Detailed Description
For the purpose of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application more apparent, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the application without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the application.
The following disclosure provides many different embodiments, or examples, for implementing different structures of the invention. In order to simplify the present disclosure, components and arrangements of specific examples are described below. They are, of course, merely examples and are not intended to limit the invention. Furthermore, the present invention may repeat reference numerals and/or letters in the various examples. This repetition is for the purpose of simplicity and clarity and does not in itself dictate a relationship between the various embodiments and/or configurations discussed.
Fig. 1 is a power adapter according to an embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 1, the power adapter includes a power module 11, a network module 21, and a universal serial bus USB interface 31, where the network module 21 includes a baseband processor 211, a SIM card 212, a power management module 213, and a radio frequency module 214;
The SIM card 212 is connected with the baseband processor 211, and a first end of the baseband processor 211 is connected with a data pin of the USB interface 31 to form a data path, and a second end of the baseband processor 211 is connected with the radio frequency module 214, wherein the data path is used for providing a network signal for the terminal based on the baseband processor 211 when the USB interface 31 is connected with the terminal;
The first end of the power management module 213 is connected to the third end of the baseband processor 211, the second end of the power management module 213 is connected to a power supply pin of the USB interface 31 to form a first power supply path, and the third end of the power management module 213 is connected to the power module 11 to form a second power supply path, where the first power supply path is used to supply power to the network module 21 through the terminal when the power module 11 is not connected to the power source and the USB interface 31 is connected to the terminal, and/or the first power supply path is used to supply power to the network module 21 and/or the terminal through the power source when the power module 11 is connected to the power source and the USB interface 31 is connected to the terminal, and the second power supply path is used to supply power to the network module 21 and/or the terminal through the power source when the power module 11 is connected to the power source.
It should be noted that, based on the SIM card 212, the baseband processor 211 in the power adapter in the embodiment of the present application may acquire a 2G network signal, a 3G network signal, a 4G network signal, a 5G network signal, etc., specifically acquire a GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications, GSM, global system for mobile communications) network signal if the 2G network signal is acquired, and acquire a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access ) network signal if the 3G network signal is acquired, which is similar to the processing manner for the 4G network signal and the 5G network signal. Therefore, in the embodiment of the present application, the network signal (2G network signal, 3G network signal, 4G network signal, 5G network signal, etc.) may be provided for the terminal accessing the USB interface 31 through the data path based on the SIM card 212, so that it is possible to provide the network signal for the terminal by the power adapter without using a signal of a public network.
It can be seen that in the embodiment of the present application, the power adapter includes a USB interface 31, through which a first power supply path and a second power supply path are formed, that is, when the power is not connected, the network module 21 may be powered through the terminal, and when the power is connected, the network module 21 and/or the terminal may be powered through the power. Further, as the SIM card 212 is built in the power adapter, it can be seen that the power adapter can provide network signals for the terminal through the first power supply path or the second power supply path, and the terminal can use a network with higher security even in business trip or mobile office situations, so as to avoid using a public Wi-Fi network or a public wired network, and solve the problem in the prior art that the network security is poor because only the public network can be used in business trip or mobile office situations.
It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the USB interface 31 may be a Type-C interface, and of course, it is within the scope of the present application if other USB interfaces 31 are provided that can provide a data path and a power supply path as in the present application. In addition, the power supply in the embodiment of the application can be commercial power.
In addition, the SIM card 212 in the embodiment of the application can be an eSIM card in a specific example, the eSIM card is embedded on a chip of the baseband processor 211, and the occupied space of the eSIM card is only 1/3 of that of a Nano SIM card, so that the layout space can be effectively reduced, and the user can conveniently switch operators and packages because the physical SIM card is not required to be inserted. The eSIM card is directly embedded into the chip by the functions of the SIM card without a card slot carrier and a patch welding process, so that the eSIM card has the advantages of reduced volume, high stability, one number and multiple terminals, convenience in use and the like.
