Frequency tracking method for ultrasonic electronic cigarette

Abstract

A frequency tracking method for an ultrasonic electronic cigarette is provided. The method includes enabling start of working of an ultrasonic atomizer and selecting an oscillation frequency range of the ultrasonic atomizer as a frequency scan range according to the natural frequency characteristics of the ultrasonic atomizer. The method further includes selecting N frequency points within the frequency scan range and controlling the ultrasonic atomizer to work at the N frequency points. The method further includes finding out a maximum current value Imax and a minimum current value Imin of the ultrasonic atomizer when working at the N frequency points, and finding out a working frequency fimax corresponding to the maximum current value Imax. The method further includes controlling the ultrasonic atomizer to work at a frequency f.sub.tracking=fimax+Δf; and detecting the working current I of the ultrasonic atomizer.

Claims

1. A frequency tracking method for an ultrasonic electronic cigarette, comprising: step A, enabling start of working of an ultrasonic atomizer; step B, selecting an oscillation frequency range of the ultrasonic atomizer as a frequency scan range [fmin, fmax] according to natural frequency characteristics of the ultrasonic atomizer, selecting N frequency points within the frequency scan range, controlling the ultrasonic atomizer to work respectively at the N frequency points, finding out a maximum current value Imax and a minimum current value Imin of the ultrasonic atomizer when working at the N frequency points, and finding out a working frequency fimax of the ultrasonic atomizer corresponding to the maximum current value Imax; step C, controlling the ultrasonic atomizer to work at a frequency f.sub.tracking=fimax+Δf, wherein Δf is a set step value; step D, detecting the working current I of the ultrasonic atomizer, and if Imin≤I≤Imax, skipping to step C; otherwise, updating fimax to original fimax plus Δf, and skipping to step E; step E, if the updated fimax value is within the frequency scan range [fmin, fmax], skipping to step C; otherwise, skipping to step F; and step F, controlling the ultrasonic atomizer to work at the frequency fimax, and skipping to step D; wherein in any one of steps B to F, if the ultrasonic atomizer stops working, the frequency tracking process for the ultrasonic electronic cigarette ends.

2. The frequency tracking method for an ultrasonic electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein the frequency scan range [fmin, fmax] is [2.3 MHZ, 3.2 MHZ].

3. The frequency tracking method for an ultrasonic electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein the value range of N is 10 to 80.

4. The frequency tracking method for an ultrasonic electronic cigarette according to claim 3, wherein the value range of N is 35 to 45.

5. The frequency tracking method for an ultrasonic electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein the value range of Δf is 3 KHZ to 8 KHZ.

6. The frequency tracking method for an ultrasonic electronic cigarette according to claim 5, wherein the value range of Δf is 5 KHZ to 6 KHZ.

7. The frequency tracking method for an ultrasonic electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein step B is completed within 1 to 5 ms after start of working of the ultrasonic atomizer.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

(1) FIG. 1 is a frequency-current curve chart corresponding to a frequency sweep phase of an ultrasonic atomizer.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

(2) A frequency tracking method for an ultrasonic electronic cigarette comprises the following steps:

(3) Step A, an ultrasonic atomizer starts to work.

(4) Step B, an oscillation frequency range of the ultrasonic atomizer is selected as a frequency scan range [fmin, fmax] according to the natural frequency characteristics of the ultrasonic atomizer, N frequency points are selected within the frequency scan range, the ultrasonic atomizer is controlled to work respectively at the N frequency points, a maximum current value Imax and a minimum current value Imin of the ultrasonic atomizer when working at the N frequency points are found out, and a working frequency fimax of the ultrasonic atomizer corresponding to the maximum current value Imax is found out.

(5) The frequency scan range [fmin, fmax] is [2.3 MHZ, 3.2 MHZ].

(6) The value range of N is preferably 10 to 80. The value range of N is more preferably 35 to 45.

(7) The value range of Δf is preferably 3 to 8 KHZ. The value range of Δf is more preferably 5 to 6 KHZ.

(8) Step B is completed within 1 to 5 ms after start of working of the ultrasonic atomizer. As shown in FIG. 1, in a frequency sweep phase of step B, the minimum frequency and the maximum frequency do not necessarily correspond to the minimum current and the maximum current. It can be seen from FIG. 1 that the frequency fimax obtained by frequency sweep is defaulted as a frequency point with better atomization effect.

(9) Step C, the ultrasonic atomizer is controlled to work at a frequency f.sub.tracking=fimax+Δf, wherein Δf is a set step value.

(10) Step D, the working current I of the ultrasonic atomizer is detected, and if Imin≤I≤Imax, step C is skipped; otherwise, fimax is updated to original fimax plus Δf, and step E is skipped.

(11) Step E, if value of the updated fimax is within the frequency scan range [fmin, fmax], step C is skipped; otherwise, step F is skipped.

(12) Step F, the ultrasonic atomizer is controlled to work at the frequency fimax, and step D is skipped.

(13) In any one of steps B to F, if the ultrasonic atomizer stops working, the frequency tracking process for the ultrasonic electronic cigarette ends.

(14) The above-mentioned frequency tracking process is executed every time the ultrasonic electronic cigarette is activated. The present invention executes continuous and cyclic frequency tracking based on the current detection result, the current comparison result and the frequency comparison result. So that the working frequency of the ultrasonic atomizer is constantly close to the optimal frequency in real time, accurate frequency tracking is achieved, the atomization efficiency of the ultrasonic atomizer is high, the amount of smoke is large and stable, and the user experience is good.

(15) The embodiments of the present invention are described above with reference to the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments. The specific embodiments described above are merely illustrative but not limited. Many forms may also be made by those of ordinary skill in the art under the enlightenment of the present invention without departing from the purpose of the present invention and the scope of the claims, and all these forms fall into the scope of the present invention.