Charge/discharge control device and battery apparatus

1. A charge/discharge control device monitoring a voltage and a current of a secondary battery to control charging/discharging of the secondary battery, comprising:

a first external terminal connected to one end of the secondary battery;

a second external terminal;

a charge control FET and a discharge control FET connected between the other end of the secondary battery and the second external terminal and have drains connected to each other;

a discharge-reference FET having a drain connected to the drain of the charge control FET and having a gate connected to a gate of the charge control FET; and

a charge/discharge control circuit having a first power-supply terminal to which the one end of the secondary battery is connected, a second power-supply terminal to which the other end of the secondary battery and a source of the discharge control FET are connected, a charge control terminal to which the gate of the charge control FET is connected, a discharge control terminal to which a gate of the discharge control FET is connected, a discharging-overcurrent-reference terminal to which a source of the discharge-reference FET is connected, and a discharging-overcurrent-detection terminal to which a source of the charge control FET is connected, the charge/discharge control circuit comprising a discharging-overcurrent-detection circuit configured to monitor a discharging overcurrent according to a discharging-overcurrent-reference voltage based on a voltage of the discharging-overcurrent-reference terminal and a voltage of the discharging-overcurrent-detection terminal, and a control circuit configured to output a signal which controls the discharge control FET according to a signal of the discharging-overcurrent-detection circuit.

2. The charge/discharge control device according to claim 1 :

wherein the charge/discharge control device includes a charge-reference FET configured to have a drain connected to the drain of the discharge control FET, and a gate connected to the gate of the discharge control FET;

wherein the charge/discharge control circuit includes a charging-overcurrent-reference terminal to which a source of the charge-reference FET is connected, and a charging-overcurrent-detection circuit configured to monitor a charging overcurrent according to a charging-overcurrent-reference voltage based on a voltage of the charging-overcurrent-reference terminal and a voltage of the second power-supply terminal; and

wherein the control circuit is configured to output a signal which controls the charge control FET according to a signal of the charging-overcurrent-detection circuit.

3. The charge/discharge control device according to claim 2 , wherein the charge control FET, the discharge control FET, the discharge-reference FET, and the charge-reference FET are vertical MOSFETs.

4. The charge/discharge control device according to claim 3 , wherein the charge control FET, the discharge control FET, the discharge-reference FET, and the charge-reference FET are formed on a semiconductor substrate different from that of the charge/discharge control circuit.

5. The charge/discharge control device according to claim 2 , wherein the charge/discharge control circuit includes a comparison circuit configured to compare the voltage of the discharging-overcurrent-reference terminal and the voltage of the second power-supply terminal and output a charging-current detection-signal to the control circuit in response to a detection of a charging current flow between the first external terminal and the second external terminal, and

wherein the control circuit switches a current path of the discharging-overcurrent-detection circuit and a current path of the charging-overcurrent-detection circuit according to the charging-current-detection signal.

6. A battery apparatus comprising:

a secondary battery; and

the charge/discharge control device according to claim 1 .