IP Library Granted Patent US 9,753,091
Granted Patent B2
US 9,753,091 · App. 14/702,074 · Granted Sep 5, 2017

Voltage detecting device

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Patent No.
US 9,753,091
App. No.
14/702,074
Granted
Sep 5, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a voltage detecting device including: an analog converting circuit configured to level-convert voltages of a plurality of battery cells constituting a battery into low voltages; a digital converting circuit configured to convert the low voltages output by the analog converting circuit into digital values; and a control circuit configured to be driven by a power supply provided separately to control the digital converting circuit; the analog converting circuit being driven by a first power generated from the plurality of battery cells, and the digital converting circuit being driven by a second power generated on a basis of a pulse signal generated by the control circuit.

Claims (14)

1. A voltage detecting device comprising:

an analog converting circuit configured to level-convert voltages of a battery comprising plurality of battery cells into low voltages;

a digital converting circuit configured to convert the low voltages output by the analog converting circuit into digital values; and

a control circuit configured to be driven by a power supply provided separately to control the digital converting circuit;

wherein the analog converting circuit is driven by a first power generated from the plurality of battery cells, and

wherein the digital converting circuit is driven by a second power generated on a basis of a pulse signal generated by the control circuit.

2. The voltage detecting device according to claim 1 , further comprising

a smoothing circuit configured to generate the second power by smoothing the pulse signal generated by the control circuit.

3. The voltage detecting device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the pulse signal is a modulated signal including control information for the digital converting circuit.

4. The voltage detecting device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the modulated signal is a pulse width modulation signal indicating the control information as a duty ratio.

5. The voltage detecting device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the pulse signal is supplied from the control circuit to the smoothing circuit via a pulse transformer.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Feb 2, 2022
From: KEIHIN CORPORATION
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058951/0325 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 1, 2015
From: KAMATA, SEIJI
To: KEIHIN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035549/0809 →