Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic device, charger within the electronic device, and detecting method for detecting abnormal status of connector of electronic device
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Application No.: US16214150Application Date: 2018-12-10
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Publication No.: US10658860B2Publication Date: 2020-05-19
- Inventor: Chih-Yuan Hsu , Yu-Yuan Kuo , Chi-Ming Lee , Shih-Ming Chen
- Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsin-Chu
- Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
- Current Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsin-Chu
- Agent Winston Hsu
- Main IPC: H02J7/00
- IPC: H02J7/00 ; G05F1/56 ; H01R13/52

Abstract:
An electronic device includes: a connector, arranged for coupling to a power supply external to the electronic device, wherein the power supply is arranged to provide a supply voltage to the electronic device to charge a battery of the electronic device; and a charger, coupled to the connector and selectively operated in a normal mode or a self-test mode, wherein when the charger operates in the normal mode, the charger is arranged for receiving the supply voltage via a power pin of the connector to charge the battery of the electronic device; and when the charger operates in the self-test mode, the charger provides a specific voltage to the power pin of the connector. The charger includes a detector to detect the current or voltage of at least one pin of the connector to generate a detecting result, and the supply voltage is set based on the detecting result.
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