 is power rectifier and filter circuit 306, which include power outputs P+ and P- for connection to either battery pack 400 or computer 200, or both.
- Charge sensing and control circuit 308 comprises two parts, control circuitry 308A and control circuitry 308B.
- Control circuitry 308A is directly connected to power rectifier and filter 306, while control circuitry 308B is directly connected to primary 302.
- Control circuitry 308A and 308B are coupled together via light emitting diode (LED) 1, which is part of control circuitry 308A, and light transducer LQ 1, which is part of control circuitry 308B.
- Control circuitry 308B further comprises a pulsewidth invertor 309, which is a current mode pulsewidth modulated flyback invertor. Invertor 309 interacts with primary circuit 302 to set the pulsewidth at a duty cycle that will, when rectified and integrated by filter 306, maintain the desired output voltage or current.
- Control circuit 308A includes several connectors such as current sense 312, common sense 314, charge enable 316, and rapid charge 318. Connectors 312, 314, 316, 318, provide connection between charger 300 and battery pack 400. Also connected to control circuitry 308A and to rapid charge connector 318 is signal control circuitry 310. Signal control circuitry 310 comprises an LED 2 connected to a 555 timer square wave generator circuit 320. LED 2 is used to signal the battery charging state to the user.
- a reference circuit 322 having pins 1 to 8 and coupled between P+ and P- and coupled to current sense connector 312, provides a reference voltage equal to about 2.5 volts (V) at its output pin 1.
- the 2.5 V is divided by Rl and R2 to produce a 200 mV reference voltage at the input of error amplifier 324 at pin 3, which is coupled between reference circuit 322 and filter 306 and includes pins 1 to 5.
- the voltage between current sense line 312 and common sense line 314 is presented to error amplifier 324, at pin 2 through resistor R3. Both the voltages at error amplifier 324 pins 2 and 3 are measured with respect to reference circuit 322, pin 2, which provides a common ground.
- the output at pin 1 of error amplifier 324 causes charger 300 to increase or decrease its output accordingly to maintain constant current through battery pack 400 sufficiently enough to impress 200 mV across a current sense resistor in battery pack 400.
- Error amplifier 324 pin 1 sets a current through LED 1, which current causes LQ 1 to control invertor 309 to provide a proper pulsewidth to maintain the desired current.
- a voltage applied to pin 2 of error amplifier 324 is compared to the 200 mV reference voltage at pin 3. This voltage is divided by resistors R4 and R5 from the voltage at wire 326.
- the voltage at wire 326 is an image of the charger output voltage at P+.
- error amplifier 324 pin 1 sets the current in LED 1 to maintain constant voltage to computer 200.
- the operation of LQ 1 and invertor 309 are the same as above when controlling current.
- the proper mode (current or voltage) is automatically selected upon removal of the battery by comparing voltage from wire 326, instead of voltage from the battery, to the 200 mV reference.
- This dual mode operation allows for a more controlled charger output voltage by eliminating having the charging current regulator in series with the battery.
- An added advantage is that a single output for both the battery charging and operating voltage for the computer replaces the need for separate outputs for both. Furthermore, this eliminates the need for steering diodes, which otherwise waste power when placed in the path of the battery and the computer and also increase the required operating range for the charger.
- the computer is no longer an integral part of the regulating feedback path; therefore, charger 300 and battery pack 400 can operate independently of computer 200, which means that charger 300 can be used as a stand-alone rapid charger for battery pack 400.
- FIG 4 provides a schematic diagram of an exemplary embodiment of battery pack 400.
- battery pack 400 includes connectors for connection to computer 200 and charger unit 300 via connectors P+, P-, 312, 314, 316, and 318.
- a second type of connector, a Hosiden connector 410 is provided and duplicates the same connections as P+, Pi, 312-318 for mounting battery pack 400 directly on charger unit 300 to provide a rapid charge of battery pack 400 only.
- Connector 410 also allows the battery to be worn on a belt and connected to computer 200 through a cable.
- Feedback control 404 further comprises charge control circuit 406 and charge monitoring circuit 408.
- Monitoring circuit 408 may implement one of several type of charge monitoring devices known in the art.
- monitoring circuit 408 may use the technique of observing the temperature change within the battery and change charging status based on selected temperature settings. Another technique may observe the - ⁇ V value to determine charge state. Yet still, the technique of timing the charging state may also be used. Any combination of the above systems may be used for improved accuracy and reliability.
- the charging states may also include rapid charge, slow charge and trickle charge.
- Monitor circuit 408 includes an ambient temperature sensor 412 and a battery temperature sensor 414. Voltage from both sensors 412 and 414 are compared at rapid charge temperature threshold circuit or ⁇ omparitor 416. Both temperature sensors 412 and 414 are further coupled to absolute temperature comparitor 418.
- Monitor circuit 408 is activated when battery pack 400 is connected to charger unit 300 and charger unit 300 is on. Under these conditions, and when charge enable connector 316 is low, transistor Q3 is on. At this point, diode D2 serves as a voltage reference that establishes three offset voltages. Two offset voltages from pins 3 and 2 of diode D2 provide voltage offset for the two temperature sensors 412 and 414, respectively. The third voltage offset provides a reference for absolute temperature comparitor 418. Ambient temperature sensor 412 is offset at an equivalent positive ten degrees Celsius (10°C) with respect to battery temperature sensor 414. Output pins 2 of ambient sensor 412 and battery temperature sensor 414 are compared at pin inputs 2 and 3, respectively, of comparitor 416.
- comparitor 416 If input 2 becomes greater than input 3 at comparitor 416, pin output 3 of comparitor 416 goes low, causing itself to latch in that state through diode D4. If the output of battery sensor 416 reaches the absolute temperature level set at comparitor 418, the output of comparitor 418 will go low, but will not latch in that state. As the temperature decreases, the output from comparitor 418 will then go high.
- transistor Q3 When a charge is absent from charge enable connector 316, transistor Q3 turns off, disabling the control circuitry 404, and transistor Q5 turns on, which bypasses the sense resistors, to improve operating efficiency while transferring the charge from battery 402 to power computer 200.
- Transistor Q6, when on, enables rapid charge connector 318 to activate signal control circuitry 310 of charger 300.
- control circuitry 406 senses the presence of charger unit 300 when transistor Q2 turns on with current through resistor R6 of control circuitry 308A (FIG. 3). The collector current of Q2 is limited by emitter resistor R7 so that if charge enable connector 316 is forced high by computer 200, charger 300 powers down and places battery pack 400 in a mode of supplying current to computer 200.
- computer 200 to drain battery 402.
- computer 200 provides a low battery detection signal by means of battery voltage monitors within the computer, and returns control of Q2 to charger 300 to begin recharging battery 402.
- This allows the system to condition battery 402 by discharging to lowest allowable voltage, and then fully charging. This procedure erases the "memory effect," which is a reduced charge storage ability due to repeated incomplete discharge cycles.
- the charger system may replace the AC/DC converter with a DC/DC convertor.
- Other embodiments of the invention embodying the same or equivalent principals may be used and structural changes may be made as desired-by those skilled in the art without departing from the present invention. Accordingly, the described embodiments are in no way intended to limit the scope of the invention except as limited by the following claims.
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