1. An apparatus for charging a battery, comprising:
a charging component configured to receive an amount of voltage on a power bus connectable to an external device, wherein the charging component charges the battery with the amount of voltage received;
an authentication component configured to authenticate the apparatus with the external device via a plurality of signal lines, wherein the authentication component is configured to transmit one or more authentication signals on one or more of the plurality of signal lines; and
a configuration component configured to transmit a modified voltage signal and a modified current signal to the external device via the plurality of signal lines, wherein the modified voltage signal and the modified current signal are operable to cause the external device to modify the amount of voltage transmitted to the power bus.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the charging component is directly connected to the power bus.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the charging component is further configured to include a halver directly connected to the power bus, wherein the halver is configured to divide the amount of voltage in half.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the modified voltage signal corresponds to an amount of voltage the apparatus requests, and wherein the modified current signal corresponds to a threshold amount of current that the external device is limited to transmitting to the apparatus.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a detection component configured to determine the amount of voltage received from the external device.
6. The apparatus of claim 5, further comprising:
a control component configured to modify the modified voltage signal and the modified current signal transmitted by the configuration component based at least in part on the amount of voltage received and whether the apparatus is authenticated;
wherein the control component is configured to be prevented from operating when the apparatus fails to authenticate; and
wherein the power bus receives a default amount of voltage transmitted by the external device when the authentication component fails to authenticate the apparatus with the external device.
7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the detection component determines, either continuously or periodically, the amount of voltage received by the charging component.
8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus operates in conformance to the Universal Serial Bus (USB) Specification, wherein the power bus comprises a voltage bus (VBUS) and the plurality of signal lines comprise a D\u2212 signal line and a D+ signal line.
9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the apparatus further operates in a USB On-The-Go (OTG) configuration, and wherein the apparatus simultaneously receives an amount of voltage on the power bus and transmits one or more signals on the plurality of signal lines.
10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the external device is a High Voltage Dedicated Charging Port (HVDCP) device, wherein the power bus comprises a voltage bus (VBUS) and the plurality of signal lines comprise a D\u2212 signal line and a D+ signal line.
11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the charging component determines whether the external device is an HVDCP device based on the amount of voltage received by charging component on the VBUS.
12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the battery is configured as at least one or both of a single cell battery or a multiple cell battery.
13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the authentication component is configured to authenticate the apparatus with the external device either initially upon connecting with the external device or periodically.
14. An apparatus for charging a battery, comprising:
means for receiving an amount of voltage on a power bus connectable to an external device, wherein the means for receiving charges the battery with the amount of voltage received;
means for authenticating the apparatus with the external device via a plurality of signal lines, wherein the means for authenticating is configured to transmit one or more authentication signals on one or more of the plurality of signal lines; and
means for transmitting a modified voltage signal and a modified current signal to the external device via the plurality of signal lines, wherein the modified voltage signal and the modified current signal are operable to cause the external device to modify the amount of voltage transmitted to the power bus.
15. A method for charging a battery of a portable device, comprising:
receiving, by a charging component, an amount of voltage on a power bus connectable to an external device, wherein the charging component charges the battery with the amount of voltage received;
authenticating, by an authentication component, the portable device with the external device via a plurality of signal lines, wherein the authentication component is configured to transmit one or more authentication signals on one or more of the plurality of signal lines; and
transmitting, by a configuration component, a modified voltage signal and a modified current signal to the external device via the plurality of signal lines, wherein the modified voltage signal and the modified current signal are operable to cause the external device to modify the amount of voltage transmitted to the power bus.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the charging component is directly connected to the power bus.
17. The method of claim 15, wherein the charging component is configured to include a halver directly connected to the power bus, wherein the halver is configured to divide the amount of voltage in half.
18. The method of claim 15, wherein the modified voltage signal corresponds to an amount of voltage the portable device requests, and wherein the modified current signal corresponds to a threshold amount of current that the external device is limited to transmitting to the portable device.
19. The method of claim 15, further comprising determining, by a detection component, the amount of voltage received from the external device.
20. The method of claim 19, further comprising:
modifying, by a control component, the modified voltage signal and the modified current signal transmitted by the configuration component based at least in part on the amount of voltage received and whether the portable device is authenticated;
preventing the control component from operating when the portable device fails to authenticate; and
receiving, by the power bus, a default amount of voltage transmitted by the external device when the authentication component fails to authenticate the portable device with the external device.
21. The method of claim 19, determining, by the detection component, either continuously or periodically, the amount of voltage received by the charging component.
22. The method of claim 15, wherein the portable device operates in conformance to the Universal Serial Bus (USB) Specification, wherein the power bus comprises a voltage bus (VBUS) and the plurality of signal lines comprise a D\u2212 signal line and a D+ signal line.
