KR20230070988A - Electronic device for information associated with battery and method for thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided are an electronic device for acquiring information associated with a battery to increase the stability of use of an electronic device, and an operation method thereof. According to various embodiments of the present invention, the electronic device comprises: a battery; a charging circuit connected to the battery; at least one first electronic component connected to the charging circuit; at least one second electronic component connected to the charging circuit and the battery; and a chipset disposed separately from the at least one first electronic component and the at least one second electronic component, connected to the at least one first electronic component and the at least one second electronic component, and including at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to execute an operating system, receive information associated with the battery from the at least one second electronic component when the state associated with the operating system is a first state, and receive an interrupt set to terminate execution of the operating system from the at least one second electronic component when the state associated with the operating system is a second state. Various other embodiments are possible.

Description

Electronic device for obtaining battery-related information and its operating method

Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an electronic device for obtaining battery-related information and an operating method thereof.

With the recent rapid development of electronic devices, electronic devices capable of wireless voice communication and information exchange have become necessities of life. In the early days of the spread of the electronic device, it was recognized that it was simply portable and capable of wireless communication. The scope of its application, such as remote control using short-distance communication and image taking by an installed digital camera, is increasing and satisfying the needs of users.

In order to provide various types of services using electronic devices, the number of electronic components included in electronic devices is increasing.

Therefore, it is time to implement a technology for efficiently managing power (or power) provided to electronic components.

The electronic device may include an embedded controller (EC) chip implemented to provide various functions. The EC chip has a function for controlling an input device (eg, a keyboard) and a light generating device (eg, a light emitting diode (LED)) that is not supported by a processor (eg, an application processor (AP)) of an electronic device. It may be implemented to provide functions for managing battery-related information (eg, battery level (or residual amount)) and charging-related information. Accordingly, the processor may be electrically connected to each of the battery and the charging circuit through the EC chip, and the processor may acquire information related to the battery and information related to the charging state through the EC chip. However, when the EC chip is mounted on an electronic device, as described above, since the EC chip is implemented to provide various functions other than the function of managing battery-related information, the structure of a circuit connected to the EC chip becomes complicated, and thus the electronic device The cost of implementing and the maintenance cost of the electronic device may increase. In addition, in order to use the functions of the EC chip at the application program level, a program for acquiring information of the EC chip must be separately implemented, which may increase the operating load of the electronic device.

According to various embodiments, an electronic device and an operating method thereof are implemented such that a processor obtains battery-related information and/or charging state-related information without an EC chip, thereby reducing costs for implementing the electronic device and maintenance of the electronic device. It is possible to reduce the cost and reduce the operating burden of the electronic device.

According to various embodiments, an electronic device and an operating method thereof are implemented to obtain information related to a battery through an electronic component that is always turned on, such that the battery and the battery information are obtained even when an operating system running in the electronic device is in a sleep state. Based on the related information, the electronic device may be safely turned off to improve use stability of the electronic device.

According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include a battery, a charging circuit connected to the battery, at least one first electronic component connected to the charging circuit, and at least one second electronic component connected to the charging circuit and the battery. a component, and disposed separately from the at least one first electronic component and the at least one second electronic component, connected to the at least one first electronic component and the at least one second electronic component, and comprising at least one processor The at least one processor executes an operating system, and when a state associated with the operating system is a first state, receiving information related to the battery from the at least one second electronic component. and receive an interrupt set to terminate the execution of the operating system from the at least one second electronic component when the state associated with the operating system is the second state.

According to various embodiments, a method of operating an electronic device includes an operation of executing an operating system and, when a state associated with the operating system is a first state, at least one connected to a charging circuit of the electronic device and a battery of the electronic device. an operation of receiving information related to the battery from one second electronic component, and an interrupt configured to terminate execution of the operating system from the at least one second electronic component when the state associated with the operating system is a second state; A method of operation may be provided, including an operation of receiving.

According to various embodiments, an electronic device includes a battery, a charging circuit connected to the battery, at least one electronic component (or integrated circuit (IC)) connected to the charging circuit, and a charging circuit connected to the battery. An input device and a chipset disposed separately from the at least one electronic component and the input device, connected to the at least one electronic component and the input device, and including at least one processor, the input device comprising: When the level of the battery is higher than the first level, information related to the battery is transferred to the at least one processor, and when the level of the battery is lower than the first level, the at least one processor executes an operating system. An electronic device configured to deliver an interrupt configured to terminate may be provided.

According to various embodiments, the solution to the problem is not limited to the above-described solution, and solutions not mentioned can be provided to those skilled in the art from this specification and the accompanying drawings. will be clearly understood.

According to various embodiments, a processor is implemented to obtain battery-related information and/or state-of-charge information without an EC chip, thereby reducing the cost of implementing an electronic device and the maintenance cost of the electronic device. An electronic device and an operating method thereof that reduce the operational burden of the device may be provided.

In addition, according to various embodiments, it is implemented to obtain battery-related information through an electronic component that is always turned on, so that the operating system running on the electronic device is based on the battery-related information obtained even in a sleep state. An electronic device and an operating method of the electronic device that can be safely turned off to improve use stability of the electronic device can be provided.

1 is a block diagram of an electronic device in a network environment, according to various embodiments.
2 is a diagram for explaining an example of an electronic device according to various embodiments.
3 is a diagram for explaining an example of an electronic device according to various embodiments.
4A is a diagram for explaining an example of a connection relationship between electronic components for acquiring power information of an electronic device according to various embodiments.
4B is a diagram for explaining an example of an operation of a module (or program, or computer code) for acquiring power information of an electronic device according to various embodiments.
4C is a diagram for explaining an example of software and hardware of an electronic device according to various embodiments.
5A is a diagram for explaining an example of a module (or program, or computer code) for acquiring power information of an electronic device according to various embodiments.
5B is a diagram for explaining another example of a module (or program, or computer code) for acquiring power information of an electronic device according to various embodiments.
6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of an electronic device (eg, a processor) according to various embodiments.
7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of an electronic device (eg, a processor) according to various embodiments.
8A is a diagram for explaining an example of an operation of an electronic device while an operating system is in a first state according to various embodiments.
8B is a diagram for explaining an example of an operation of an electronic device while an operating system is in a second state according to various embodiments.
9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of an electronic device (eg, a processor) according to various embodiments.
10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of a second electronic component (eg, a processor) according to various embodiments.

1 is a block diagram of an electronic device 101 within a network environment 100, according to various embodiments. Referring to FIG. 1 , in a network environment 100, an electronic device 101 communicates with an electronic device 102 through a first network 198 (eg, a short-range wireless communication network) or through a second network 199. It may communicate with at least one of the electronic device 104 or the server 108 through (eg, a long-distance wireless communication network). According to one embodiment, the electronic device 101 may communicate with the electronic device 104 through the server 108 . According to an embodiment, the electronic device 101 includes a processor 120, a memory 130, an input module 150, an audio output module 155, a display module 160, an audio module 170, a sensor module ( 176), interface 177, connection terminal 178, haptic module 179, camera module 180, power management module 188, battery 189, communication module 190, subscriber identification module 196 , or the antenna module 197 may be included. In some embodiments, in the electronic device 101, at least one of these components (eg, the connection terminal 178) may be omitted or one or more other components may be added. In some embodiments, some of these components (eg, sensor module 176, camera module 180, or antenna module 197) are integrated into a single component (eg, display module 160). It can be.

The processor 120, for example, executes software (eg, the program 140) to cause at least one other component (eg, hardware or software component) of the electronic device 101 connected to the processor 120. It can control and perform various data processing or calculations. According to one embodiment, as at least part of data processing or operation, the processor 120 transfers instructions or data received from other components (e.g., sensor module 176 or communication module 190) to volatile memory 132. , processing commands or data stored in the volatile memory 132 , and storing resultant data in the non-volatile memory 134 . According to one embodiment, the processor 120 may include a main processor 121 (eg, a central processing unit or an application processor) or a secondary processor 123 (eg, a graphic processing unit, a neural network processing unit ( NPU: neural processing unit (NPU), image signal processor, sensor hub processor, or communication processor). For example, when the electronic device 101 includes the main processor 121 and the auxiliary processor 123, the auxiliary processor 123 may use less power than the main processor 121 or be set to be specialized for a designated function. can The secondary processor 123 may be implemented separately from or as part of the main processor 121 .

