IP Library Granted Patent US 10,965,135
Granted Patent B2
US 10,965,135 · App. 15/894,441 · Granted Mar 30, 2021

Charge/discharge control circuit and battery device

Inventors: Hiroshi Saito (Chiba, JP); Fumihiko Maetani (Chiba, JP); Akihiko Suzuki (Hamamatsu, JP); Takahiro Kuratomi (Hamamatsu, JP)
Assignee: ABLIC INC.
H02J7/0068H02J7/0029H02J7/0031H02J7/0047H02J7/0072H02J7/0048H02J7/00306
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,965,135
App. No.
15/894,441
Granted
Mar 30, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A charge/discharge control circuit includes: a first power supply terminal connected to a first electrode of a secondary battery; a second power supply terminal connected to a second electrode of the secondary battery; a control circuit configured to control charge/discharge of the secondary battery; and a power-down release pulse generation circuit connected to the power-down release terminal, the power-down release pulse generation circuit being configured to supply, in a power-down state of the charge/discharge control circuit, a power-down release pulse at least to the control circuit in response to an input of a power-down release signal to the power-down release terminal to release the power-down state.

Claims (19)

1. A charge/discharge control circuit, comprising:

a first power supply terminal connected to a first electrode of a secondary battery;

a second power supply terminal connected to a second electrode of the secondary battery;

a power-down release terminal;

a control circuit configured to control charge/discharge of the secondary battery; and

a power-down release pulse generation circuit connected to the power-down release terminal,

wherein the power-down release pulse generation circuit is configured to, while the charge/discharge control circuit is in a power-down state:

receive an input of a power-down release signal on the power-down release terminal, the power-down release signal to release the power-down state of the charge/discharge control circuit; and

supply a power-down release pulse at least to the control circuit in response to receiving the power-down release signal; and

wherein the control circuit is configured to turn on a discharge control transistor to supply current from the secondary battery to a load in response to receiving the power-down release pulse.

2. The charge/discharge control circuit according to claim 1 , further comprising a forced power-down terminal to which a forced power-down signal is input,

wherein the forced power-down terminal is also used as the power-down release terminal.

3. The charge/discharge control circuit according to claim 1 , further comprising a delay circuit between the power-down release terminal and the power-down release pulse generation circuit, the delay circuit being configured to delay the power-down release signal for a predetermined period of time.

4. The charge/discharge control circuit according to claim 2 , further comprising a delay circuit between the power-down release terminal and the power-down release pulse generation circuit, the delay circuit being configured to delay the power-down release signal for a predetermined period of time.

5. A battery device, comprising:

the charge/discharge control circuit of claim 1 ;

the secondary battery;

a charge/discharge path connected to the secondary battery; and

a charge control transistor and the discharge control transistor arranged in the charge/discharge path.

Assignments (3)
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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 12, 2018
From: SAITO, HIROSHI; MAETANI, FUMIHIKO; SUZUKI, AKIHIKO; KURATOMI, TAKAHIRO
To: ABLIC INC.
Reel/Frame 044902/0423 →