IP Library Granted Patent US 11,513,156
Granted Patent B2
US 11,513,156 · App. 16/532,664 · Granted Nov 29, 2022

Voltage determinator and voltage determination system

Inventors: Shingo Tsuchiya (Utsunomiya, JP); Seiji Kamata (Utsunomiya, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
G01R31/3835H01M10/425H01M10/4207H01M10/482H02J7/0063H01M2010/4271H01M2010/4278H02J2007/0067
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Patent No.
US 11,513,156
App. No.
16/532,664
Granted
Nov 29, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A voltage determinator which determines a battery voltage using a voltage determination circuit and is configured to output the determination voltage to a corrector in a separate body includes a characteristics signal generation circuit that is configured to output a characteristics signal indicating characteristics of the voltage determination circuit to the corrector.

Claims (33)

1. A voltage determinator comprising:

a voltage determination circuit configured to determine each inter-terminal voltage of a plurality of battery cells configuring a battery, and output a voltage obtained by amplifying the each determined inter-terminal voltage to a corrector in a separate body as a determination voltage; and

a coupler configured to connect the corrector and the voltage determination circuit in an alternating manner,

wherein the voltage determination circuit includes:

a voltage divider circuit configured to generate a DC voltage by dividing a predetermined voltage, the DC voltage indicating characteristics of the voltage determination circuit; and

an A/D conversion circuit configured to generate a digital signal of the DC voltage as a characteristics signal by performing an A/D conversion on the DC voltage,

wherein the voltage determination circuit is configured to output a set voltage input from the voltage divider circuit to the coupler, and

the voltage determination circuit is configured to output the characteristics signal indicating characteristics of the voltage determination circuit to the corrector,

wherein the characteristics signal is based on the set voltage.

2. The voltage determinator according to claim 1 ,

wherein the characteristics of the voltage determination circuit are at least one of an offset error of the voltage determination circuit and a gain error of the voltage determination circuit.

3. The voltage determinator according to claim 1 ,

wherein the battery includes a plurality of battery modules,

each of the battery modules includes the plurality of battery cells, and

a plurality of the voltage determination circuits are provided in a one-to-one correspondence with each of the plurality of battery modules in the voltage determinator.

4. The voltage determinator according to claim 3 ,

wherein the characteristics of the voltage determination circuit are at least one of an offset error of the voltage determination circuit and a gain error of the voltage determination circuit.

5. A voltage determination system comprising:

the voltage determinator according to claim 1 ; and

the corrector,

wherein the corrector corrects the determination voltage on the basis of the characteristics signal input from the voltage determinator.

6. The voltage determination system according to claim 5 ,

wherein the characteristics of the voltage determination circuit are at least one of an offset error of the voltage determination circuit and a gain error of the voltage determination circuit.

7. The voltage determination system according to claim 6 ,

wherein the battery includes a plurality of battery modules,

each of the battery modules includes the plurality of battery cells, and

a plurality of the voltage determination circuits are provided in a one-to-one correspondence with each of the plurality of battery modules in the voltage determinator.

8. The voltage determination system according to claim 5 ,

wherein the battery includes a plurality of battery modules,

each of the battery modules includes the plurality of battery cells, and

a plurality of the voltage determination circuits are provided in a one-to-one correspondence with each of the plurality of battery modules in the voltage determinator.

9. The voltage determination system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the coupler is a coupling capacitor.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Nov 15, 2021
From: KEIHIN CORPORATION
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058109/0187 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2019
From: TSUCHIYA, SHINGO; KAMATA, SEIJI
To: KEIHIN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049968/0822 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-153059 · Aug 16, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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