Electronic device and power adapter therefor

Abstract

An electronic device and a power adapter are provided. The power adapter comprises a power circuit, a main control circuit, a potential adjustment circuit, a current detection circuit, a voltage detection circuit and an output switch circuit. When a conventional charging or a quick charging is performed on the battery in the electronic device, the main control circuit determines whether the output current of the power adapter is greater than a current threshold according to the current detecting signal and determines whether the output voltage of the power adapter is greater than a voltage threshold according to the voltage detecting signal; if the output current of the power adapter is greater than the current threshold and/or the output voltage of the power adapter is greater than the voltage threshold, the main control circuit controls the output switch circuit to turn off the direct current output of the power adapter.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A power adapter, comprising a communication interface through which the power adapter charges a battery in an electronic device and performs a data communication with the electronic device, wherein, the power adapter is configured to:
 during the data communication between the power adapter and the electronic device, send at least one of an output current and an output voltage of the power adapter to the electronic device, receive a charging stop instruction fed back by the electronic device when the electronic device determines that the output current of the power adapter is greater than a current threshold and/or the output voltage of the power adapter is greater than a voltage threshold, and turn off direct current output of the power adapter according to the charging stop instruction.   
     
     
         2 . The power adapter according to  claim 1 , wherein, the power adapter is further configured to:
 when a first charging or a second charging is performed on the battery in the electronic device, determine whether the output current of the power adapter is greater than the current threshold and determine whether the output voltage of the power adapter is greater than the voltage threshold, wherein a charging speed in the first charging is less than that in the second charging;   when the output current of the power adapter is greater than the current threshold and/or the output voltage of the power adapter is greater than the voltage threshold, turn off the direct current output of the power adapter.   
     
     
         3 . The power adapter according to  claim 2 , comprising an isolation transformer, a main control circuit, a potential adjusting circuit, a current detection circuit, a voltage detection circuit and an output switch circuit; wherein,
 the potential adjusting circuit is configured to drive a voltage tracking and controlling circuit to adjust an output voltage of the isolation transformer according to a control signal sent by the main control circuit;   the current detection circuit is configured to detect the output current of the power adapter and feeds back a current detecting signal to the main control circuit;   the voltage detection circuit is configured to detect the output voltage of the power adapter and feeds back a voltage detecting signal to the main control circuit;   the output switch circuit is configured to turn on or off the direct current output of the power adapter according to a switching control signal sent by the main control circuit;   the main control circuit is configured to:
 when the first charging or the second charging is performed on the battery in the electronic device, determine whether the output current of the power adapter is greater than the current threshold according to the current detecting signal and determine whether the output voltage of the power adapter is greater than the voltage threshold according to the voltage detecting signal; when the output current of the power adapter is greater than the current threshold and/or the output voltage of the power adapter is greater than the voltage threshold, control the output switch circuit to turn off the direct current output of the power adapter; during the data communication between the main control circuit and the electronic device, send the at least one of the output current and the output voltage of the power adapter to the electronic device, receive the charging stop instruction fed back by the electronic device when the electronic device determines that the output current of the power adapter is greater than a current threshold and/or the output voltage of the power adapter is greater than a voltage threshold, and control the output switch circuit to turn off direct current output of the power adapter according to the charging stop instruction. 
   
     
     
         4 . The power adapter according to  claim 3 , wherein,
 the data communication between the main control circuit and the electronic device is performed during a charging; and the main control circuit sends the output current of the power adapter and the output voltage of the power adapter to the electronic device either in a first charging mode or in a second charging mode, wherein in the first charging mode, the first charging is performed, and in the second charging mode, the second charging is performed.   
     
