IP Library Granted Patent US 12,228,615
Granted Patent B2
US 12,228,615 · App. 17/720,971 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Electronic device for estimating battery state and operating method thereof

Inventors: Jinho Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Tae Won Song (Yongin-si, KR); Young Hun Sung (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
G01R31/3835G01R31/392H01M10/482
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Patent No.
US 12,228,615
App. No.
17/720,971
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are an electronic device, including a memory configured to store parameters of an electrochemical model corresponding to a battery, a sensor configured to measure a voltage of the battery, and a processor configured to determine a first cumulative state of charge (SOC) correction amount at a partially discharged point in time at which a SOC of the battery is corrected by a corrector for reducing a voltage difference between an estimated voltage of the electrochemical model and the measured voltage of the battery, estimate a second cumulative SOC correction amount at a fully discharged point in time based on the first cumulative SOC correction amount and a SOC correction amount prediction curve, and update an aging parameter of the electrochemical model based on the second cumulative SOC correction amount.

Claims (51)

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a memory configured to store parameters of an electrochemical model corresponding to a battery;

a sensor configured to measure a voltage of the battery; and

a processor configured to

determine a first cumulative state of charge (SOC) correction amount at a partially discharged point in time at which a SOC of the battery is corrected by a corrector for reducing a voltage difference between an estimated voltage of the electrochemical model and the measured voltage of the battery,

estimate a second cumulative SOC correction amount at a fully discharged point in time based on the first cumulative SOC correction amount and a SOC correction amount prediction curve, and

update an aging parameter of the electrochemical model based on the second cumulative SOC correction amount.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the SOC correction amount prediction curve is determined based on a cumulative voltage difference curve determined by:

determining a voltage difference curve between the estimated voltage of the electrochemical model and the measured voltage of the battery based on a change in an anode potential according to aging of the battery; and

determining a cumulative voltage difference curve obtained by accumulating voltage differences from a point in time at which the voltage difference increases in the voltage difference curve.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the SOC correction amount prediction curve is determined based on fixing the voltage difference curve according to the battery and that a cumulative voltage correction amount corresponds to a cumulative SOC correction amount.

4. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the point in time at which the voltage difference increases in the voltage difference curve comprises:

a point in time at which an anode stoichiometry of the battery is between 0.3 and 0.4, inclusive; or

a point in time at which the SOC of the battery is between 30% and 40%, inclusive.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine the second cumulative SOC correction amount, based on:

the first cumulative SOC correction amount;

a third cumulative SOC correction amount corresponding to a battery state at the partially discharged point in time in the SOC correction amount prediction curve; and

a fourth cumulative SOC correction amount corresponding to a battery state at the fully discharged point in time in the SOC correction amount prediction curve.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine the first cumulative SOC correction amount by the corrector from a point in time at which the voltage difference increases to the partially discharged point in time.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the SOC correction amount prediction curve is determined based on a cumulative voltage difference curve determined by:

determining a voltage difference curve between a measured voltage of the battery in a fresh state and an estimated voltage of a large-capacity model having a larger capacity than the electrochemical model; and

determining a cumulative voltage difference curve obtained by accumulating voltage differences, based on a graph below a designated battery state in the voltage difference curve.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

store a parameter determined based on the second cumulative SOC correction amount in the memory, and

update the aging parameter of the electrochemical model using one or more parameters stored in the memory, in response to an update condition for the aging parameter being reached.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the aging parameter comprises an electrode balance shift for the battery.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to estimate state information of the battery using the electrochemical model with the updated aging parameter.

11. A processor-implemented method of operating an electronic device, the operating method comprising:

determining a first cumulative state of charge (SOC) correction amount at a partially discharged point in time at which a SOC of a battery included in the electronic device is corrected by a corrector for reducing a voltage difference between an estimated voltage of an electrochemical model corresponding to the battery and a measured voltage of the battery;

estimating a second cumulative SOC correction amount at a fully discharged point in time based on the first cumulative SOC correction amount and a SOC correction amount prediction curve; and

updating an aging parameter of the electrochemical model based on the second cumulative SOC correction amount.

12. The operating method of claim 11 , wherein the SOC correction amount prediction curve is determined based on a cumulative voltage difference curve determined by:

determining a voltage difference curve between the estimated voltage of the electrochemical model and the measured voltage of the battery based on a change in an anode potential according to aging of the battery; and

determining a cumulative voltage difference curve obtained by accumulating voltage differences from a point in time at which the voltage difference increases in the voltage difference curve.

13. The operating method of claim 12 , wherein the SOC correction amount prediction curve is determined based on fixing the voltage difference curve according to the battery and that a cumulative voltage correction amount corresponds to a cumulative SOC correction amount.

14. The operating method of claim 12 , wherein the point in time at which the voltage difference increases in the voltage difference curve comprises:

a point in time at which an anode stoichiometry of the battery is between 0.3 and 0.4, inclusive; or

a point in time at which the SOC of the battery is between 30% and 40%, inclusive.

15. The operating method of claim 11 , wherein the estimating of the second cumulative SOC correction amount comprises determining the second cumulative SOC correction amount, based on

the first cumulative SOC correction amount;

a third cumulative SOC correction amount corresponding to a battery state at the partially discharged point in time in the SOC correction amount prediction curve; and

a fourth cumulative SOC correction amount corresponding to a battery state at the fully discharged point in time in the SOC correction amount prediction curve.

16. The operating method of claim 11 , wherein the determining of the first cumulative SOC correction amount comprises determine the first cumulative SOC correction amount by the corrector from a point in time at which the voltage difference increases to the partially discharged point in time.

17. The operating method of claim 11 , wherein the SOC correction amount prediction curve is determined based on a cumulative voltage difference curve determined by:

determining a voltage difference curve between a measured voltage of the battery in a fresh state and an estimated voltage of a large-capacity model having a larger capacity than the electrochemical model; and

determining a cumulative voltage difference curve obtained by accumulating voltage differences, based on a graph below a designated battery state in the voltage difference curve.

18. The operating method of claim 11 , further comprising:

storing a parameter determined based on the second cumulative SOC correction amount in a memory, and

updating the aging parameter of the electrochemical model using one or more parameters stored in the memory, in response to an update condition for the aging parameter being reached.

19. The operating method of claim 11 , wherein the aging parameter comprises an electrode balance shift for the battery.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the operating method of claim 11 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 14, 2022
From: KIM, JINHO; SONG, TAE WON; SUNG, YOUNG HUN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059603/0045 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0161221 · Nov 22, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230160965A1 · May 25, 2023
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