The secondary processor 123 may, for example, take the place of the main processor 121 while the main processor 121 is in an inactive (eg, sleep) state, or the main processor 121 is active (eg, running an application). ) state, together with the main processor 121, at least one of the components of the electronic device 101 (eg, the display module 160, the sensor module 176, or the communication module 190) It is possible to control at least some of the related functions or states. According to one embodiment, the auxiliary processor 123 (eg, image signal processor or communication processor) may be implemented as part of other functionally related components (eg, camera module 180 or communication module 190). there is. According to an embodiment, the auxiliary processor 123 (eg, a neural network processing device) may include a hardware structure specialized for processing an artificial intelligence model. AI models can be created through machine learning. Such learning may be performed, for example, in the electronic device 101 itself where the artificial intelligence model is performed, or may be performed through a separate server (eg, the server 108). The learning algorithm may include, for example, supervised learning, unsupervised learning, semi-supervised learning or reinforcement learning, but in the above example Not limited. The artificial intelligence model may include a plurality of artificial neural network layers. Artificial neural networks include deep neural networks (DNNs), convolutional neural networks (CNNs), recurrent neural networks (RNNs), restricted boltzmann machines (RBMs), deep belief networks (DBNs), bidirectional recurrent deep neural networks (BRDNNs), It may be one of deep Q-networks or a combination of two or more of the foregoing, but is not limited to the foregoing examples. The artificial intelligence model may include, in addition or alternatively, software structures in addition to hardware structures.

The memory 130 may store various data used by at least one component (eg, the processor 120 or the sensor module 176) of the electronic device 101 . The data may include, for example, input data or output data for software (eg, program 140) and commands related thereto. The memory 130 may include volatile memory 132 or non-volatile memory 134 .

The program 140 may be stored as software in the memory 130 and may include, for example, an operating system 142 , middleware 144 , or an application 146 .

The input module 150 may receive a command or data to be used by a component (eg, the processor 120) of the electronic device 101 from the outside of the electronic device 101 (eg, a user). The input module 150 may include, for example, a microphone, a mouse, a keyboard, a key (eg, a button), or a digital pen (eg, a stylus pen).

The sound output module 155 may output sound signals to the outside of the electronic device 101 . The sound output module 155 may include, for example, a speaker or a receiver. The speaker can be used for general purposes such as multimedia playback or recording playback. A receiver may be used to receive an incoming call. According to one embodiment, the receiver may be implemented separately from the speaker or as part of it.

The display module 160 may visually provide information to the outside of the electronic device 101 (eg, a user). The display module 160 may include, for example, a display, a hologram device, or a projector and a control circuit for controlling the device. According to one embodiment, the display module 160 may include a touch sensor set to detect a touch or a pressure sensor set to measure the intensity of force generated by the touch.

The audio module 170 may convert sound into an electrical signal or vice versa. According to one embodiment, the audio module 170 acquires sound through the input module 150, the sound output module 155, or an external electronic device connected directly or wirelessly to the electronic device 101 (eg: Sound may be output through the electronic device 102 (eg, a speaker or a headphone).

The sensor module 176 detects an operating state (eg, power or temperature) of the electronic device 101 or an external environmental state (eg, a user state), and generates an electrical signal or data value corresponding to the detected state. can do. According to one embodiment, the sensor module 176 may include, for example, a gesture sensor, a gyro sensor, an air pressure sensor, a magnetic sensor, an acceleration sensor, a grip sensor, a proximity sensor, a color sensor, an IR (infrared) sensor, a bio sensor, It may include a temperature sensor, humidity sensor, or light sensor.

The interface 177 may support one or more designated protocols that may be used to directly or wirelessly connect the electronic device 101 to an external electronic device (eg, the electronic device 102). According to one embodiment, the interface 177 may include, for example, a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI), a universal serial bus (USB) interface, an SD card interface, or an audio interface.

The connection terminal 178 may include a connector through which the electronic device 101 may be physically connected to an external electronic device (eg, the electronic device 102). According to one embodiment, the connection terminal 178 may include, for example, an HDMI connector, a USB connector, an SD card connector, or an audio connector (eg, a headphone connector).

The haptic module 179 may convert electrical signals into mechanical stimuli (eg, vibration or motion) or electrical stimuli that a user may perceive through tactile or kinesthetic senses. According to one embodiment, the haptic module 179 may include, for example, a motor, a piezoelectric element, or an electrical stimulation device.

The camera module 180 may capture still images and moving images. According to one embodiment, the camera module 180 may include one or more lenses, image sensors, image signal processors, or flashes.

The power management module 188 may manage power supplied to the electronic device 101 . According to one embodiment, the power management module 188 may be implemented as at least part of a power management integrated circuit (PMIC), for example.

The battery 189 may supply power to at least one component of the electronic device 101 . According to one embodiment, the battery 189 may include, for example, a non-rechargeable primary cell, a rechargeable secondary cell, or a fuel cell.

The communication module 190 is a direct (eg, wired) communication channel or a wireless communication channel between the electronic device 101 and an external electronic device (eg, the electronic device 102, the electronic device 104, or the server 108). Establishment and communication through the established communication channel may be supported. The communication module 190 may include one or more communication processors that operate independently of the processor 120 (eg, an application processor) and support direct (eg, wired) communication or wireless communication. According to one embodiment, the communication module 190 is a wireless communication module 192 (eg, a cellular communication module, a short-range wireless communication module, or a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) communication module) or a wired communication module 194 (eg, : a local area network (LAN) communication module or a power line communication module). Among these communication modules, a corresponding communication module is a first network 198 (eg, a short-range communication network such as Bluetooth, wireless fidelity (WiFi) direct, or infrared data association (IrDA)) or a second network 199 (eg, legacy It may communicate with the external electronic device 104 through a cellular network, a 5G network, a next-generation communication network, the Internet, or a telecommunications network such as a computer network (eg, a LAN or a WAN). These various types of communication modules may be integrated as one component (eg, a single chip) or implemented as a plurality of separate components (eg, multiple chips). The wireless communication module 192 uses subscriber information (eg, International Mobile Subscriber Identifier (IMSI)) stored in the subscriber identification module 196 within a communication network such as the first network 198 or the second network 199. The electronic device 101 may be identified or authenticated.

The wireless communication module 192 may support a 5G network after a 4G network and a next-generation communication technology, for example, NR access technology (new radio access technology). NR access technologies include high-speed transmission of high-capacity data (enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB)), minimization of terminal power and access of multiple terminals (massive machine type communications (mMTC)), or high reliability and low latency (ultra-reliable and low latency (URLLC)). -latency communications)) can be supported. The wireless communication module 192 may support a high frequency band (eg, mmWave band) to achieve a high data rate, for example. The wireless communication module 192 uses various technologies for securing performance in a high frequency band, such as beamforming, massive multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO), and full-dimensional multiplexing. Technologies such as input/output (FD-MIMO: full dimensional MIMO), array antenna, analog beam-forming, or large scale antenna may be supported. The wireless communication module 192 may support various requirements defined for the electronic device 101, an external electronic device (eg, the electronic device 104), or a network system (eg, the second network 199). According to one embodiment, the wireless communication module 192 is a peak data rate for eMBB realization (eg, 20 Gbps or more), a loss coverage for mMTC realization (eg, 164 dB or less), or a U-plane latency for URLLC realization (eg, Example: downlink (DL) and uplink (UL) each of 0.5 ms or less, or round trip 1 ms or less) may be supported.

The antenna module 197 may transmit or receive signals or power to the outside (eg, an external electronic device). According to one embodiment, the antenna module 197 may include an antenna including a radiator formed of a conductor or a conductive pattern formed on a substrate (eg, PCB). According to one embodiment, the antenna module 197 may include a plurality of antennas (eg, an array antenna). In this case, at least one antenna suitable for a communication method used in a communication network such as the first network 198 or the second network 199 is selected from the plurality of antennas by the communication module 190, for example. can be chosen A signal or power may be transmitted or received between the communication module 190 and an external electronic device through the selected at least one antenna. According to some embodiments, other components (eg, a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC)) may be additionally formed as a part of the antenna module 197 in addition to the radiator.

According to various embodiments, the antenna module 197 may form a mmWave antenna module. According to one embodiment, the mmWave antenna module includes a printed circuit board, an RFIC disposed on or adjacent to a first surface (eg, a lower surface) of the printed circuit board and capable of supporting a designated high frequency band (eg, mmWave band); and a plurality of antennas (eg, array antennas) disposed on or adjacent to a second surface (eg, a top surface or a side surface) of the printed circuit board and capable of transmitting or receiving signals of the designated high frequency band. can do.

At least some of the components are connected to each other through a communication method between peripheral devices (eg, a bus, general purpose input and output (GPIO), serial peripheral interface (SPI), or mobile industry processor interface (MIPI)) and signal ( e.g. commands or data) can be exchanged with each other.

According to an embodiment, commands or data may be transmitted or received between the electronic device 101 and the external electronic device 104 through the server 108 connected to the second network 199 . Each of the external electronic devices 102 or 104 may be the same as or different from the electronic device 101 . According to an embodiment, all or part of operations executed in the electronic device 101 may be executed in one or more external electronic devices among the external electronic devices 102 , 104 , or 108 . For example, when the electronic device 101 needs to perform a certain function or service automatically or in response to a request from a user or another device, the electronic device 101 instead of executing the function or service by itself. Alternatively or additionally, one or more external electronic devices may be requested to perform the function or at least part of the service. One or more external electronic devices receiving the request may execute at least a part of the requested function or service or an additional function or service related to the request, and deliver the execution result to the electronic device 101 . The electronic device 101 may provide the result as at least part of a response to the request as it is or additionally processed. To this end, for example, cloud computing, distributed computing, mobile edge computing (MEC), or client-server computing technology may be used. The electronic device 101 may provide an ultra-low latency service using, for example, distributed computing or mobile edge computing. In another embodiment, the external electronic device 104 may include an internet of things (IoT) device. Server 108 may be an intelligent server using machine learning and/or neural networks. According to one embodiment, the external electronic device 104 or server 108 may be included in the second network 199 . The electronic device 101 may be applied to intelligent services (eg, smart home, smart city, smart car, or health care) based on 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology.