     
         5 . The power adapter according to  claim 3 , wherein,
 the main control circuit comprises: a main control chip, a third resistor, a reference voltage chip, a fourth resistor, a fifth resistor, a fourth capacitor, a sixth resistor, a seventh resistor, a first NMOS transistor, an eighth resistor, a ninth resistor, a tenth resistor, an eleventh resistor, a twelfth resistor, a thirteenth resistor and a fourteenth resistor;   a power pin of the main control chip is configured as the power end of the main control circuit; a ground pin of the main control chip is grounded; a first input/output pin of the main control chip is suspended; a first end of the third resistor is connected with the power pin of the main control chip; a second end of the third resistor and a first end of the fourth resistor are collectively connected with a positive terminal of the reference voltage chip; a negative terminal of the reference voltage chip is grounded; a vacant pin of the reference voltage chip U 3  is suspended; a second end of the fourth resistor is connected with a second input/output pin of the main control chip; a third input/output pin of the main control chip is configured as the current detecting end of the main control circuit; a fourth input/output pin of the main control chip is connected with a first end of the fifth resistor; a second end of the fifth resistor and a first end of the fourth capacitor are collectively connected with the power pin of the main control chip; a second end of the fourth capacitor is grounded; a fifth input/output pin of the main control chip is configured as the switching control end of the main control circuit; a sixth input/output pin of the main control chip is connected with a first end of the sixth resistor; a second end of the sixth resistor and a grid electrode of the first NMOS transistor are collectively connected with a first end of the seventh resistor; a second end of the seventh resistor and a source electrode of the first NMOS transistor are collectively grounded; a drain electrode of the first NMOS transistor is connected with a first end of the eighth resistor; a second end of the eighth resistor is configured as the high-level end of the main control circuit; a seventh input/output pin and an eighth input/output pin of the main control chip are configured as the clock output end and the data output end of the main control circuit respectively; a tenth input/output pin and a ninth input/output pin of the main control chip are configured as the first voltage detecting end and the second voltage detecting end of the main control circuit respectively; an eleventh input/output pin and a twelfth input/output pin of the main control chip are connected with a first end of the ninth resistor and a first end of the tenth resistor respectively; a first end of the eleventh resistor and a first end of the twelfth resistor are connected with a second end of the ninth resistor and a second end of the tenth resistor respectively; a second end of the eleventh resistor and a second end of the twelfth resistor are collectively grounded; a first end of the thirteenth resistor and a first end of the fourteenth resistor are connected with the second end of the ninth resistor and the second end of the tenth resistor respectively; a second end of the thirteenth resistor and a second end of the fourteenth resistor are collectively connected with the power pin of the main control chip; the second end of the ninth resistor and the second end of the tenth resistor are configured as the first communication end and the second communication end of the main control circuit respectively.   
     
     
         6 . The power adapter according to  claim 3 , wherein,
 the potential adjusting circuit comprises: a fifteenth resistor, a sixteenth resistor, a digital potentiometer, a seventeenth resistor, an eighteenth resistor, a fifth capacitor, a sixth capacitor and a nineteenth resistor;   a collective node of a first end of the fifteenth resistor, a first end of the sixteenth resistor, a power pin of the digital potentiometer and a first end of the fifth capacitor is configured as the power end of the potential adjusting circuit; a second end of the fifth capacitor, a first end of the sixth capacitor, a ground pin of the digital potentiometer and a first end of the seventeenth resistor are collectively grounded; a second end of the sixth capacitor is connected with the power pin of the digital potentiometer; a collective node between a second end of the fifteenth resistor and a serial data pin of the digital potentiometer is configured as the data input end of the potential adjusting circuit; a collective node between a second end of the sixteenth resistor and a clock input pin of the digital potentiometer is configured as the clock input end of the potential adjusting circuit; an address zero pin of the digital potentiometer is grounded; a first potential wiring pin of the digital potentiometer and a first end of the eighteenth resistor are collectively connected with a second end of the seventeenth resistor; a second end of the eighteenth resistor and a second potential wiring pin of the digital potentiometer are collectively connected with a first end of the nineteenth resistor; a second end of the nineteenth resistor is configured as the high-level end of potential adjusting circuit; a potential tap pin of the digital potentiometer is configured as the potential adjusting end of the potential adjusting circuit.   
     
