Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Daewoong Cho

Sungwoo Lee

Hyoungseok Oh

Sungkyu Cho

Minkyu Kwon

Jungwook Heo

Taejin Jeong

Taesun You

Kwang Chan Lee

Woonhyung Heo

Yonghwan Cho

Hyebong Ko

Sanghee Kang

Kyeseok Yoon

Jinwoo So

A charging integrated circuit (IC) in a mobile device including battery includes; a switching charger including at least one inductor, a direct charger including at least one capacitor, and a control circuit. The control circuit detects a connection between the mobile device and an external power unit and a disconnection between the mobile device and the external power unit, wherein the switching charger and the direct charger selectively receive an external power signal provided by the external power unit by the connection between the mobile device and an external power unit. Upon detecting the connection between the mobile device and an external power unit, the charging IC activates the direct charger and provides a constant charging current to the battery using the direct charger, and upon detecting the disconnection between the mobile device and an external power unit, the charging IC deactivates the direct charger, activates the switching charger, and maintains a battery voltage associated with the battery using the switching charger.

Charging integrated circuit and operating method

A charger integrated circuit is configured to charge a battery device including a first battery and a second battery connected in series. The circuit includes a direct charger configured to generate a first charging current and a first current based on an input voltage received from an input terminal, the first current used to generate a first system current, and a buck converter configured to generate a second current and a second system current based on the input voltage, the second current used to generate a second charging current. The circuit includes a switched capacitor configured to generate the first system current based on the first current, and to generate the second charging current based on the second current, and a linear charger configured to provide the first charging current and the second charging current to the battery device.

Charger integrated circuit for charging series battery device and electronic device including same

A buck converter including: a first switching element connecting an input voltage node to a switching node; a second switching element connecting the switching node to a ground node; a low drop out (LDO) voltage regulator connected to the input voltage node; a pulse width modulation (PWM) controller configured to receive a mode signal indicating an operation mode and toggle, in response to the mode signal, a first control signal for turning on the first switching element or a second control signal for turning on the second switching element; a bootstrap charger configured to receive the mode signal and toggle, in response to the mode signal, a third control signal for turning on the second switching element; and a bootstrap capacitor connecting an output node of the LDO voltage regulator to the switching node.

Buck converter including a bootstrap capacitor and an operating method thereof

A charging integrated circuit (IC) includes a bidirectional switching converter and a controller. The bidirectional switching converter is configured to generate a first output voltage by bucking a first input voltage based on a first switching operation in a buck mode, generate a second output voltage by boosting a second input voltage based on a second switching operation in a boost mode, and generate the first output voltage or the second output voltage based on a third switching operation in a buck-boost mode. The controller is configured to control the second switching operation according to a valley current mode control (VCMC) in a continuous current section and control the second switching operation according to a voltage mode control (VMC) based on a fixed switching frequency in a discontinuous current section, in the boost mode.

Charging integrated circuit including bidirectional switching converter, and electronic device including the same

A charger integrated circuit includes a bidirectional switching converter including first to fourth switching elements connected in series, an inductor connected to a third switching element, and a capacitor connected to a second switching element and the third switching element, and a controller configured to generate, a first PWM signal and a second PWM signal based on sensing signals from the bidirectional switching converter, and a first switching signal controlling first and fourth switching elements based on the first PWM signal in response to an average of an inductor current being positive, a second switching signal controlling second and third switching elements based on the second PWM signal, and generate the first switching signal based on the second PWM signal, and the second switching signal based on the first PWM signal in response to the average value of the inductor current being negative.

Charger integrated circuit including bidirectional switching converter, and electronic device including the charger integrated circuit

A charging management chip includes a switching charging circuit and a direct charging circuit. The switching charging circuit receives charging power, and passes through the charging power to a first node, and charges a battery according to a switching charging method and controls generation of a system voltage provided to an electronic system. The direct charging circuit receives the charging power applied to the first node via an input node, and charges the battery according to a direct charging method by providing the charging power to an output node based on a switching circuit therein. The switching charging circuit charges the battery through a first charging path including an inductor arranged outside the charging management chip, and the direct charging circuit charges the battery through a second charging path through which the charging power transferred to the output node is directly provided to the battery.

Charging management chip for charging battery based on switching charging and direct charging, and operating method of charging management chip

A charger integrated circuit is provided which includes a DC-DC converter configured to receive an input voltage and generate an output voltage through a switching operation for charging a battery, and a charging controller configured to control the switching operation such that the output voltage is supplied to the battery through charging paths chargeable according to a level of the input voltage.

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Daewoong Cho