Abstract:
An electronic device includes a housing, a display exposed through one surface of the housing, at least one ground member, a first battery disposed in the housing and including a first anode and a first cathode, a second battery disposed in the housing and including a second anode and a second cathode electrically connected with the ground member, a charging circuit electrically connected with the first battery and the second battery, a charging interface electrically connected with the charging circuit, and a power management integrated circuit electrically connected with the charging interface and the charging circuit and managing power supplied to the electronic device. When an external power source is connected through the charging interface, the charging circuit connects the first battery and the second battery in series during a first time period and connects the first battery and the second battery in parallel during a second time period.
Abstract:
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a wireless charging coil disposed inside the housing, a fan disposed inside the housing and in proximity to the coil, a temperature sensor disposed inside the housing and in proximity to the coil, a wireless charging circuit having the coil and configured to transmit power wirelessly to an external device via the coil, and a control circuit electrically connected to the fan, the temperature sensor, and the wireless charging circuit. The control circuit may be configured to receive a signal from the external device, receive data related to a temperature of the coil from the temperature sensor, and control the fan at least partially on the basis of at least one of the signal and the data.
Abstract:
According to one embodiment of the present invention, an electronic apparatus can comprises: at least one antenna; a first circuit for wirelessly receiving or transmitting power by using at least one part of the at least one antenna; a second circuit for performing at least one communication by using at least one part of the at least one antenna; a first electrical path for connecting the at least one antenna to the first circuit; a second electrical path for connecting the at least one antenna to the second circuit; a third electrical path for connecting a point on the first electrical path to a point on the second electrical path; and at least one passive element or active element connected to at least one of the first electrical path, the second electrical path, and the third electrical path.
Abstract:
An electronic device comprising: a battery having a plurality of cells that are connected in series; a circuit electrically connected to the battery; and a conductive pattern electrically connected to the circuit, wherein the circuit is configured to: receive a first signal wirelessly from a first external device by using the conductive pattern, charge at least some of the plurality of cells in the battery by using a power of the first signal, generate a second signal by changing a first voltage, that is produced by at least two of the plurality of cells in the battery, into a second voltage that is lower than the first voltage, and wirelessly transmit the second signal to a second external device, the second signal being transmitted by using the conductive pattern.
Abstract:
An electronic device and a method thereof, which supports fast wireless charging, are provided. The electronic device includes a wireless power circuit, and one or more processors which are functionally connected with the wireless power circuit, wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute detecting an external electronic device through the wireless power circuit, determining wireless power information corresponding to the external electronic device, determining whether the external electronic device supports a first charging power or a second charging power, at least partially based on the wireless power information, providing the first charging power to the external electronic device through the wireless power circuit, at least partially based on the determination that the external electronic device supports the first charging power, and providing the second charging power to the external electronic device through the wireless power circuit, at least partially based on the determination that the external electronic device supports the second charging power.
Abstract:
A wireless power transmitter and method are provided for transmitting charging power to a wireless power receiver. The method includes transmitting, to the wireless power receiver, a control signal including first time information and load change information; detecting a load change of the wireless power receiver during a period of time corresponding to the first time information; and determining that the wireless power receiver is authorized for charging, if the detected load change of the wireless power receiver corresponds to the load change information included in the control signal.
Abstract:
An electronic device (e.g., a power supply device or a power receiving device) includes a housing including a first side of the electronic device and a second side opposite to the first side, a wireless charging coil disposed in the housing, and a magnet structure disposed in the housing to surround the coil and including a plurality of magnet pieces including a first magnet piece and a second magnet piece. The first magnet piece includes a first outer magnetized area having an N pole facing the first side, a first inner magnetized area disposed closer to the coil than the first outer magnetized area and having an S pole facing the first side, and a first non-magnetized area disposed between the first outer magnetized area and the first inner magnetized area. The second magnet piece includes a second outer magnetized area having an N pole facing the first side, a second inner magnetized area disposed closer to the coil than the second outer magnetized area and having an S pole facing the first side, and a second non-magnetized area disposed between the second outer magnetized area and the second inner magnetized area. The first magnet piece has a first magnetic force and the second magnet piece has a second magnetic force different from the first magnetic force.
Abstract:
A cordless vacuum cleaner is provided. The cordless vacuum cleaner includes a plurality of batteries and a method of controlling the same are provided. The cordless vacuum cleaner includes a main body, a suction fan, a suction motor arranged inside the main body and configured to rotate the suction fan, a charging circuit configured to charge the main body, a plurality of batteries charged and discharged through the charging circuit, memory storing one or more computer programs, and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the suction motor, the charging circuit, the plurality of batteries, and the memory, wherein the one or more computer programs include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the cordless vacuum cleaner to, based on state information about each of the plurality of batteries, control discharge of each of the plurality of batteries, and the state information includes a battery discharge amount of each of the plurality of batteries.
Abstract:
Wireless charging methods and systems are provided for detecting foreign material by measuring a Q-factor based on a predefined packet and a transmission sequence while a wireless charging transmission device transmits power. An electronic device includes a battery; a coil; a wireless charging reception circuit; a power management module configured to control a charging state of the battery using a voltage supplied from the wireless charging reception circuit; and a processor configured to receive power from a wireless charging transmission device through the coil, determine whether a predetermined condition is satisfied while the battery is charged using the received power, and transmit a foreign material detection request packet to the wireless charging transmission device in response to determining that the predetermined condition is satisfied.
Abstract:
A wireless power transmitter and method are provided for transmitting charging power to a wireless power receiver. The method includes transmitting, to the wireless power receiver, a control signal including first time information and load change information; detecting a load change of the wireless power receiver during a period of time corresponding to the first time information; and determining that the wireless power receiver is authorized for charging, if the detected load change of the wireless power receiver corresponds to the load change information included in the control signal.