IP Library Granted Patent US 10,871,540
Granted Patent B2
US 10,871,540 · App. 16/165,801 · Granted Dec 22, 2020

Measurement device and method for measuring current calibration coefficient, and current detection device

Inventors: Yizhen Hou (Ningde, CN); Zhimin Dan (Ningde, CN); Wei Zhang (Ningde, CN); Jia Xu (Ningde, CN)
Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
G01R35/005G01R1/203G01R19/25
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Patent No.
US 10,871,540
App. No.
16/165,801
Granted
Dec 22, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A measurement device for measuring a current calibration coefficient includes: a host computer and a current source, wherein the host computer is configured to acquire current calibration coefficients including a current calibration coefficient at a temperature T 1 and a current calibration coefficient at a temperature T 2 , and transmit the current calibration coefficients to the current detection device. The current calibration coefficients are acquired by: controlling the current source to output a first current with a first specified current value to the current detection device when ambient temperature of the current detection device is at the T 1 , calculating, according to the first specified current value and a first detected current value detected by the current detection device, a current calibration coefficient at the T 1 , and determining, according to the current calibration coefficient at the T 1 and the resistance-temperature characteristic curve of the shunt, the current calibration coefficient at the T 2 .

Claims (39)

1. A measurement device for measuring a current calibration coefficient, comprising

a host computer; and

a current source,

wherein the host compute is configured to:

acquire current calibration coefficients, wherein the current calibration coefficients comprises a current calibration coefficient at a temperature T 1 and a current calibration coefficient at a temperature T 2 , wherein the T 1 is a reference temperature of a resistance-temperature characteristic curve of a shunt of a current detection device, and the T 2 is any one temperature other than the T 1 within an operation temperature range of the shunt; and

transmit the current calibration coefficients to the current detection device, wherein the current detection device is used for performing a detection of a current in a current circuit requiring current detection;

wherein the current calibration coefficients are acquired by:

controlling the current source to output a first current with a first specified current value to the current detection device when ambient temperature of the current detection device is at the T 1 ,

calculating, according to the first specified current value and a first detected current value detected by the current detection device in the current circuit, a current calibration coefficient at the T 1 , and

determining, according to the current calibration coefficient at the T 1 and the resistance-temperature characteristic curve of the shunt, the current calibration coefficient at the T 2 .

2. The measurement device according to claim 1 , wherein the host compute is configured to:

control the current source to sequentially output currents with n different first specified current values at the T 1 ,

acquire n first detected current values corresponding to the n different first specified current values, wherein n≥2; and

calculate the current calibration coefficient at the T 1 according to the n different first specified current values and the n first detected current values.

3. The measurement device according to claim 2 , wherein

the host compute is configured to calculate, according to the n different first specified current values and the n first detected current values, the current calibration coefficient at the T 1 by a least-square linear fitting method, and wherein the current calibration coefficient comprises a linear calibration coefficient and a constant calibration coefficient.

4. The measurement device according to claim 3 , wherein

the host compute is configured to:

determine a third actual resistance value R 3 of the shunt at T 2 according to T 2 and the resistance-temperature characteristic curve, and

calculate the current calibration coefficient at the T 2 according to the R 3 and the current calibration coefficient at the T 1 by a formula:

A 3 =A 1 *R 3 /R 1 ,B 3 =B 1

where A 1 is the linear calibration coefficient at the T 1 , A 3 is a linear calibration coefficient at the T 2 , B 1 is the constant calibration coefficient at the T 1 , and B 3 is a constant calibration coefficient at the T 2 .

5. The measurement device according to claim 1 , wherein the host compute is further configured to:

control the current source to output a current with a second specified current value when the ambient temperature of the current detection device is at the T 2 ,

acquire a second detected current value at the T 2 detected by the current detection device,

calculate a first actual resistance value R 1 of the shunt at the T 1 according to the first specified current value, the first detected current value at the T 1 and a nominal resistance value of the shunt,

calculate a second actual resistance value R 2 of the shunt at the T 2 according to the second specified current value, the second detected current value at the T 2 and the nominal resistance value of the shunt,

calculate, a resistance-temperature coefficient of the shunt at the T 2 according to the R 1 and R 2 , and

determine the resistance-temperature characteristic curve of the shunt based on the resistance-temperature coefficient at the T 2 and a resistance-temperature coefficient at the T 1 , wherein the resistance-temperature coefficient at the T 1 is zero.

6. The measurement device according to claim 1 , wherein

the host compute is further configured to:

control, when ambient temperature of the current detection device is at a preset temperature within the operation temperature range of the shunt, the current source to output a current with a preset current value,

receive a calibrated current value sent by the current detection device, wherein the calibrated current value is obtained by calibration of a detected current value detected by the current detection device and corresponding to the preset current value with a predetermined current calibration coefficient for the preset temperature,

calculate a measurement error of the current detection device according to the preset current value and the calibrated current value, and

determine, if the measurement error is less than a preset current error, the predetermined current calibration coefficient as a current calibration coefficient of the current detection device for the preset temperature.

7. The measurement device according to claim 1 , wherein

the host compute is further configured to

control the current source to output a first actual current value corresponding to the first specified current value; and

calculate, according to the first detected current value and the first actual current value corresponding to the first specified current value, the current calibration coefficient at the T 1 of the current detection device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2022
From: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX RUNZHI SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 059909/0070 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2017 1 0991638 · Oct 23, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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