Electronic devices according to various embodiments disclosed in this document may be devices of various types. The electronic device may include, for example, a portable communication device (eg, a smart phone), a computer device, a portable multimedia device, a portable medical device, a camera, an electronic device, or a home appliance. An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present document is not limited to the aforementioned devices.

Various embodiments of this document and terms used therein are not intended to limit the technical features described in this document to specific embodiments, but should be understood to include various modifications, equivalents, or substitutes of the embodiments. In connection with the description of the drawings, like reference numbers may be used for like or related elements. The singular form of a noun corresponding to an item may include one item or a plurality of items, unless the relevant context clearly dictates otherwise. In this document, "A or B", "at least one of A and B", "at least one of A or B", "A, B or C", "at least one of A, B and C", and "A Each of the phrases such as "at least one of , B, or C" may include any one of the items listed together in that phrase, or all possible combinations thereof. Terms such as "first", "second", or "first" or "secondary" may simply be used to distinguish a given component from other corresponding components, and may be used to refer to a given component in another aspect (eg, importance or order) is not limited. A (e.g., first) component is said to be "coupled" or "connected" to another (e.g., second) component, with or without the terms "functionally" or "communicatively." When mentioned, it means that the certain component may be connected to the other component directly (eg by wire), wirelessly, or through a third component.

The term "module" used in various embodiments of this document may include a unit implemented in hardware, software, or firmware, and is interchangeable with terms such as, for example, logic, logical blocks, parts, or circuits. can be used as A module may be an integrally constructed component or a minimal unit of components or a portion thereof that performs one or more functions. For example, according to one embodiment, the module may be implemented in the form of an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC).

Various embodiments of this document provide one or more instructions stored in a storage medium (eg, internal memory 136 or external memory 138) readable by a machine (eg, electronic device 101). It may be implemented as software (eg, the program 140) including them. For example, a processor (eg, the processor 120 ) of a device (eg, the electronic device 101 ) may call at least one command among one or more instructions stored from a storage medium and execute it. This enables the device to be operated to perform at least one function according to the at least one command invoked. The one or more instructions may include code generated by a compiler or code executable by an interpreter. The device-readable storage medium may be provided in the form of a non-transitory storage medium. Here, 'non-temporary' only means that the storage medium is a tangible device and does not contain a signal (e.g. electromagnetic wave), and this term refers to the case where data is stored semi-permanently in the storage medium. It does not discriminate when it is temporarily stored.

According to one embodiment, the method according to various embodiments disclosed in this document may be included and provided in a computer program product. Computer program products may be traded between sellers and buyers as commodities. A computer program product is distributed in the form of a device-readable storage medium (e.g. compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM)), or through an application store (e.g. Play Store™) or on two user devices (e.g. It can be distributed (eg downloaded or uploaded) online, directly between smart phones. In the case of online distribution, at least part of the computer program product may be temporarily stored or temporarily created in a device-readable storage medium such as a manufacturer's server, an application store server, or a relay server's memory.

According to various embodiments, each component (eg, module or program) of the above-described components may include a single object or a plurality of entities, and some of the plurality of entities may be separately disposed in other components. there is. According to various embodiments, one or more components or operations among the aforementioned corresponding components may be omitted, or one or more other components or operations may be added. Alternatively or additionally, a plurality of components (eg modules or programs) may be integrated into a single component. In this case, the integrated component may perform one or more functions of each of the plurality of components identically or similarly to those performed by a corresponding component of the plurality of components prior to the integration. . According to various embodiments, the actions performed by a module, program, or other component are executed sequentially, in parallel, iteratively, or heuristically, or one or more of the actions are executed in a different order, or omitted. or one or more other actions may be added.

Hereinafter, various embodiments of the electronic device 200 (eg, the electronic device 101 of FIG. 1) disclosed in this document will be described.

2 is a diagram for explaining an example of an electronic device 200 according to various embodiments.

According to various embodiments, the electronic device 200 (eg, the processor 210), as shown in FIG. 2 , includes a plurality of integrated circuits (ICs) (or a plurality of Information for controlling (or managing) power (or power) of the electronic device 200 (hereinafter, power information) may be obtained from a specific integrated circuit 220 (or a specific electronic component) among electronic components of there is. The specific integrated circuit 220 may be an integrated circuit that is always turned on (or always driven) maintained (or maintained) in the electronic device 200. . The meaning of always being turned on means that when the level of the battery of the electronic device 200 is changed and/or a state associated with an operating system (OS) running in the electronic device 200 is changed, a specific circuit is turned on. This may mean that power (or power) is provided so as to be maintained in a turned-on state. For example, the battery level of the electronic device 200 is changed (or lowered) from a state greater than a specific level to a specific level or less, and/or a state associated with an operating system of the electronic device 200 When changing (or being set) from one state to a specific state, the specific integrated circuit 220 may be maintained in a turned-on state. The specific integrated circuit 220 maintained in the turned-on state may be determined according to a policy of an operating system executed by the electronic device 200 . For example, when the electronic device 200 is in a sleep state according to the policy of the operating system, a user's input (eg, contact, voice, or touch) for waking up the electronic device 200 in the sleep state is received. When the input device needs to be kept turned-on, the input device IC for controlling the input device may be an integrated circuit (eg, always-on IC) that maintains the turned-on state. Meanwhile, although the specific integrated circuit 220 that is always turned on has been described as an input device IC, it is not limited thereto and may be implemented with various types of electronic components. For example, the specific integrated circuit 220 may include, in addition to the input device IC, a communication device IC (eg, an RF-IC, a communication processor, various types of communication circuits), and an output device IC. The output device IC may include an audio device IC (eg, audio processing circuit (digital signal processing, DSP, circuit)) for controlling an audio device (eg, a speaker), and is not limited to the description, and various types (eg, : It may include an IC for controlling a device for outputting content (visual, auditory, tactile).

For example, the battery level indicates the residual amount of the battery, and the specific level of the battery may be a battery level set to turn off the electronic device 200 . For example, the specific level of the battery may be 3%.

For example, the state associated with the operating system includes a power management state, and at least some electronic components to be supplied with power among a plurality of electronic components of the electronic device 200 may be set according to the power management state. . For example, the power management state is a first state in which the processor 210 operates to provide power to all of a plurality of electronic components (eg, controls a charging circuit described below), and the processor 210 operates to provide power to all of the plurality of electronic components. A second state operating to provide power to some electronic components (eg, processor 210, memory) among the electronic components, and power only to a specific electronic component (eg, the specific integrated circuit 220) among a plurality of electronic components It may include a third state that operates to provide. The specific state may mean the third state. For example, the power management state includes power saving modes defined by Microsoft (MS), and the third state may mean a deep sleep mode.

According to various embodiments, the aforementioned power supply information may include battery-related information, an interrupt (or signal) set to turn off the electronic device 200, and charging circuit-related information. For example, the information associated with the battery may include battery capacity, battery current, battery temperature, battery level (or remaining capacity of the battery), battery charging time, or the number of times of charging and/or discharging of the battery. It may contain information about at least one. Also, for example, the information related to the charging circuit may include information related to the state of charge of the battery. For example, the information associated with the state of charge of the battery includes at least one of information about the temperature of the battery while the battery is being charged, the power (eg, voltage, current) of the battery, or the time required for the battery to be fully charged. can include

According to various embodiments, the electronic device 200 (eg, the processor 210) may perform at least one operation based on the power information received through the specific integrated circuit 220. For example, the processor 210 may transfer information associated with the battery and/or information associated with the state of charge of the battery to at least one program so that the program provides a function based on the obtained information. Also, for example, the processor 210 may terminate the operating system and turn off the electronic device 200 based on receiving the interrupt.

Hereinafter, various embodiments of the electronic device 200 (eg, the electronic device 101 of FIG. 1) disclosed in this document will be described.

3 is a diagram for explaining an example of an electronic device 200 according to various embodiments. Hereinafter, FIG. 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4A to 4C.

4A is a diagram for explaining an example of a connection relationship between electronic components for acquiring power information of an electronic device 200 according to various embodiments. 4B is a diagram for explaining an example of an operation of a module (or program, or computer code) for acquiring power information of the electronic device 200 according to various embodiments. 4C is a diagram for explaining an example of software and hardware of the electronic device 200 according to various embodiments.

