IP Library Granted Patent US 8,072,189
Granted Patent B2
US 8,072,189 · App. 12/409,967 · Granted Dec 6, 2011

Charge and discharge control circuit and battery device

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Patent No.
US 8,072,189
App. No.
12/409,967
Granted
Dec 6, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a charge and discharge control circuit capable of reducing a circuit size, and a battery device. In a charger reverse connection detection circuit ( 116 ), a comparison circuit or the like is not used, and two NMOS transistors are used, whereby circuit sizes of the reverse connection detection circuit ( 116 ) and a charge and discharge control circuit ( 110 ) are reduced. Accordingly, a consumption current is reduced, and a manufacturing cost is also reduced.

Claims (16)

1. A charge and discharge control circuit formed on a second-conductivity-type substrate, for controlling charge and discharge of a battery including a second-conductivity-type first MOS transistor and a second-conductivity-type second MOS transistor which are provided on a charge and discharge path, the charge and discharge control circuit comprising:

a detection terminal for detecting that a charger is connected to the battery with polarities thereof being reversed to polarities of the battery; and

a charger reverse connection detection circuit comprising:

an input terminal provided to the detection terminal;

an output terminal;

a first parasitic bipolar transistor including a second-conductivity-type base provided to a first power source terminal and a first-conductivity-type emitter provided to the input terminal; and

a second parasitic bipolar transistor including a first-conductivity-type base provided to a first-conductivity-type collector of the first parasitic bipolar transistor, a second-conductivity-type emitter provided to a second power supply terminal via a resistance component, and a second-conductivity-type collector provided to the first power supply terminal,

wherein the charger reverse connection detection circuit, when a voltage of the input terminal is equal to or higher than a voltage determined by adding a threshold voltage of a diode to a power supply voltage, operates so as to turn on the second-conductivity-type first MOS transistor which is turned on to cause a charge and discharge current to flow and is turned off to cause only a discharge current of a first parasitic diode to flow, and operates so as to turn off the second-conductivity-type second MOS transistor which is turned on to cause the charge and discharge current to flow and is turned off to cause only a charge current of a second parasitic diode to flow, to stop the discharge of the battery.

2. A charge and discharge control circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the resistance component comprises an on-resistance of a second-conductivity-type third MOS transistor.

3. A charge and discharge control circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the resistance component comprises an on-resistance of a second-conductivity-type third MOS transistor and a resistor.

4. A charge and discharge control circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the resistance component comprises a resistor.

5. A charge and discharge control circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the resistance component comprises a current source.

6. A battery device, comprising:

a battery;

a second-conductivity-type first MOS transistor and a second-conductivity-type second MOS transistor which are provided on a charge and discharge path of the battery; and

the charge and discharge control circuit according to claim 1 , which is provided in parallel with the battery, for controlling the second-conductivity-type first MOS transistor and the second-conductivity-type second MOS transistor.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 8, 2023
From: ABLIC INC.
To: ABLIC INC.
Reel/Frame 064021/0575 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 12, 2018
From: SII SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
To: ABLIC INC.
Reel/Frame 045567/0927 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE EXECUTION DATE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 037783 FRAME: 0166. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Feb 23, 2016
From: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC
To: SII SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037903/0928 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2016
From: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC
To: SII SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION .
Reel/Frame 037783/0166 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2009
From: SAKURAI, ATSUSHI; SANO, KAZUAKI
To: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.
Reel/Frame 022649/0885 →