IP Library Granted Patent US 9,401,615
Granted Patent B2
US 9,401,615 · App. 14/489,204 · Granted Jul 26, 2016

Charging and discharging control circuit and battery device

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Patent No.
US 9,401,615
App. No.
14/489,204
Granted
Jul 26, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A charging and discharging control circuit includes a switching circuit that controls the gate of a bidirectional conduction type field effect transistor; a first transistor of which the drain is connected to the drain of the bidirectional conduction type field effect transistor, the gate is connected to the source of the bidirectional conduction type field effect transistor, and the source and the back gate are connected to a first terminal of the switching circuit; and a second transistor of which the drain is connected to the source of the bidirectional conduction type field effect transistor, the gate is connected to the drain of the bidirectional conduction type field effect transistor, and the source and the back gate are connected to the first terminal of the switching circuit. The back gate of the bidirectional conduction type field effect transistor is connected to the first terminal of the switching circuit.

Claims (11)

1. A charging and discharging control circuit having a control circuit that controls charging and discharging of a secondary battery using a single bidirectional conduction type field effect transistor, comprising:

a switching circuit that controls the gate of the bidirectional conduction type field effect transistor on the basis of an output of the control circuit;

a first transistor of which the drain is connected to the drain of the bidirectional conduction type field effect transistor, the gate is connected to the source of the bidirectional conduction type field effect transistor, and the source and the back gate are connected to a first terminal of the switching circuit; and

a second transistor of which the drain is connected to the source of the bidirectional conduction type field effect transistor, the gate is connected to the drain of the bidirectional conduction type field effect transistor, and the source and the back gate are connected to the first terminal of the switching circuit.

2. The charging and discharging control circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the first terminal is connected to the back gate of the bidirectional conduction type field effect transistor.

3. The charging and discharging control circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the switching circuit includes:

a third MOS transistor of which the gate is connected to an output terminal of the control circuit and the drain is connected to the gate of the bidirectional conduction type field effect transistor; and

a fourth MOS transistor of which the gate is connected to the output terminal of the control circuit, the drain is connected to the gate of the bidirectional conduction type field effect transistor, and the source is connected to the first terminal.

4. A battery device comprising:

a secondary battery that is able to be charged and discharged; and

the charging and discharging control circuit according to claim 1 that monitors a voltage of the secondary battery and that controls charging and discharging of the secondary battery.

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 Sep 17, 2014
From: ABE, SATOSHI; SAKURAI, ATSUSHI
To: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.
Reel/Frame 033761/0795 →