Current detecting apparatus and battery management system

1. A current detecting apparatus, characterized in comprising a current sensor, a microcontroller unit, a primary positive circuit and a primary negative circuit, wherein:

a positive electrode of a power battery pack to be tested is connected to a first terminal of the primary positive circuit, a negative electrode of the power battery pack is connected to a first terminal of the primary negative circuit, and the current sensor is connected in series between the negative electrode of the power battery pack and the first terminal of the primary negative circuit;

the current sensor is configured for obtaining and outputting a voltage signal of the power battery pack;

the microcontroller unit is configured for collecting the voltage signal output from a signal terminal of the current sensor, implementing current conversion on the voltage signal, transmitting a detected current value, which is obtained by the current conversion, of the power battery pack and receiving a control command for controlling the primary positive circuit and the primary negative circuit to turn on or turn off;

the primary positive circuit comprises a positive end MOS transistor unit and the primary negative circuit comprises a negative end MOS transistor unit;

the positive end MOS transistor unit comprises one or more positive end MOS transistors connected in parallel, wherein a drain electrode of each positive end MOS transistor is connected to the first terminal of the primary positive circuit and a source electrode of each positive end MOS transistor is connected to a second terminal of the primary positive circuit;

the primary positive circuit further comprises a primary positive end driving unit connected to a gate electrode of each positive end MOS transistor, wherein the primary positive end driving unit is configured for controlling the primary positive circuit to turn on or turn off by controlling the one or more positive end MOS transistors to turn on or turn off under the control of the control command;

the negative end MOS transistor unit comprises one or more negative end MOS transistors connected in parallel, wherein a source electrode of each negative end MOS transistor is connected to the first terminal of the primary negative circuit and a drain electrode of each negative end MOS transistor is connected to a second terminal of the primary negative circuit; and

the primary negative circuit further comprises a primary negative end driving unit connected to a gate electrode of each negative end MOS transistor, wherein the primary negative end driving unit is configured for controlling the primary negative circuit to turn on or turn off by controlling the one or more negative end MOS transistors to turn on or turn off under the control of the control command.

2. The current detecting apparatus of claim 1 , characterized in further comprising an isolating and communicating module for:

electrically isolating the current sensor, the microcontroller unit, the primary positive circuit and the primary negative circuit;

receiving and forwarding the detected current value of the power battery pack; and

receiving and forwarding the control command.

3. The current detecting apparatus of claim 1 , characterized in further comprising a power isolating module for electrically isolating an input power supply and converting a voltage supplied by the electrically isolated power supply to voltages required by respective modules in the current detecting apparatus.

4. The current detecting apparatus of claim 1 , characterized in that the current sensor is a shunt current sensor or a hall current sensor.

5. A battery management system characterized in comprising the current detecting apparatus of claim 1 and a battery management unit connected to the current detecting apparatus, wherein the battery management unit comprises:

a memory storing computer instructions; and

a processor, when executing the computer instructions, operable to:

receive the detected current value, which is forwarded by the current detecting apparatus, of the power battery pack;

when the positive end MOS transistor unit and the negative end MOS transistor unit in the current detecting apparatus are in a turn-on state, control the positive end MOS transistor unit and the negative end MOS transistor unit to turn off or turn on based on a preset maximum supply current value of the power battery pack and the detected current value.

6. The battery management system of claim 5 , characterized in that the processor is further operable to, when both the positive end MOS transistor unit and the negative end MOS transistor unit in the current detecting apparatus are in the turn-on state:

if a difference between the detected current value and the maximum supply current value is larger than a first preset difference threshold, then control both the positive end MOS transistor unit and the negative end MOS transistor unit to turn off;

if the detected current value is larger than zero and less than the maximum supply current value, then control both the positive end MOS transistor unit and the negative end MOS transistor unit to turn on.

7. The battery management system of claim 5 , characterized in that the processor is further operable to, when both the positive end MOS transistor unit and the negative end MOS transistor unit in the current detecting apparatus are in the turn-on state:

if the detected current value is equal to zero, then determine that the positive end MOS transistor unit, the negative end MOS transistor unit or a load module has an open circuit fault.

8. The battery management system of claim 5 , characterized in that the processor is further operable to, when the positive end MOS transistor unit and the negative end MOS transistor unit in the current detecting apparatus are in a turn-off state:

if the detected current value is equal to zero, then control both the positive end MOS transistor unit and the negative end MOS transistor unit to turn off;

if a difference between the detected current value and the maximum supply current value is larger than a second preset difference threshold or the detected current value is larger than zero and less than the maximum supply current value, then determine that the positive end MOS transistor unit or the negative end MOS transistor unit has a short circuit fault.

9. The battery management system of claim 5 , characterized in that the processor is further operable to:

generate a first control command for controlling both the positive end MOS transistor unit and the negative end MOS transistor unit to turn off;

generate a second control command for controlling both the positive end MOS transistor unit and the negative end MOS transistor unit to turn on.

10. The battery management system of claim 5 , characterized in that the processor is further operable to:

if it is determined that the positive end MOS transistor unit has an open circuit fault or a short circuit fault or the negative end MOS transistor unit has the open circuit fault or the short circuit fault, then output an alert signal.

11. The battery management system of claim 9 , characterized in that the battery management unit further comprises a power supply interface and a CAN communicating interface, wherein

the power supply interface is configured for outputting a low-voltage direct-current power supply;

the CAN communicating interface is configured for connecting the current detecting apparatus and the battery management unit, transmitting the detected current value of the power battery pack, the first control command and the second control command.