Charging systems capable of determining the kind of coupled device and related methods thereof
AssigneeMediatek Inc.
InventorsChih-Yuan Hsu, Tung-Yi Wang
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method for controlling charging current to a battery of a charging system, performed by a control unit of the charging system. The method includes: (a) detecting that a device is coupled to the charging system and determining what kind of the device the charging system is coupled to; (b) adjusting the charging current to a level according to the coupled device. The charging current is generated by the coupled device.
Claims17
A control method for controlling charging current to a battery of a charging system, performed by a control unit of the charging system, comprising:
- detecting that a device is coupled to the charging system;
- and
- determining whether the coupled device comprises an USB (Universal Serial Bus) interface with two connected data lines;
- adjusting the charging current increasingly from a first level when the coupled device comprises the USB interface with two connected data lines;
- and
- adjusting the charging current to a second level when the coupled device comprises the USB interface with two disconnected data lines;
- wherein the charging current is generated by the coupled device.
A charging system with a battery, comprising:
- a control unit, coupled to the battery, for detecting that a device is coupled to the charging system, and adjusting charging current to the battery to a level;
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- a detection unit, wherein the coupled device provides the charging current through a universal serial bus (USB) interface, the detection unit generates a first voltage when the coupled device comprises the USB interface with two connected data lines, and generates a second voltage when the coupled device comprises the USB interface with two disconnected data lines;
- wherein the control unit adjusts the charging current increasingly from a first level when detecting the first voltage from the detection unit, and adjusts the charging current to a second level when detecting the second voltage from the detection unit;
- wherein the charging current is generated by the coupled device.
A charging system, coupled by a device, comprising:
- a detection unit, for generating a first voltage when the coupled device comprises a universal (USB) interface with two connected data lines, and generating a second voltage when the coupled device comprises the USB interface with two disconnected data lines;
- a battery;
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- a control unit, coupling to the detection device and the battery, for adjusting a charging current to the battery, generated by the coupled device, according to the generated first or second voltage;
- wherein after adjusting the charging current according to the generated first voltage, the control unit increases the charging current from the adjusted charging current.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.