In an alternative implementation of the embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 2, the network module 21 in the embodiment of the present application may further include a WiFi module 215;
The WiFi module 215 is connected to the fourth terminal of the baseband processor 211, and is configured to perform WiFi communication with the terminal through the SIM card 212. Further, the WiFi module 215 includes a WiFi processor 216, a WiFi front end 217, and a WiFi antenna 218.
In a specific example, a fourth end of the baseband processor 211 is connected to a first end of the WiFi processor 216, a second end of the WiFi processor 216 is connected to a first end of the WiFi front end 217, and a second end of the WiFi front end 217 is connected to the WiFi antenna 218, where the WiFi processor 216, the WiFi front end 217, and the WiFi antenna 218 in the WiFi module 215 perform WiFi communication with the terminal based on the SIM card 212 connected to the baseband processor 211.
In the embodiment of the present application, the WiFi module 215 is connected to the baseband processor 211, so the baseband processor 211 can provide network signals for the WiFi module 215 based on the SIM card 212, and based on this, the WiFi module 215 can provide WiFi signals for other terminals as a relay point.
It can be seen that the power adapter in the embodiment of the present application can provide network signals not only to the terminal connected to the USB interface 31 through the SIM card 212, but also to other terminals based on the WiFi module 215. That is, in a specific example, the power adapter in the embodiment of the present application may provide the network signal to one or more terminals wirelessly connected thereto only through the WiFi module 215, and may also provide the network signal to the terminal connected to the power adapter through the USB interface 31 in order to ensure stable transmission of the network signal. Compared with a shared network in a public environment, the network signal provided by the power adapter is safer and more stable.
In an alternative implementation of the embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 3, the network module 21 in the embodiment of the present application further includes a battery 219;
The battery 219 is connected to the power management module 213, and when the power supply module 11 is connected to the power supply and supplies power to the network module 21 via the power supply, the power supply charges the battery 219. Wherein the battery 219 supplies power to the network module 21 and/or to the terminal based on the power management module 213 when the power module 11 is not powered on, or the terminal supplies power to the battery 219 based on the power management module 213 when the power module 11 is not powered on.
It can be seen that, in the power adapter in the embodiment of the present application, a battery 219 is further built in, and when the power adapter is connected to the power supply, the battery 219 can be charged by the power supply, and when the power adapter is not connected to the power supply, if the current battery 219 has sufficient electric quantity, the network module 21 or the terminal can be powered through the first power supply path, and if the current battery 219 has insufficient electric quantity, the terminal can be powered through the first power supply path to the battery 219. In a specific example, if the power adapter cannot be connected to the power supply or in a power failure state in the current environment, the power adapter may supply power to the terminal connected thereto based on the battery 219 and also supply power to the network module 21, and thus, even if the power adapter is not connected to the power supply, the network signal may be supplied to the terminal through the power adapter.
In an alternative implementation manner of the embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 4, the power adapter in the embodiment of the present application further includes a display screen 41, and the display screen 41 is configured to display status information, where the status information includes at least one of network status information, electric quantity information, working status information of the power adapter, and time information.
It can be seen that the status of the current power adaptation, such as how much power is, whether the network signal is stable, etc., can be further obtained through the display screen 41. Based on this, it may be determined whether to charge the power adapter, or by changing the position of the power adapter to adjust the network signal, or if the WiFi signal is not needed, the WiFi signal may be turned off by operating on the display screen 41, so as to reduce the power consumption of the device and save energy, so as to improve the user experience. It should be noted that, the display screen 41 in the embodiment of the present application may be connected to the network module 21, so as to directly obtain the status information to be displayed.
In an alternative implementation manner of the embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 5, the radio frequency module 214 in the embodiment of the present application includes a radio frequency transceiver 220, a radio frequency front end 221, and a radio frequency antenna 222, where the baseband processor 211 is connected to a first end of the radio frequency transceiver 220, a second end of the radio frequency transceiver 220 is connected to a first end of the radio frequency front end 221, and a second end of the radio frequency front end 221 is connected to the radio frequency antenna 222.