     
         7 . The power adapter according to  claim 3 , wherein,
 the current detection circuit comprises: a twentieth resistor, a twenty-first resistor, a twenty-second resistor, a seventh capacitor, an eighth capacitor, a current detection chip, a twenty-third resistor, a ninth capacitor, a tenth capacitor and a twenty-fourth resistor;   a first end and a second end of the twentieth resistor are configured as the direct current input end and the direct current output end of the current detection circuit respectively; a first end of the twenty-first resistor and a first end of the twenty-second resistor are connected with a first end and a second end of the twentieth resistor respectively; a second end of the twenty-first resistor and a first end of the seventh capacitor are collectively connected with a positive input pin of the current detection chip; a second end of the twenty-second resistor and a first end of the eighth capacitor are collectively connected with a negative input pin of the current detection chip; a collective node between a power pin of the current detection chip and a first end of the ninth capacitor is configured as the power end of the current detection circuit; a vacant pin of the current detection chip is suspended; an output pin of the current detection chip is connected with a first end of the twenty-third resistor, a second end of the twenty-third resistor is configured as the current feedback end of the current detection circuit; a first end of the tenth capacitor and a first end of the twenty-fourth resistor are collectively connected with the second end of the twenty-third resistor; a second end of the seventh capacitor, a second end of the eighth capacitor, a second end of the ninth capacitor, a second end of the tenth capacitor, a second end of the twenty-fourth resistor, a ground pin, a first reference voltage pin and a second reference voltage pin of the current detection chip are collectively grounded.   
     
     
         8 . The power adapter according to  claim 3 , wherein,
 the voltage detection circuit comprises: a twenty-fifth resistor, a twenty-sixth resistor, an eleventh capacitor, a twelfth capacitor, a twenty-seventh resistor and a twenty-eighth resistor;   a first end of the twenty-fifth resistor is configured as the first detecting end of the voltage detection circuit; a collective node of a second end of the twenty-fifth resistor, a first end of the twenty-sixth resistor and a first end of the eleventh capacitor is configured as the second output end of the voltage detection circuit; a second end of the twenty-sixth resistor is configured as the second detecting end of the voltage detection circuit; a second end of the eleventh capacitor, a first end of the twelfth capacitor and a first end of the twenty-seventh resistor are collectively connected with the second end of the twenty-sixth resistor; a collective node of a second end of the twelfth capacitor, a second end of the twenty-seventh resistor and a first end of the twenty-eighth resistor is configured as the first output end of the voltage detection circuit; the second end of the twenty-eighth resistor is configured as the third detecting end of the voltage detection circuit.   
     
     
         9 . The power adapter according to  claim 3 , wherein,
 the output switch circuit comprises: a twenty-ninth resistor, a thirtieth resistor, a thirteen capacitor, a thirty-first resistor, a first NPN type transistor, a thirty-second resistor, a second NPN type transistor, a third diode, a voltage stabilizing diode, a thirty-third resistor, a thirty-fourth resistor, a thirty-fifth resistor, a second NMOS transistor and a third NMOS transistor;   a first end of the twenty-ninth resistor is configured as the controlled end of the output switch circuit; a second end of the twenty-ninth resistor and a first end of the thirtieth resistor are collectively connected with a base of the first NPN type transistor; a first end of the thirteen capacitor, a first end of the thirty-first resistor and a first end of the thirty-second resistor are collectively connected with a cathode of the third diode; an anode of the third diode is configured as the power end of the output switch circuit; a second end of the thirty-first resistor and a base of the second NPN type transistor are collectively connected with a collector of the first NPN type transistor; a second end of the thirty-second resistor, a cathode of the voltage stabilizing diode and a first end of the thirty-third resistor are collectively connected with a collector of the second NPN type transistor; a second end of the thirtieth resistor, a second end of the thirteenth capacitor, an emitter of the first NPN type transistor, an emitter of the second NPN type transistor and an anode of the voltage stabilizing diode are collectively grounded; a second end of the thirty-third resistor, a first end of the thirty-fourth resistor, a first end of the thirty-fifth resistor, a grid electrode of the second NMOS transistor and a grid electrode of the third NMOS transistor are collectively connected; a second end of the thirty-fourth resistor is configured as the ground end of the output switch circuit; a drain electrode of the second NMOS transistor is configured as the input end of the output switch circuit; a source electrode of the second NMOS transistor and a second end of the thirty-fifth resistor are collectively connected with a source electrode of the third NMOS transistor; a drain electrode of the third NMOS transistor is configured as the output end of the output switch circuit.   
     