23. The method of claim 22, wherein the portable device further operates in a USB On-The-Go (OTG) configuration, and wherein the portable device simultaneously receives an amount of voltage on the power bus and transmits one or more signals on the plurality of signal lines.
24. The method of claim 15, wherein the external device is a High Voltage Dedicated Charging Port (HVDCP) device, wherein the power bus comprises a voltage bus (VBUS) and the plurality of signal lines comprise a D\u2212 signal line and a D+ signal line.
25. The method of claim 24, further comprising determining, by the charging component, whether the external device is an HVDCP device based on the amount of voltage received by charging component on the VBUS.
26. The method of claim 15, wherein the battery is configured as at least one or both of a single cell battery or a multiple cell battery.
27. The method of claim 15, further comprising authenticating, by the authenticating component, the portable device with the external device either initially upon connecting with the external device or periodically.
28. A computer-readable medium storing computer executable code for charging a battery of a portable device, comprising:
code for receiving, by a charging component, an amount of voltage on a power bus connectable to an external device, wherein the charging component charges the battery with the amount of voltage received;
code for authenticating, by an authentication component, the portable device with the external device via a plurality of signal lines, wherein the authentication component is configured to transmit one or more authentication signals on one or more of the plurality of signal lines; and
code for transmitting, by a configuration component, a modified voltage signal and a modified current signal to the external device via the plurality of signal lines, wherein the modified voltage signal and the modified current signal are operable to cause the external device to modify the amount of voltage transmitted to the power bus.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1.-18. (canceled)
19. A method for coating double sides with a coating solution which supplies a coating solution to both main surfaces of a substrate to be processed, and rotationally operates the substrate to be processed to spread the coating solution on both the main surfaces, thereby forming coating films on both the main surfaces of the substrate to be processed,
wherein the method holds the substrate to be processed so that the thickness direction of the substrate to be processed is a horizontal direction, rotates the substrate to be processed in a circumferential direction, and simultaneously jets the coating solution toward the substrate to be processed from a first coating solution nozzle which jets the coating solution onto one main surface of the substrate to be processed, and a second coating solution nozzle which is symmetrically arranged with respect to the first coating solution nozzle and a thickness center plane of the substrate to be processed, and jets the coating solution onto the other main surface of the substrate to be processed.
20. The method for coating double sides with a coating solution according to claim 19,
wherein the coating solution is jetted onto the inner peripheral portion and outer peripheral portion of the substrate to be processed from the first coating solution nozzle and the second coating solution nozzle.
21. The method for coating double sides with a coating solution according to claim 19,
wherein the amount of the coating solution jetted onto the inner peripheral portion from the first coating solution nozzle and the second coating solution nozzle is made larger than the amount of the coating solution jetted onto the outer peripheral portion of the substrate to be processed from the first and second coating solution nozzles.
22. The method for coating double sides with a coating solution according to claim 19, further comprising an edge rinsing step of arranging a container, which stores a rinsing solution and has the liquid level of the rinsing solution exposed through the top surface thereof, at a position where the outer edge of the substrate to be processed which is being rotated after the coating step is immersed in the rinsing solution.
23. The method for coating double sides with a coating solution according to claim 22,
wherein the edge rinsing step is performed while droplets consisting of the rinsing solution are sucked by a suction part which is arranged adjacent to the container.
24. The method for coating double sides with a coating solution according to claim 19, further comprising a coating solution nozzle cleaning step of jetting a rinsing solution from the head rinsing nozzle to clean the coating solution nozzle.
25. (canceled)
26. An edge rinsing method which removes a coating solution adhering to outer edges of both main surfaces of a substrate to be processed on which the coating solution has been coated, the edge rinsing method comprising:
an edge rinsing step of holding the substrate to be processed so that the thickness direction of the substrate to be processed is a horizontal direction, thereby rotating the substrate to be processed in a circumferential direction, and arranging a container which stores a rinsing solution, and has the liquid level of the rinsing solution exposed through the top surface of the container, at a position where the outer edges of the substrate to be processed which is rotating are immersed in the rinsing solution.
27. The edge rinsing method according to claim 26, further comprising an attachingdetaching step which attaches and detaches the substrate to be processed tofrom a holding mechanism which holds the substrate to be processed, and the attachingdetaching step is performed by moving the container in a horizontal direction and in a vertical direction by a container moving mechanism which supports the container, thereby retreating the container.
28. The edge rinsing method according to claim 26,
wherein the edge rinsing step is performed while droplets consisting of the rinsing solution are sucked by a suction part which is arranged adjacent to the container.