According to various embodiments, referring to FIG. 3 , the electronic device 200 includes a plurality of electronic components 300 including a first electronic component 310 and a second electronic component 320, a hardware device ( 330), a battery 340, a charging circuit 350, a connection device 360, and a processor 371, a power management circuit 373, and a chip set 370 including a memory 380. there is. The hardware device 330, the battery 340, the charging circuit 350, the connection device 360, the processor 371, and the memory 380 may be understood as electronic components, and the electronic components are integrated It may be understood as a term such as a circuit or a device. Meanwhile, not limited to what is described and/or illustrated in FIG. 3 , the electronic device 200 may be implemented to include additional electronic components, or may be implemented such that some of the electronic components described and/or illustrated are excluded. Meanwhile, the memory 380 may be implemented separately from the chip set 370 .

Referring to FIG. 3 showing an electrical connection between electronic components according to various embodiments, the chip set 370 includes a first electronic component 310, a second electronic component 320, and a charging circuit 350. ) and electrically connected. Also, the second electronic component 320 may be electrically connected to the battery 340 . The electrical connection may be established (or set) through a predetermined communication interface mounted in the electronic device 200 . The communication interface may include an intel integrated circuit (I2C) and a system management bus (SMBUS). Among the plurality of electronic components 300, the second electronic component 320 includes a type of electronic component that is always turned on (eg, always-on IC of FIG. 2), and the first electronic component 310 may include other electronic components other than the second electronic component 320 . For example, the plurality of electronic components may include the display module 160, sound output module 155, communication module 190, sensor module 176, etc. described in FIG. 1, and the second electronic component As shown in FIG. 2 , the hardware device 330 may include an always-on IC 320a including electronic components of the type described in FIG. 2 that can maintain a turned-on state.

According to various embodiments, the always-on IC 320a may be a control circuit for controlling the hardware device 330 . In one embodiment, the always-on IC 320a is an input device IC for controlling an input device, and the hardware device 330 may be an input device including a keyboard, microphone, touch screen, and camera. The hardware device 330 is not limited to the example described above, and may further include various types of input devices for obtaining a user's input (eg, contact, voice, or touch). The always-on IC 320a acquires electrical information (eg, current and/or voltage) generated by the user's input received by the hardware device 330, and processes the obtained electrical information (eg, current and/or voltage). : digitization) and transfer the processed information to the processor 371. In another embodiment, the always-on IC 320a is not limited to what has been described, and in addition to the input device IC, as described above in FIG. 2, the communication device IC (eg, RF-IC, communication processor, various types of communication circuits) Alternatively, it may be an output device IC, and the hardware device 330 may be a communication device (eg, antenna) or an output device (eg, speaker).

According to various embodiments, the always-on IC 320a may include a type of electronic component to be maintained in a turned-on state determined according to a policy of an operating system executed in the electronic device 200. . For example, while the electronic device 200 is in a sleep state according to the policy of the operating system, a user's input (eg, contact, voice, or touch) for waking up the electronic device 200 in a sleep state is received. When the input device needs to be kept turned-on, the input device IC for controlling the input device may be an integrated circuit (eg, always-on IC) that maintains the turned-on state. Accordingly, the always-on IC 320a obtains electrical information (eg, current and/or voltage) generated by the user's input received by the hardware device 330, to the processor 371. An interrupt for wake-up can be delivered. Meanwhile, the always-on IC 320a may include other types of electronic components other than the input device IC according to the policy of the operating system, as described above without being limited to the example described above.

According to various embodiments, referring to FIG. 4A , the processor 371 may be electrically connected to the battery 340 through the second electronic component 320 (eg, always-on IC 320a). In one embodiment, the second electronic component 320 (eg, the always-on IC 320a) obtains information related to the battery 340 from the battery 340 and sends the battery 340 to the processor 371. Information related to can be transmitted. In another embodiment, the second electronic component 320 (eg, always-on IC 320a) obtains information related to the battery 340 from the battery 340 and identifies the level of the battery based on An interrupt for turning off the electronic device 200 may be transmitted to the processor 371 .

According to various embodiments, the battery 340 (or battery pack, or battery module) charges (or accumulates) and discharges (or provides) power (eg, current and/or voltage). ) can be implemented. For example, power may be accumulated by a cell 345 included in the battery 340 . The cell 345 is a component of a basic unit of the battery 340 that can charge and/or discharge electrical energy, and may be implemented to include an anode, a cathode, a separator, and/or an electrolyte solution. The number of cells 345 may be plural, and the plurality of cells may be disposed in the battery 340 in an electrically connected state (eg, parallel connection and/or series connection). Power may be discharged from the cell 345 to other electronic components (eg, the first electronic component 310 and the second electronic component 320 ) of the electronic device 200 .

According to various embodiments, the battery 340 may be implemented to obtain information related to the battery 340 . For example, the control circuit 341 of the battery 340 may obtain information related to the battery 340 using the detection circuit 343 . The detection circuit 343 may include a power (eg, voltage and/or current) detection circuit and a temperature detection circuit. The battery 340 may transmit information related to the battery 340 to the second electronic component 320 (eg, always-on IC 320a) connected to the battery 340 .

According to various embodiments, the charging circuit 350 may obtain external power from the connection device 360 and charge the battery 340 . For example, the connection device 360 may include a connection terminal to be connected to an external power supply. As will be described later, the processor 371 may charge the battery using the charging circuit 350 based on external power received through the connection device 360 when charging connection is identified through the connection device 360. there is. In addition to the charging circuit 350, as shown in FIG. 4C, a power delivery integrated chip (PDIC) 451, a micro-usb interface controller (MUIC) 453, a cable and connector integrated chip (CCIC) (not shown) ) may further include various types of circuits (eg, the power IC 450) for transmitting/receiving (obtaining/providing) the same power.

According to various embodiments, the chip set 370 is implemented separately from the aforementioned electronic components (eg, the plurality of electronic components 300, the battery 340, and the charging circuit 350), and the processor 371 , a power management circuit 373, and a memory 380, and circuits for providing various types of functions may be further provided without being limited to those described and/or illustrated. The power management circuit 373 may include a power management integrated circuit (PMIC). The processor 371 may use the power management circuit 373 to control power provided for each electronic component described below. Meanwhile, as described above, the memory 380 may be provided outside the chip set 370 .

According to various embodiments, the processor 371 included in the chipset 370 may be an application processor (AP), a central processing unit (CPU), a graphic processing unit (GPU), a display processing unit (DPU), or a neural processing unit (NPU). processing unit). The processor 371 is implemented (or configured) to control electronic components (eg, the first electronic component 310, the second electronic component 320, and the charging circuit 350) connected to the chipset 370 , or configured). The processor 371 may perform an operation for managing power of the electronic device 200 using a power management circuit implemented on the chipset 370 . The power management circuit may include a power management IC (PMIC).

Operations of the modules described below are operations of the processor 371 performed according to the execution of modules stored in the memory 380 (eg, the power management module 381 and the second electronic component control module 383). can be understood At least some of the modules (for example, the power management module 381 and the second electronic component control module 383) stored in the memory 380 are implemented as software, firmware, or a combination of at least two of them (for example, , can be executed). For example, the modules may be in the form of applications, programs, computer codes, instructions, routines, or processes executable by the processor 371. can be implemented as Accordingly, when the modules (eg, the power management module 381 and the second electronic component control module 383) are executed by the processor 371, the modules (eg, the power management module 381, The second electronic component control module 383 may cause the processor 371 to perform an operation associated with the modules (or a function that the module can provide). Accordingly, description that a specific module performs an operation below may be interpreted as the processor 371 performing the corresponding operation as the specific module is executed. Alternatively, the modules (eg, the power management module 381 and the second electronic component control module 383) may be implemented as part of a specific application. Alternatively, without being limited to what has been described and/or shown, each module may be implemented as separate hardware (eg, a processor and a control circuit) from the processor 371 . Meanwhile, at least some of the operations of the modules described below may be implemented as separate modules instead of corresponding modules.

Hereinafter, examples of software configurations of the electronic device 200 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4B and 4C.

According to various embodiments, the power management module 381 may be implemented to transmit (or transfer) and/or receive (or acquire) a plurality of programs and information. Referring to FIG. 4B , the plurality of programs 400 may include an operating system program 403, an application program 401, and a driver (not shown). For example, the power management module 381 obtains (eg, reads) information from the plurality of programs 400 using at least one function (eg, an application programming interface (API)), or obtains information from a plurality of programs 400, or Information can be transferred (eg, written) to the programs 400 of the . Also, the power management module 381 may notify information to the plurality of programs 400 using at least one function (eg, API). The operating system program 403 may include programs implemented in a kernel and/or drivers for power management.

According to various embodiments, the power management module 381 (eg, the battery information management module 420) obtains power information, and uses at least some of the obtained power information as a program (or application) running in the electronic device 200. ) can be delivered (or provided). For example, as shown in FIG. 4B , the power management module 381 obtains information related to the battery 340 from the second electronic component control module 383 and transfers the obtained information related to the battery 340 to other It can be delivered to programs (eg, operating system program 403, application program 401). As described above, the information associated with the battery 340 is the capacity of the battery 340, the current of the battery 340, the temperature of the battery 340, the level of the battery 340 (or the battery ( The remaining capacity of the battery 340), the charging time of the battery 340, or information on at least one of the number of times of charging and/or the number of discharging of the battery 340 may be included.

