IP Library Granted Patent US 9,673,656
Granted Patent B2
US 9,673,656 · App. 14/711,307 · Granted Jun 6, 2017

Charge and discharge control circuit and battery device

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Patent No.
US 9,673,656
App. No.
14/711,307
Granted
Jun 6, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a highly safe battery device in which the accuracy of an overcurrent detection current value and a short-circuit current value is improved and current consumption is reduced. A short-circuit and overcurrent detecting circuit includes: a reference voltage circuit configured to output a reference voltage generated when a constant current flows through an impedance element and a transistor having a resistance value that is changed depending on a voltage of a secondary battery; a first comparator circuit configured to compare a voltage of an overcurrent detecting terminal with the reference voltage; and a second comparator circuit configured to compare a voltage based on the voltage of the overcurrent detecting terminal with the reference voltage.

Claims (30)

1. A charge and discharge control circuit, comprising:

a control circuit configured to detect a voltage and abnormality of a secondary battery; and

a short-circuit and overcurrent detecting circuit configured to detect an overcurrent and a short circuit based on a voltage of an overcurrent detecting terminal,

the short-circuit and overcurrent detecting circuit comprising:

a reference voltage circuit comprising a constant current circuit, a first impedance element, and a transistor having a resistance value that is changed depending on the voltage of the secondary battery, the reference voltage circuit being configured to output a voltage generated when a current of the constant current circuit flows through the first impedance element and the transistor;

a first comparator circuit configured to compare the voltage of the overcurrent detecting terminal with the voltage of the reference voltage circuit;

a second impedance element including one terminal connected to the overcurrent detecting terminal;

a third impedance element including one terminal connected to another terminal of the second impedance element; and

a second comparator circuit configured to compare a voltage generated at a node of the second impedance element and the third impedance element with the voltage of the reference voltage circuit.

2. A battery device, comprising:

a secondary battery;

a charge and discharge control switch connected in a charge and discharge path of the secondary battery; and

the charge and discharge control circuit according to claim 1 configured to monitor a voltage of the secondary battery to control the charge and discharge control switch.

3. A charge and discharge control circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the second impedance element comprises a first charge and discharge control switch connected in a charge and discharge path of the secondary battery, and

wherein the third impedance element comprises a second charge and discharge control switch connected in the charge and discharge path of the secondary battery.

4. A battery device, comprising:

a secondary battery; and

the charge and discharge control circuit according to claim 3 .

5. A battery device according to claim 2 , further comprising a resistor connected in a charge and discharge path between the secondary battery and an external terminal, in which the first charge and discharge control switch and the second charge and discharge control switch are connected.

6. A battery device according to claim 4 , further comprising a resistor connected in a charge and discharge path between the secondary battery and an external terminal, in which the first charge and discharge control switch and the second charge and discharge control switch are connected.

7. A battery device, comprising:

a charge and discharge control circuit comprising:

a control circuit configured to detect a voltage and abnormality of a secondary battery; and

a short-circuit and overcurrent detecting circuit configured to detect an overcurrent and a short circuit based on a voltage of an overcurrent detecting terminal; and

a first charge and discharge control switch and a second charge and discharge control switch that are connected in a charge and discharge path of the secondary battery,

the short-circuit and overcurrent detecting circuit comprising:

a reference voltage circuit comprising a constant current circuit, a first impedance element, and a transistor having a resistance value that is changed depending on the voltage of the secondary battery, the reference voltage circuit being configured to output a voltage generated when a current of the constant current circuit flows through the first impedance element and the transistor;

a first comparator circuit configured to compare the voltage of the overcurrent detecting terminal with the voltage of the reference voltage circuit; and

a second comparator circuit configured to compare a voltage generated at a node of the first charge and discharge control switch and the second charge and discharge control switch with the voltage of the reference voltage circuit.

8. A battery device according to claim 7 , further comprising a resistor connected in a charge and discharge path between the secondary battery and an external terminal, in which the first charge and discharge control switch and the second charge and discharge control switch are connected.

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 Nov 5, 2015
From: ONO, TAKASHI; KOIKE, TOSHIYUKI; ABE, SATOSHI; MAETANI, FUMIHIKO
To: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.
Reel/Frame 036972/0417 →