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Granted Patent B2
US 10,461,374 · App. 15/633,847 · Granted Oct 29, 2019

Battery internal temperature sensing battery management system

Inventors: Rengaswamy Srinivasan (Ellicott City, MD); Bliss G. Carkhuff (Laurel, MD)
Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
H01M10/4257G01R31/367G01R31/389G01R31/396H01M10/0525H01M10/425H01M10/052H01M2010/4271
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Patent No.
US 10,461,374
App. No.
15/633,847
Granted
Oct 29, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method is provided. The method is executable by a processor of a battery management system. The method includes sending a first command signal to a multiplexer to cause the multiplexer to select a cell of a battery. The method also includes sending a second command signal to a current source to apply a current to the cell of the battery. The method also includes receiving measurement information based on the application of the current to the cell from a measurement circuit.

Claims (24)

1. A battery management system comprising:

a processor;

a multiplexer;

a second multiplexer;

a current source; and

a measurement circuit,

the measurement circuit being electrically coupled to the processor, and the measurement circuit comprising a gain circuit, a second gain circuit, a buffer, and a root means square converter, the first and second gain circuits increasing the amplitude of a signal received from the multiplexer and the root means square converter converting the signal received from the multiplexer into a direct current signal of equivalent value,

the battery management system is configured to:

send a first command signal to the multiplexer to cause the multiplexer to select a cell of a battery;

send a second command signal to the current source to apply a current to the cell of the battery;

send a third command signal to the second multiplexer to cause the second multiplexer to select a current path, the first and command signals being synchronous commands; and

receive measurement information based on the application of the current to the cell from the measurement circuit.

2. The battery management system of claim 1 , wherein the measurement information comprises a cell voltage corresponding to the cell of the battery.

3. The battery management system of claim 1 , wherein the measurement information comprises a phase shift measurement corresponding to the cell of the battery.

4. The battery management system of claim 1 , wherein the measurement information comprises a cell impedance corresponding to the cell of the battery.

5. A system comprising:

a multiplexer configured to select a cell of a battery;

a current source configured to apply a current to the cell of the battery;

a second multiplexer configured to select a current path from the current source to the cell of the battery, the multiplexer and the second multiplexer operating synchronously to select the cell of the battery and select the current path from the current source to the cell of the battery, respectively;

a measurement circuit configured to output measurement information based on the application of the current to the cell, the measurement circuit being electrically coupled to a microcontroller, and the measurement circuit comprising a gain circuit, a second gain circuit, a buffer, and a root means square converter; and

the microcontroller configured to control the operations of the multiplexer and current source via sending command signals comprising the first and second gain circuits increasing the amplitude of a signal received from the multiplexer and the root means square converter converting the signal received from the multiplexer into a direct current signal of equivalent value.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the measurement information comprises one or more of a cell voltage corresponding to the cell of the battery, a phase shift measurement corresponding to the cell of the battery, a cell impedance corresponding to the cell of the battery.

7. The battery management system of claim 1 , wherein the measurement circuit measures an amplitude and a phase shift of a cell impedance at multiple frequencies corresponding to the cell of the battery to characterize the cell regarding states of an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte.

8. The battery management system of claim 7 , wherein the measurement circuit couples the amplitude and the phase shift of the cell impedance at the multiple frequencies with a direct current cell voltage measurement to cause battery safety and energy management by the battery management system.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 27, 2017
From: SRINIVASAN, RENGASWAMY; CARKHUFF, BLISS G.
To: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 042822/0112 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62354837 · Jun 27, 2016
Related Publication 20170370998A1 · Dec 28, 2017
Cited By (1)
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