According to various embodiments, the power management module 381 (eg, the charging circuit control module 410) transmits a signal for controlling the charging circuit 350 (or the charging circuit) to the charging circuit 350, and / or may be implemented to obtain information from the charging circuit 350 . For example, at least some of the power management modules 381 may be drivers for the charging circuit 350 supported (or provided) by an operating system. For example, as shown in FIG. 4B , the power management module 381 obtains information associated with the charging circuit 350 from the charging circuit 350 and transfers the obtained information associated with the charging circuit 350 to other programs ( Example: The operating system program 403, application program 401). As described above, the information associated with the charging circuit 350 includes information associated with the state of charge, the temperature of the battery while the battery is charging, the power (eg, voltage, current) of the battery, or until the battery is fully charged. It may include at least one of information about the time required.

According to various embodiments, the second electronic component control module 383 transfers a signal for controlling the second electronic component 320 (eg, always-on IC 320a) to the second electronic component 320 or , and/or may be implemented to obtain information from the second electronic component 320 (eg, always-on IC 320a). For example, as shown in FIG. 4C, the second electronic component control module 383 is a driver for the second electronic component 320 (eg, always-on IC 320a) supported by the operating system. can Taking the case that the always-on IC 320a is an input device IC as an example, the second electronic component control module 383 is described as the OS input device driver 470, but the always-on IC 320a is not limited to the described example. ) is a different type of IC, the second electronic component control module 383 may be implemented as a driver for controlling the corresponding IC. For example, the second electronic component control module 383 may obtain power information from the always-on IC 320a as shown in FIG. 4B. For example, the second electronic component control module 383 may obtain information related to the battery 340 . The second electronic component control module 383 may transmit acquired information related to the battery 340 to the power management module 381 . Alternatively, the power management module 381 may obtain information related to the battery 340 from the second electronic component control module 383 . As another example, the second electronic component control module 383 may receive an interrupt configured to terminate the operating system and/or the electronic device 200 from the always-on IC 320a. The second electronic component control module 383 may transfer the interrupt to the operating system program 403 . The operating system program 403 may include a power management program (eg, driver) provided (or supported) by the operating system. The operating system program 403 may perform functions of terminating the operating system and terminating the electronic device 200 based on the interrupt.

Meanwhile, the aforementioned power management module 381 and the second electronic component control module 383 may receive information (eg, power information) from a hardware device based on a specific program (eg, firmware). For example, referring to FIG. 4C showing a specific example of software and hardware of the electronic device 200, the battery/charging circuit driver 480 (eg, the power management module 381) and the OS input device driver 470 (eg, the second electronic component control module 383) receives information (eg, battery-related information) through each hardware IC based on the first interface 460 (or firmware) supported by the operating system. can For example, the first interface 460 may include an advanced configuration and power interface (ACPI). Referring to FIG. 4C , the battery/charging circuit driver 480 (eg, power management module 381) converts information (eg, battery-related information) to the battery driver 490 (or power management program) supported by the operating system. information), or information (eg, battery-related information) to the application program 401 (eg, applications 493) based on the second interface 491 (or firmware) supported by the operating system. ) can be sent. Meanwhile, as will be described later, the OS input device driver 470 (eg, the second electronic component control module 383) may directly transfer an interrupt set to terminate the operating system to the battery driver 490 (or a power management program).

Hereinafter, other examples of software configurations of the electronic device 200 will be described with reference to FIGS. 5A and 5B.

5A is a diagram for explaining an example of a module (or program, or computer code) for acquiring power information of the electronic device 200 according to various embodiments. 5B is a diagram for explaining another example of a module (or program, or computer code) for acquiring power information of the electronic device 200 according to various embodiments.

According to various embodiments, referring to FIG. 5A compared to FIG. 4B , each of the charging circuit control module 410 and the battery information management module 420 included in the aforementioned power management module 381 may be implemented separately. . In this case, the battery information management module 420 obtains information related to the state of charge from the charging circuit control module 410 using at least one function (eg, API), and obtains information related to the state of charge from the second electronic component control module 383. Information related to the battery 340 may be obtained. The battery information management module 420 may transfer the obtained information to other programs (eg, the operating system program 403 and the application program 401).

According to various embodiments, referring to FIG. 5B compared to FIG. 4B , a second electronic component control module 383 may be further implemented in the aforementioned power management module 381 . Accordingly, the power management module 381 may perform the function of the second electronic component control module 383 described above.

Hereinafter, an example of an operation of the electronic device 200 according to various embodiments will be described.

According to various embodiments, the processor 371 obtains information associated with the battery 340 through an electronic component that is always turned on among a plurality of electronic components, and provides the obtained information associated with the battery 340 (eg : Provided as a program running in the electronic device 200).

6 is a flowchart 600 for explaining an example of an operation of the electronic device 200 (eg, the processor 371) according to various embodiments. According to various embodiments, the operations illustrated in FIG. 6 may be performed in various orders without being limited to the illustrated order. Also, according to various embodiments, more operations than the operations illustrated in FIG. 6 may be performed, or at least one operation may be performed less.

According to various embodiments, the electronic device 200 (eg, the processor 371 ) may determine whether the electronic device 200 is turned on in operation 601 . For example, when a hardware-key provided in the electronic device 200 for turning on the electronic device 200 is pressed, power may be supplied to electronic components of the electronic device 200 . The aforementioned power management module 381 may identify the turn-on state of the electronic device 200 and perform operations 603 and 605 based on the identification, but is not limited thereto.

According to various embodiments, when the electronic device 200 (eg, the processor 371) is turned on (601-yes), the first electronic component 310 and the second electronic component 310 and the second electronic component 310 are operated in operation 603. Among the components 320 , information related to the battery 340 may be acquired from the second electronic component 320 . For example, the electronic device 200 (eg, the processor 371) includes a second electronic component 320 among a plurality of electronic components (eg, the first electronic component 310 and the second electronic component 320). Information related to the battery 340 obtained by (eg, always-on IC 320a) may be obtained. As described above, the second electronic component 320 may be defined as an electronic component that is always maintained in a turned-on state. For example, the second electronic component 320 is electrically connected to the battery 340, and the second electronic component 320 may obtain information related to the battery 340 from the battery 340. The processor 371 is electrically connected to the second electronic component 320 , and the processor 371 may obtain information related to the battery 340 from the second electronic component 320 . The information associated with the battery 340 includes the capacity of the battery 340, the current of the battery 340, the temperature of the battery 340, the level of the battery 340 (or the remaining capacity of the battery 340), the battery ( Information on at least one of the charging time of the battery 340 and the number of charging and/or discharging of the battery 340 may be included. Meanwhile, the operation of obtaining information related to the battery 340 of the processor 371 may be performed by the operation of the power management module 381 and the second electronic component control module 383 described above, and overlapping descriptions omit

According to various embodiments, the electronic device 200 (eg, the processor 371), in operation 605, selects the battery from the second electronic component 320 among the first electronic component 310 and the second electronic component 320. Information associated with (340) may be provided. For example, the processor 371 may provide information related to the battery 340 to a currently running program (eg, the application program 401 or an operating system program). The program receiving the information related to the battery 340 may perform at least one function based on the information related to the battery 340 .

Hereinafter, an example of an operation of the electronic device 200 according to various embodiments will be described.

According to various embodiments, the electronic device 200 (eg, the processor 371) transmits information related to the battery 340 according to the state of the operating system through an electronic component that is always turned on among a plurality of electronic components. or receive an interrupt for terminating the operating system and/or turning off the electronic device 200 .

7 is a flowchart 700 for explaining an example of an operation of the electronic device 200 (eg, the processor 371) according to various embodiments. According to various embodiments, the operations illustrated in FIG. 7 may be performed in various orders without being limited to the illustrated order. Also, according to various embodiments, more operations than the operations illustrated in FIG. 7 may be performed, or at least one operation less than that shown in FIG. 7 may be performed. Hereinafter, FIG. 7 will be described with reference to FIGS. 8A to 8B.

8A is a diagram for explaining an example of an operation of the electronic device 200 while an operating system is in a first state according to various embodiments. 8B is a diagram for explaining an example of an operation of the electronic device 200 while the operating system is in the second state according to various embodiments.

According to various embodiments, the electronic device 200 (eg, the processor 371 ) may determine whether the electronic device 200 is turned on in operation 701 . For example, when a hardware-key provided in the electronic device 200 for turning on the electronic device 200 is pressed, turn-on of the electronic device 200 may be identified. Also, for example, the electronic device 200 is based on receiving an interrupt from an electronic component (eg, a timer device) implemented to provide an interrupt for turning on the electronic device 200, the electronic device ( 200) can be identified. For example, the timer device calculates time even when the electronic device 200 is turned off and/or the state of the electronic device 200 is inactive, and when the calculated time reaches a specific time, the electronic device 200 It is implemented to generate an interrupt for turn-on of, and may include, for example, a real time clock (RTC) device (or module). When the electronic device 200 is identified as being turned on, power may be supplied to electronic components of the electronic device 200 .

