IP Library Granted Patent US 8,664,919
Granted Patent B2
US 8,664,919 · App. 13/226,050 · Granted Mar 4, 2014

Remaining battery power calculation circuit

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Patent No.
US 8,664,919
App. No.
13/226,050
Granted
Mar 4, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A remaining battery power calculation circuit includes: a detection unit configured to detect an output voltage of a battery; a data storage unit configured to store data in an associated manner with each of a plurality of current values for charge or discharge of the battery, the data indicating a relationship between the output voltage and a ratio of remaining power of the battery to a capacity of the battery in a case where the battery is charged or discharged with each of the plurality of current values; and a first calculation unit configured to calculate a charging/discharging current of the battery based on the data and the output voltage.

Claims (24)

1. A remaining battery power calculation circuit comprising:

a detection unit configured to detect an output voltage of a battery;

a data storage unit configured to store data in an associated manner with each of a plurality of current values for charge or discharge of the battery, the data indicating a relationship between the output voltage and a ratio of remaining power of the battery to a capacity of the battery in a case where the battery is charged or discharged with each of the plurality of current values; and

a first calculation unit configured to calculate a charging/discharging current of the battery based on the data and the output voltage.

2. A remaining battery power calculation circuit comprising:

a detection unit configured to detect an output voltage of a battery;

a first data storage unit configured to store first data in an associated manner with each of a plurality of current values for charge or discharge of the battery, the first data indicating a relationship between the output voltage and a ratio of remaining power of the battery to a capacity of the battery in a case where the battery is charged or discharged with each of the plurality of current values;

a second data storage unit configured to store second data, the second data corresponding to the remaining power of the battery;

a first calculation unit configured to calculate a charging/discharging current of the battery based on the first data, the second data, and the output voltage; and

an update unit configured to update the second data based on the calculated charging/discharging current.

3. The remaining battery power calculation circuit according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a second calculation unit configured to calculate the second data to be stored in the second storage unit, based on the output voltage and the first data corresponding to any current value of the plurality of current values, when an instruction signal to start calculation of the remaining power of the battery is inputted to the second calculation unit.

4. The remaining battery power calculation circuit according to claim 2 ,

wherein the detection unit is configured to detect a voltage corresponding to a temperature of the battery,

the first data storage unit is configured to store the first data in an associated manner with each of the plurality of current values for each of a plurality of temperatures of the battery, the first data indicating a relationship between the output voltage and the ratio of the remaining power of the battery to the capacity of the battery in a case where the battery is charged or discharged with each of the plurality of current values for each of the plurality of temperatures, and

the calculation unit is configured to calculate the charging/discharging current of the battery based on the first data, the second data, the output voltage, and the voltage corresponding to the temperature of the battery.

5. The remaining battery power calculation circuit according to claim 3 ,

wherein the detection unit is configured to detect a voltage corresponding to a temperature of the battery,

the first data storage unit is configured to store the first data in an associated manner with each of the plurality of current values for each of a plurality of temperatures of the battery, the first data indicating a relationship between the output voltage and the ratio of the remaining power of the battery to the capacity of the battery in a case where the battery is charged or discharged with each of the plurality of current values for each of the plurality of temperatures, and

the calculation unit is configured to calculate the charging/discharging current of the battery based on the first data, the second data, the output voltage, and the voltage corresponding to the temperature of the battery.

6. The remaining battery power calculation circuit according to claim 4 ,

wherein the second calculation unit is configured to calculate the second data to be stored in the second data storage unit, based on the output voltage, the voltage corresponding to the temperature of the battery, and the first data corresponding to any current value of the plurality of current values at each of the plurality of temperatures, when the instruction signal is inputted to the second calculation unit.

7. The remaining battery power calculation circuit according to claim 5 , wherein

wherein the second calculation unit is configured to calculate the second data to be stored in the second data storage unit, based on the output voltage, the voltage corresponding to the temperature of the battery, and the first data corresponding to any current value of the plurality of current values at each of the plurality of temperatures, when the instruction signal is inputted to the second calculation unit.

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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS RECORDED AT REEL 038620, FRAME 0087 Recorded Jun 22, 2023
From: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC; FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
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From: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
To: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2016
From: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
To: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2014
From: ON SEMICONDUCTOR TRADING SARL
To: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
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CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 23, 2014
From: ON SEMICONDUCTOR TRADING, LTD.
To: ON SEMICONDUCTOR TRADING SARL
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2011
From: YAMADA, SUSUMU; KONDO, HIDEO; TAKAI, SEIJI
To: ON SEMICONDUCTOR TRADING, LTD.
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