     
         10 . The power adapter according to  claim 5 , wherein,
 the main control chip is a single chip microcomputer.   
     
     
         11 . The power adapter according to  claim 6 , wherein,
 the digital potentiometer adjusts an internal sliding variable resistor according to a clock signal and a data signal outputted by the main control chip, such that a potential at the potential tap pin of the digital potentiometer is changed.   
     
     
         12 . The power adapter according to  claim 7 , wherein,
 the twentieth resistor is configured to sample an output current of the output filtering circuit, and the current detecting signal is outputted to the main control chip by the current detection chip according to a voltage between two ends of the twentieth resistor.   
     
     
         13 . The power adapter according to  claim 7 , wherein,
 the current detection chip is a current shunt monitor.   
     
     
         14 . The power adapter according to  claim 9 , wherein,
 the second NMOS transistor and the third NMOS transistor are switched on or off simultaneously so as to turn on or off the direct current output of the power adapter.   
     
     
         15 . An electronic device, comprising a battery and a power adapter, wherein the power adapter, comprises a communication interface through which the power adapter charges a battery in an electronic device and performs a data communication with the electronic device, wherein, the power adapter is configured to:
 during the data communication between the power adapter and the electronic device, send at least one of an output current and an output voltage of the power adapter to the electronic device, receive a charging stop instruction fed back by the electronic device when the electronic device determines that the output current of the power adapter is greater than a current threshold and/or the output voltage of the power adapter is greater than a voltage threshold, and turn off direct current output of the power adapter according to the charging stop instruction.   
     
     
         16 . The electronic device according to  claim 15 , wherein the power adapter is further configured to:
 when a first charging or a second charging is performed on the battery in the electronic device, determine whether the output current of the power adapter is greater than the current threshold and determine whether the output voltage of the power adapter is greater than the voltage threshold, wherein a charging speed in the first charging is less than that in the second charging;   when the output current of the power adapter is greater than the current threshold and/or the output voltage of the power adapter is greater than the voltage threshold, turn off the direct current output of the power adapter.   
     
     
         17 . The electronic device according to  claim 15 , wherein when the electronic device determines that at least one of an overcurrent and an overvoltage occurs in the direct current output of the power adapter, the electronic device turns off the communication interface thereof actively so as to turn off a connection to the power adapter. 
     
     
         18 . A charging method, wherein the charging method is applied by a power adapter for charging a battery in an electronic device, the charging method comprises:
 during a data communication between the power adapter and the electronic device, sending at least one of an output current and an output voltage of the power adapter to the electronic device;   receiving a charging stop instruction fed back by the electronic device when the electronic device determines that the output current of the power adapter is greater than a current threshold and/or the output voltage of the power adapter is greater than a voltage threshold; and   turning off direct current output of the power adapter according to the charging stop instruction.   
     
     
         19 . The charging method according to  claim 18 , further comprising:
 when a first charging or a second charging is performed on the battery in the electronic device, determining whether the output current of the power adapter is greater than the current threshold and determining whether the output voltage of the power adapter is greater than the voltage threshold, wherein a charging speed in the first charging is less than that in the second charging; and   when the output current of the power adapter is greater than the current threshold and/or the output voltage of the power adapter is greater than the voltage threshold, turning off the direct current output of the power adapter.   
     
     
         20 . The charging method according to  claim 18 , wherein sending at least one of an output current and an output voltage of the power adapter to the electronic device comprises:
 sending the at least one of the output current of the power adapter and the output voltage of the power adapter to the electronic device either in a first charging mode or in a second charging mode, wherein in the first charging mode, the first charging is performed, and in the second charging mode, the second charging is performed.