According to various embodiments, the electronic device 200 (eg, the processor 371) may execute an operating system in operation 703. For example, the electronic device 200 executes a program supported by the operating system and at least one other application program 401 installed in the electronic device 200 based on the execution of the operating system stored in the memory 380. can Programs supported by the operating system may include the above-described application system program and modules (eg, a power management module 381 and a second electronic component control module 383).

According to various embodiments, the electronic device 200 (eg, the processor 371) is configured to provide power to at least some of a plurality of electronic components included in the electronic device 200 based on a state associated with a running operating system. of electronic components can be identified. For example, the state associated with the operating system may be set to allow the electronic device 200 (eg, the processor 371) to provide power to all of the plurality of electronic components (eg, to control the charging circuit 350). 1 power state, a second power state in which the processor 371 is set to provide power to some electronic components (eg, the processor 371 and the memory 380) among a plurality of electronic components, and a plurality of electronic components A third power state configured to provide power only with a specific electronic component (eg, the second electronic component 320) may be included. For example, the third power state may include a deep sleep state.

According to various embodiments, the electronic device 200 (eg, the processor 371) determines whether the operating system state is the first state (or corresponds to the first state) in operation 705, and determines whether the operating system state is the first state. When the state of is the first state (705-yes), information related to the battery 340 is obtained from the second electronic component 320 in operation 707 and information related to the battery 340 obtained in operation 709 is provided. can For example, other power states other than the aforementioned third power state may be defined as a normal state (eg, the first state). While the operating system is in the first state, the electronic device 200 may perform operations 603 to 605 described above. For example, as shown in FIG. 8A, the electronic device 200 (eg, the power management module 381) acquires information related to the battery 340 normally obtained by the circuit of the second electronic component 320, By providing this to programs (eg, the operating system program 403 and the application program 401), normal operations may be performed.

According to various embodiments, the electronic device 200 (eg, the processor 371), when the state of the operating system is not the first state (or does not correspond to the first state) (705-No), In operation 711, it is determined whether the state of the operating system is in the second state (or whether it corresponds to the second state), and if the state of the operating system is in the second state (711-yes), in operation 713, the second electronic component An interrupt configured to terminate the execution of the operating system is received from 320, and the electronic device 200 can be turned off in operation 715. For example, the third power state (eg, deep sleep state) of the operating system may be defined as an abnormal state (eg, the second state). While the operating system is in the second state, only the second electronic component 320 (eg, the input device IC 800) among a plurality of electronic components of the electronic device 200 may be maintained in a turned-on state. . For example, the second electronic component 320 (eg, the input device IC 800) may be maintained in a turned-on state based on being supplied with power (or power) from a directly connected battery 340. . When the level of the battery 340 is below a specific level during the second state, the processor 371 performs the electronic device 200 received from the second electronic component 320 (eg, the input device IC 800). ), the execution of the operating system may be terminated and the electronic device 200 may be turned off.

For example, as shown in FIG. 8B , the second electronic component 320 (eg, the input device IC 800) is a battery identified based on information related to the battery 340 received from the battery 340 ( 340) can be identified as a designated period. The second electronic component 320 determines whether the level of the identified battery 340 is less than or equal to a specific level, and if the level of the identified battery 340 is less than or equal to the specific level, an interrupt is sent to the processor 371. can be sent That is, the second electronic component control module 383 of the processor 371 acquires the interrupt when the state of the operating system is the second state and the level of the battery 340 is below a specific level, and transmits the obtained interrupt to the operating system. can be passed to the program. In response to receiving the interrupt, the operating system program (eg, power management driver) may perform a function of terminating execution of the operating system and turning off the electronic device 200 .

According to various embodiments, the second electronic component control module 383 of the electronic device 200 (eg, the processor 371) has a state of the operating system in the second state and a level of the battery 340 higher than a specific level. In this case, an interrupt for wake-up may be received. For example, the second electronic component 320 (eg, the input device IC 800) receives electrical information by a user's input to the input device 330 while the level of the battery 340 is higher than a specific level. If obtained, the interrupt for the wake-up may be transmitted to the processor 371 . The processor 371 may change the state of the operating system from the second state to the first state based on the reception of the interrupt.

Meanwhile, although the second electronic component 320 has been described as being the input device IC 800 as an example, the second electronic component 320 is not limited to the described example and as described above with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4, the second electronic component 320 is a communication device IC. Alternatively, it may be implemented as an output device IC.

Hereinafter, an example of an operation of the electronic device 200 according to various embodiments will be described.

According to various embodiments, the electronic device 200 (eg, the processor 371) receives information (eg, the battery and related information) and/or perform at least one charging operation based on the charging circuit 350 .

9 is a flowchart 900 for explaining an example of an operation of the electronic device 200 (eg, the processor 371) according to various embodiments. According to various embodiments, the operations shown in FIG. 9 are not limited to the order shown and may be performed in various orders. Also, according to various embodiments, more operations than the operations shown in FIG. 9 may be performed, or at least one operation less than that shown in FIG. 9 may be performed.

According to various embodiments, the electronic device 200 (eg, the processor 371 ) may determine whether the electronic device 200 is turned on in operation 901 . For example, when a hardware-key provided in the electronic device 200 for turning on the electronic device 200 is pressed, power may be supplied to a plurality of electronic components of the electronic device 200 .

According to various embodiments, the electronic device 200 (eg, the processor 371) may execute an operating system in operation 903. For example, the electronic device 200 may execute an operating system stored in the memory 380 based on the electronic device 200 being turned on. The electronic device 200 may execute programs supported by the executed operating system and other application programs 401 installed in the electronic device 200 .

According to various embodiments, the electronic device 200 (eg, the processor 371) may determine whether charging is connected in operation 905 . For example, when the electronic device 200 (eg, the power management module 381 of the processor 371) is supplied with power (or power) from the connection device 360 through a connection with the external connection device 360, Information indicating charging connection may be obtained from the charging circuit 350 .

According to various embodiments, when the charging connection is determined (905-Yes), the electronic device 200 (eg, the processor 371) identifies the state of the operating system in operation 907, and operates the identified operating system in operation 909. It can perform at least one action based on the state of the system. The electronic device 200 identifies a state associated with the operating system, and when the state associated with the identified operating system is the aforementioned normal state (eg, the first state), the battery 340 received from the always-on IC 320a. based on information related to

According to various embodiments, when the electronic device 200 (eg, the processor 371) determines that the charge is not connected (905-No), the battery 340 is charged using the charging circuit 350 in operation 911. At least one charging operation associated with may be performed. For example, the at least one charging operation may include an operation of determining a charging mode (eg, a charge start mode, a charge maintenance mode, a charge stop mode), a charge start operation, a charge maintenance operation, a charge stop operation, or a charging circuit 350 ) It may include at least one of obtaining information related to. For example, when the charging connection is determined, the electronic device 200 (eg, the power management module 381 of the processor 371) determines the charging mode based on information associated with the battery 340 and information about the charging state. can decide In one embodiment, the electronic device 200 identifies the charging mode as a charging start mode when the level of the battery 340 does not correspond to the full level and the current charging mode is a charging stop mode or the charging mode is not set ( or determined, or set). When the charging mode is the charging start mode, the electronic device 200 sets parameters related to charging and charges the battery 340 based on power supplied from the connection device 360 using a charging circuit. can In another embodiment, when the level of the battery 340 does not correspond to the fully charged level and the current charging mode is the charging start mode, the electronic device 200 identifies (or determines, or sets) the charging mode as the charge maintenance mode. can do. When the charging mode is the charge maintenance mode, the electronic device 200 changes a parameter related to charging based on the state of the electronic device 200, identifies an error state related to charging, or The battery 340 may be continuously charged using the charging circuit 350 while identifying information (eg, information related to the state of charge). The information related to the state of charge may include at least one of a current temperature of the battery 340 , a level of the battery 340 , and a time required to charge the battery 340 . In another embodiment, the electronic device 200 may identify (or determine, or set) the current charging mode as the charging stop mode when the level of the battery 340 corresponds to the fully charged level. When the charging mode is the charging stop mode, the electronic device 200 may stop charging the battery 340 using the charging circuit.

According to various embodiments, the electronic device 200 (eg, the power management module 381 of the processor 371) performs an operation of identifying the aforementioned charging mode and performing a charging operation based on the identified charging mode. It can be repeated at specified intervals.

According to various embodiments, the electronic device 200 (eg, the power management module 381 of the processor 371) may obtain information related to a charging state from a charging circuit at a designated period while performing the at least one charging operation. can For example, the charging circuit may transfer information related to the state of charge obtained while the charging mode is a charge start mode and/or a charge maintenance mode to the processor 371 at a designated period. Accordingly, the power management module 381 of the processor 371 may obtain information related to the state of charge at a designated period.