The radio frequency module 214 in the embodiment of the present application realizes communication of the cellular network through the SIM card 212, so as to provide network signals for the terminal connected to the power adapter.
In an alternative implementation manner of the embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 6, the power adapter further includes a fast charging protocol module 51, where a first end of the fast charging protocol module 51 is connected to the power module 11, and a second end of the fast charging protocol module 51 is connected to the USB interface 31, where the fast charging protocol module 51 is configured to perform fast charging on a terminal connected to the USB interface 31 when the power adapter is connected to a power supply.
It can be seen that in the embodiment of the present application, the network module 21 and/or the terminal connected to the USB interface 31 may be fast charged by the fast charging protocol module, specifically, the fast charging may be performed on a scale of 40W or 60W, etc., and the specific fast charging scale may be set accordingly according to the actual requirement.
In an optional implementation manner of the embodiment of the present application, the power adapter in the embodiment of the present application may further include a first switch and a second switch, where the first switch baseband processor 211 is connected to the WiFi module 215, and the second switch is connected to the first switch, where the first switch is used to turn on or off the network of the SIM card 212, that is, if the current terminal does not need the SIM card to provide a network signal (e.g. in an office or home environment), the network of the SIM card may be turned off by the first switch, so as to reduce power consumption of the power adapter, and in an outdoor or no network condition, the network of the SIM card 212 may be turned on by the first switch. The second switch is used for turning on or off the WiFi module 215, that is, if no WiFi signal is required to be provided to other devices, the WiFi module 215 can be turned off by the second switch to reduce the power consumption of the power adapter, and when no WiFi signal is required to be provided to other devices, the WiFi module 215 can be turned on by the second switch to provide a WiFi signal to other devices, so as to provide a safe and convenient network environment.
In an alternative implementation of the embodiment of the present application, the power module 11 may include an input filter, a power factor correction module, a power switch, a transformer, a control module, a power feedback, and an output filter;
The power factor correction module is connected with one end of the power switch, the other end of the power switch is connected with one end of the transformer, the other end of the transformer is connected with the output filter, one end of the input filter is connected with one end of the control module, the other end of the control module is connected with one end of the power feedback, and the other end of the power feedback is connected with the transformer.
It should be noted that, the power factor correction module is used for correcting the power factor, and the power factor refers to the ratio of the active power to the apparent power of the ac circuit, because the power factor is too small to waste the capacity of the power supply device, and thus needs to be corrected. The input filter is used for suppressing conduction interference and radiation interference generated by the frequency converter; the output filter is used for filtering higher harmonic waves in the output current of the frequency converter, reducing additional torque caused by the higher harmonic waves, reducing motor temperature rise and motor operation noise, inhibiting surge voltage of the output side of the frequency converter and improving the power factor of the frequency conversion speed regulation system.
The power adapter according to the embodiment of the present application may be used in the following several use scenarios in a specific example:
scene 1) when the power adapter is connected with the mains supply, the USB wire is connected with the computer (terminal) at the same time, so that the computer can be charged, and meanwhile, a network can be provided for the computer through a wire.
After the power adapter is connected to the mains supply, the fast charging protocol module 51 is connected to a specific pin (such as a CC signal) of the USB type c interface 31, and then a part of pins (such as a VBUS signal) is supplied to charge the computer (terminal) through the USB type c interface 31. At the same time, the power module 11 outputs a path of power (the second power supply path) to the power management of the network module 21 separately, so as to supply power to the network module 21. The USB data interface of the baseband processor 211 of the network module 21 is connected to the data portion (such as the data signal of USB2.0 or USB 3.0) of the USB type c interface 31 through a data path, so as to implement a function of internet data interaction between the computer and the network module 21.
Scenario 2) when the power adapter is connected to the mains, the computer (terminal) is connected to the power adapter by the USB cable, so that the computer can be charged and simultaneously provided with a network through the cable, and simultaneously provided with network access to other electronic devices through the WiFi module 215.
