Bi-directional battery charging circuit with voltage regulation control
AssigneeMonolithic Power Systems, Inc.
InventorsYuncong Jiang, Christian Sporck, Guanghui Li
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AssigneeMonolithic Power Systems, Inc.
InventorsYuncong Jiang, Christian Sporck, Guanghui Li
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An electric system has an input terminal to receive an input voltage, a system output terminal to provide a system voltage, and N charging units for charging N loads respectively. The electric system has an input switch coupled between the input terminal and a first terminal, a switching circuit coupled between the first terminal and the system output terminal. The switching circuit converts the a boost output voltage at the first terminal to the system voltage, or converts the system voltage to the boost output voltage. The electric system further has a voltage control module having N input terminals coupled to the N charging units respectively, the voltage control module senses N charging currents passing through the N charging units respectively, and adjusts the boost output voltage based on the N charging currents.
An electric system, having an input terminal to receive an input voltage, a system output terminal to provide a system voltage, and N charging output terminals coupled to N loads respectively, wherein N is an integer greater than 1, the electric system comprising:
A method for controlling an electric system, wherein the electric system has an input terminal to receive an input voltage, a system output terminal to provide a system voltage, an input switch coupled between the input terminal and a first terminal, and a switching circuit coupled between the first terminal and the system output terminal, the switching circuit works in a buck mode to convert a boost output voltage at the first terminal to the system voltage or works in a boost mode to convert the system voltage to the boost output voltage at the first terminal, the electric system further has N charging units for charging N loads respectively, wherein N is an integer greater than 1, and for each i from 1 to N, wherein i is an integer in a range from 1 to N, the ith charging unit has an input terminal coupled to the first terminal, and an output terminal coupled to ith load of the N loads, the method comprising the steps of:
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