Hereinafter, an example of an operation of the electronic device 200 according to various embodiments will be described.

According to various embodiments, the aforementioned second electronic component 320 (eg, always-on IC 320a) may obtain information related to the battery 340 from the battery 340 . The second electronic component 320 may transmit different types of information to the processor 371 according to the level of the battery 340 identified based on the obtained information related to the battery 340 .

10 is a flowchart 1000 for explaining an example of an operation of the second electronic component 320 (eg, the processor 371) according to various embodiments. According to various embodiments, the operations shown in FIG. 9 are not limited to the order shown and may be performed in various orders. Also, according to various embodiments, more operations than the operations shown in FIG. 10 may be performed, or at least one operation less than that shown in FIG. 10 may be performed.

According to various embodiments, the second electronic component 320 (eg, always-on IC 320a) acquires information related to the battery 340 in operation 1001 and identifies the level of the battery 340 in operation 1003. can do. For example, the second electronic component 320 (eg, always-on IC 320a) acquires information related to the battery 340 from the electrically connected battery 340 (eg, a control circuit), and obtains battery 340 information. The level (or residual amount) of the battery 340 may be identified based on the information associated with 340 . As described above, the information related to the battery 340 includes the capacity of the battery 340, the current of the battery 340, the temperature of the battery 340, the level of the battery 340 (or the remaining power of the battery 340). capacity), charging time of the battery 340, or information on at least one of the number of charging and/or discharging of the battery 340. The battery 340 (eg, a control circuit) periodically identifies information associated with the battery 340 using a detection circuit, and sends the identified information associated with the battery 340 to the second electronic component 320 (eg, : It can be transmitted to Always-on IC (320a)).

According to various embodiments, the second electronic component 320 (eg, the always-on IC 320a) determines whether the level of the battery 340 is greater than the first level in operation 1005, and the level of the battery 340 If the level is greater than the first level (1005-yes), information related to the battery 340 is transferred to the processor 371 in operation 1007, and if the level of the battery 340 is not greater than the first level (or In the case of the first level or lower) (1005-No) In operation 1009, an interrupt configured to terminate execution of the operating system may be delivered to the processor 371. For example, the first level may be a level of the battery 340 set to terminate the electronic device 200 and/or terminate the operating system.

In one embodiment, when the level of the battery 340 is higher than the first level, the second electronic component 320 (eg, the always-on IC 320a) transmits the acquired information related to the battery 340 to the first level. It can be transmitted to the processor 371 connected to the second electronic component 320 (eg, always-on IC 320a). Alternatively, the second electronic component 320 (eg, the always-on IC 320a) controls a device (eg, the hardware device 330) connected to the second electronic component 320 (eg, touch, When an electrical signal is received by pressing), an interrupt for wake-up may be transmitted to the processor 371 . When the state associated with the operating system is an abnormal state (eg, the above-described second state), the processor 371 changes the state associated with the operating system to a normal state (eg, the above-described first state) based on the interrupt. can be changed

In another embodiment, when the level of the battery 340 is lower than the first level, the second electronic component 320 (eg, always-on IC 320a) terminates the electronic device 200 and / Or an interrupt set to terminate the operating system may be delivered to the processor 371 . As described above, the processor 371 may terminate the operating system and turn off the electronic device 200 based on the interrupt.

According to various embodiments, as an electronic device (eg, the electronic device 200 of FIG. 3 ), a battery (eg, the battery 340 of FIG. 3 ) and the battery (eg, the battery 340 of FIG. 3 ) A connected charging circuit (eg, the charging circuit 350 of FIG. 3 ), and at least one first electronic component (eg, the first electronic component of FIG. 3 ) connected to the charging circuit (eg, the charging circuit 350 of FIG. 3 ). electronic component 310), the charging circuit (eg, the charging circuit 350 of FIG. 3) and the battery (eg, the battery 340 of FIG. 3) connected to at least one second electronic component (eg, FIG. 2 first electronic component 320), and the at least one first electronic component (eg, the first electronic component 310 in FIG. 3) and the at least one second electronic component (eg, the first electronic component 310 in FIG. 2). 1 electronic component 320) and the at least one first electronic component (eg, the first electronic component 310 in FIG. 3) and the at least one second electronic component (eg, the first electronic component 310 in FIG. 2). 1 A chipset (eg, the chipset 370 of FIG. 3) connected to the electronic component 320 and including at least one processor (eg, the processor 371 of FIG. 3), the at least one A processor (eg, the processor 371 of FIG. 3 ) executes an operating system, and when a state associated with the operating system is a first state, the at least one second electronic component (eg, the first electronic component of FIG. 2 ) 320) to receive information related to the battery (eg, the battery 340 of FIG. 3), and when the state associated with the operating system is the second state, the at least one second electronic component (eg, the battery 340 of FIG. 3) An electronic device (eg, the electronic device 200 of FIG. 3 ) configured to receive an interrupt set to terminate execution of the operating system from the first electronic component 320 of No. 2 may be provided.

According to various embodiments, the at least one processor (eg, the processor 371 of FIG. 3 ) is electrically connected to the battery (eg, the battery 340 of FIG. 3 ), and the at least one processor (eg, the processor 371 of FIG. 3 ) : The processor 371 of FIG. 3) includes the at least one first electronic component (eg, the first electronic component 310 of FIG. 3 ) and the at least one second electronic component (eg, the first electronic component of FIG. 2 ). Components 320) configured to receive information related to the battery (eg, the battery 340 of FIG. 3) from the at least one second electronic component (eg, the first electronic component 320 of FIG. 2). , An electronic device (eg, the electronic device 200 of FIG. 3) may be provided.

According to various embodiments, an input device may be further included, and the at least one second electronic component (eg, the first electronic component 320 of FIG. 2 ) may include an input device integrated circuit (IC) for controlling the input device. ), an electronic device (eg, the electronic device 200 of FIG. 3) may be provided.

According to various embodiments, while the state associated with the operating system is the second state, the at least one first electronic component (eg, the first electronic component 310 of FIG. 3 ) is turned off, and the at least one first electronic component 310 is turned off. An electronic device (eg, the electronic device 200 of FIG. 3 ) may be provided in which the second electronic component (eg, the first electronic component 320 of FIG. 2 ) is turned on.

According to various embodiments, an electronic device (eg, the electronic device 200 of FIG. 3 ) may be provided in a state associated with the operating system, wherein the second state includes a deep-sleep state.

According to various embodiments, the at least one processor (eg, the processor 371 of FIG. 3 ) is in a second state associated with the operating system and the level of the battery (eg, the battery 340 of FIG. 3 ) When the level is greater than the specific level, information related to the battery (eg, the battery 340 of FIG. 3 ) is received from the at least one second electronic component (eg, the first electronic component 320 of FIG. 2 ), When the state associated with the operating system is the second state and the level of the battery (eg, the battery 340 of FIG. 3 ) is equal to or less than the specific level, the at least one second electronic component (eg, the first electronic component of FIG. 2 ) An electronic device (eg, the electronic device 200 of FIG. 3 ) configured to receive an interrupt configured to terminate execution of the operating system from component 320 may be provided.

According to various embodiments, an input device may be further included, and the at least one processor (eg, the processor 371 of FIG. 3 ) may set the battery level to a feature level when the state associated with the operating system is the second state. a first interrupt configured to change the second state to the first state from the at least one second electronic component (eg, the first electronic component 320 of FIG. 2) under the control of the input device. An electronic device (eg, the electronic device 200 of FIG. 3 ) configured to receive and change a state associated with the operating system from the second state to the first state based on the first interrupt may be provided. there is.

According to various embodiments, an electronic device (eg, the electronic device 200 of FIG. 3 ) where the specific level is a level set to terminate the operating system may be provided.

According to various embodiments, the at least one processor (eg, the processor 371 of FIG. 3 ) may, based on the execution of the operating system, the at least one second electronic component (eg, the first electronic component of FIG. 2 ). component 320), at least one second program supported by the operating system, at least one third program being an application program, and the first program, the at least one second program , An electronic device (eg, the electronic device 200 of FIG. 3 ) configured to execute a fourth program implemented to communicate with the at least one third program may be provided.

According to various embodiments, the at least one processor (eg, the processor 371 of FIG. 3 ) converts the battery (eg, the battery 340 of FIG. 3 ) from the first program based on the fourth program. Acquire information related to and provide information related to the battery (eg, the battery 340 of FIG. 3 ) as at least a part of the at least one second program and the at least one third program based on the fourth program. An electronic device (eg, the electronic device 200 of FIG. 3) configured to do this may be provided.

According to various embodiments, the at least one processor (eg, the processor 371 of FIG. 3 ) obtains the interrupt based on the first program, and transmits the interrupt based on the first program. An electronic device (for example, the electronic device 200 of FIG. 3 ) may be provided, which is set to transfer to at least one second program and terminate the operating system based on the at least one second program.