After the power adapter is connected to the mains supply, the fast charging protocol module 51 is connected to a specific pin (such as a CC signal) of the USB type c interface 31, and then a part of pins (such as a VBUS signal) is supplied to charge the computer through the USB type c interface 31. While the power module 11 outputs a single power (second power supply path) to the power management of the network module 21 to supply power to the network module 21. The USB data interface of the baseband processor 211 of the network module 21 is connected to the data portion (such as the data signal of USB2.0 or USB 3.0) of the USB type c interface 31 through a data path, so as to implement a function of internet data interaction between the computer and the network module 21.
After the SIM card 212 is connected to the baseband processor 211, the baseband processor 211 performs cellular network communication through the rf transceiver 220, the rf front end 221, and the rf antenna 222. Similarly, the baseband processor 211 may also perform wireless WiFi communication with other WiFi terminal devices connected to the network module 21 through the WiFi processor 216, the WiFi front end 217, and the WiFi antenna 218;
Scenario 3) when the power adapter is not connected to the mains and the computer is connected to the USB cable, the computer may power the power adapter device, provide the network to the computer via the cable, and simultaneously provide network access to other electronic devices via the WiFi module 215.
Specifically, the power adapter is connected to a specific pin (such as a CC signal) of the USB type c interface 31 based on the protocol fast charging module 51, and the computer supplies power to the power management portion of the network module 21 through a power supply portion pin (such as a VBUS signal) of the USB type c interface. Meanwhile, the USB data interface of the baseband processor 211 of the network module 21 is connected to the data portion (such as the data signal of USB2.0 or USB 3.0) of the USB TypeC interface 31 through a data path, so as to implement the function of internet data interaction between the computer and the network module 21.
Scenario 4) when the power adapter is connected to the mains and the USB cable is not used, the computer may connect to the power adapter device via WiFi to access the internet, and simultaneously provide network access to other electronic devices via WiFi module 215.
Specifically, after the power adapter is connected to the mains supply, the power module 11 in the power adapter outputs a power supply (the second power supply path) to the power management module 213 of the network module 21 separately, so as to supply power to the network module 21.
Scenario 5) the power adapter is not connected to mains, the power adapter built-in battery 219 supplies power to the power adapter device, and the network is provided for various electronic devices through the WiFi module 215.
Specifically, when the power adapter is not connected to the utility power, the network module 21 may supply power to the network module 21 through the built-in battery 219. If the current battery is not enough and the power adapter is not connected to the power supply, the terminal can supply power to the battery 219 based on the USB type C interface, and also if the current terminal is not enough and the power adapter is not connected to the power supply, the battery 219 in the power adapter can supply power to the terminal based on the USB type C interface.
Therefore, the power adapter can provide network access for other network electronic equipment through WiFi while providing network for the computer through wire or WiFi. The method not only facilitates the user experience of the user in the using process of the computer, but also enhances the safety of the user in using the network.
The apparatus embodiments described above are merely illustrative, wherein the elements illustrated as separate elements may or may not be physically separate, and the elements shown as elements may or may not be physical elements, may be located in one place, or may be distributed over a plurality of network elements. Some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.
From the above description of embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the embodiments may be implemented by means of software plus a general purpose hardware platform, or may be implemented by hardware. Based on such understanding, the foregoing technical solution may be embodied essentially or in a part contributing to the related art in the form of a software product, which may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, such as ROM/RAM, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, etc., including several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to perform the method described in the respective embodiments or some parts of the embodiments.
It is to be understood that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only, and is not intended to be limiting. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. The terms "comprises," "comprising," "includes," "including," and "having" are inclusive and therefore specify the presence of stated features, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof. The method steps, processes, and operations described herein are not to be construed as necessarily requiring their performance in the particular order described or illustrated, unless an order of performance is explicitly stated. It should also be appreciated that additional or alternative steps may be used.
The foregoing is only a specific embodiment of the invention to enable those skilled in the art to understand or practice the invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.