According to various embodiments, as a method of operating an electronic device (eg, the electronic device 200 of FIG. 3 ), an operation of executing an operating system, and when a state associated with the operating system is a first state, the electronic device ( Example: The charging circuit (eg, the charging circuit 350 of FIG. 3) of the electronic device 200 of FIG. 3 and the battery (eg, the electronic device 200 of FIG. 3) of the electronic device (eg, the charging circuit 350 of FIG. 3). An operation of receiving information related to the battery (eg, the battery 340 of FIG. 3 ) from at least one second electronic component (eg, the first electronic component 320 of FIG. 2 ) connected to the battery 340 . , and when the state associated with the operating system is the second state, receiving an interrupt configured to terminate the execution of the operating system from the at least one second electronic component (eg, the first electronic component 320 of FIG. 2 ) An operation method including an operation of doing may be provided.

According to various embodiments, at least one first electronic component (eg, the first electronic component 310 of FIG. 3 ) connected to the charging circuit (eg, the charging circuit 350 of FIG. 3 ) and the at least one Among the second electronic components (eg, the first electronic component 320 of FIG. 2 ), at least one processor connected to the at least one second electronic component (eg, the first electronic component 320 of FIG. 2 ) Example: The at least one second electronic component (eg, the first electronic component 320 of FIG. 2) using the processor 371 of FIG. An operation method including an operation of receiving related information may be provided.

According to various embodiments, the at least one second electronic component (eg, the first electronic component 320 of FIG. 2 ) controls an input device of the electronic device (eg, the electronic device 200 of FIG. 3 ). An operating method may be provided, including an input device IC (integrated circuit) for the.

According to various embodiments, while the state associated with the operating system is the second state, the at least one first electronic component (eg, the first electronic component 310 of FIG. 3 ) is turned off, and the at least one first electronic component 310 is turned off. An operating method may be provided in which the second electronic component (eg, the first electronic component 320 of FIG. 2 ) of is turned on.

According to various embodiments, an operating method may be provided in which the second state includes a deep-sleep state.

According to various embodiments, when the state associated with the operating system is the second state and the level of the battery (eg, the battery 340 of FIG. 3 ) is greater than a specific level, the at least one second electronic component (eg, the battery 340 of FIG. 3 ) : information related to the battery (eg, the battery 340 of FIG. 3) is received from the first electronic component 320 of FIG. 2, the state associated with the operating system is the second state, and the battery (eg, the battery 340 of When the level of the battery 340 of 3 is equal to or less than the specific level, an interrupt configured to terminate the execution of the operating system from the at least one second electronic component (eg, the first electronic component 320 of FIG. 2 ) is sent. Set to receive, an operating method may be provided.

According to various embodiments, when the state associated with the operating system is the second state and the battery level is greater than the feature level, control of the input device of the electronic device (eg, the electronic device 200 of FIG. 3 ) A first interrupt set to change the second state to the first state is received from the at least one second electronic component (eg, the first electronic component 320 of FIG. 2) by An operating method configured to change a state associated with the operating system from the second state to the first state based on the operating system may be provided.

According to various embodiments, the specific level is a level set to terminate the operating system, an operating method may be provided.

According to various embodiments, as an electronic device (eg, the electronic device 200 of FIG. 3 ), a battery (eg, the battery 340 of FIG. 3 ) and the battery (eg, the battery 340 of FIG. 3 ) A charging circuit (eg, the charging circuit 350 of FIG. 3 ), at least one electronic component (or integrated circuit (IC)) connected to the charging circuit (eg, the charging circuit 350 of FIG. 3 ), the An input device connected to the charging circuit (eg, the charging circuit 350 of FIG. 3) and the battery (eg, the battery 340 of FIG. 3), and the at least one electronic component and the input device. A chipset (e.g., the chipset 370 of FIG. 3) connected to the at least one electronic component and the input device and including at least one processor (e.g., the processor 371 of FIG. 3), the When the level of the battery (eg, the battery 340 of FIG. 3 ) is greater than the first level, the input device transmits the battery (eg, the processor 371 of FIG. 3 ) to the at least one processor (eg, the battery 340 of FIG. 3 ). of the battery 340), and when the level of the battery (eg, the battery 340 of FIG. 3) is equal to or less than the first level, the at least one processor (eg, the processor 371 of FIG. 3) )), an electronic device (eg, the electronic device 200 of FIG. 3 ) configured to deliver an interrupt set to terminate execution of the operating system may be provided.

Claims (20)

As an electronic device,
battery;
a charging circuit connected to the battery;
at least one first electronic component connected to the charging circuit;
at least one second electronic component connected to the charging circuit and the battery; and
Disposed separately from the at least one first electronic component and the at least one second electronic component, connected to the at least one first electronic component and the at least one second electronic component, and including at least one processor. chipset;
The at least one processor is:
running the operating system;
When the state associated with the operating system is a first state, receive information associated with the battery from the at least one second electronic component;
configured to receive an interrupt set to terminate execution of the operating system from the at least one second electronic component when the state associated with the operating system is a second state;
electronic device.
The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is electrically connected to the battery,
The at least one processor is:
set to receive information related to the battery from the at least one second electronic component, among the at least one first electronic component and the at least one second electronic component;
electronic device.
The method of claim 2, further comprising an input device;
The at least one second electronic component includes an input device integrated circuit (IC) for controlling the input device.
electronic device.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the at least one first electronic component is turned off and the at least one second electronic component is turned on while the state associated with the operating system is the second state.
electronic device.
According to claim 1,
The state associated with the operating system is
The second state includes a deep-sleep state,
electronic device.
According to claim 1,
The at least one processor is:
When the state associated with the operating system is a second state and the level of the battery is greater than a specific level, receive information associated with the battery from the at least one second electronic component;
configured to receive an interrupt configured to end execution of the operating system from the at least one second electronic component when the state associated with the operating system is a second state and the level of the battery is below the specific level;
electronic device.
The method of claim 6, further comprising an input device;
The at least one processor is:
When the state associated with the operating system is the second state and the level of the battery is greater than the specific level, the at least one second electronic component changes the second state to the first state under the control of the input device. receive a first interrupt configured to change;
configured to change a state associated with the operating system from the second state to the first state based on the first interrupt;
electronic device.
According to claim 7,
The specific level is a level set to terminate the operating system,
electronic device.
According to claim 1,
The at least one processor is:
Based on the execution of the operating system, a first program for controlling the at least one second electronic component, at least one second program supported by the operating system, at least one third program being an application program, and configured to execute a fourth program implemented to communicate with the first program, the at least one second program, and the at least one third program;
electronic device.
According to claim 9,
The at least one processor is:
Based on the fourth program, obtaining information associated with the battery from the first program;
Based on the fourth program, at least a part of the at least one second program and the at least one third program is configured to provide information related to the battery.
electronic device.
According to claim 9,
The at least one processor is:
Acquiring the interrupt based on the first program;
Passing the interrupt to the at least one second program based on the first program;
Set to terminate the operating system based on the at least one second program,
electronic device.
As a method of operating an electronic device,
the act of running an operating system;
receiving information related to the battery from at least one second electronic component connected to a charging circuit of the electronic device and a battery of the electronic device when the state associated with the operating system is a first state; and
Including, when the state associated with the operating system is a second state, receiving an interrupt set to terminate execution of the operating system from the at least one second electronic component.
how it works.
According to claim 12,
Among the at least one first electronic component and the at least one second electronic component connected to the charging circuit, at least one processor connected to the at least one second electronic component is used to obtain information from the at least one second electronic component. Receiving information related to the battery; including,
how it works.
According to claim 13,
The at least one second electronic component includes an input device IC (integrated circuit) for controlling the input device of the electronic device.
how it works.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein the at least one first electronic component is turned off and the at least one second electronic component is turned on while the state associated with the operating system is the second state.
how it works.
According to claim 12,
The second state includes a deep-sleep state,
how it works.
According to claim 12,
When the state associated with the operating system is a second state and the level of the battery is greater than a specific level, receive information associated with the battery from the at least one second electronic component;
configured to receive an interrupt configured to end execution of the operating system from the at least one second electronic component when the state associated with the operating system is a second state and the level of the battery is below the specific level;
how it works.
18. The method of claim 17,
When the state associated with the operating system is the second state and the level of the battery is greater than the specific level, the second state is determined from the at least one second electronic component by the control of the input device of the electronic device. Receive a first interrupt set to change to state 1;
configured to change a state associated with the operating system from the second state to the first state based on the first interrupt;
how it works.
According to claim 18,
The specific level is a level set to terminate the operating system,
how it works.
As an electronic device,
battery;
a charging circuit connected to the battery;
at least one electronic component (or integrated circuit (IC)) connected to the charging circuit;
an input device coupled to the charging circuit and the battery; and
a chipset disposed separately from the at least one electronic component and the input device, connected to the at least one electronic component and the input device, and including at least one processor;
The input device is:
When the level of the battery is greater than a first level, transmitting information related to the battery to the at least one processor;
When the level of the battery is equal to or less than the first level, configured to deliver an interrupt configured to terminate execution of an operating system to the at least one processor.
electronic device.

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