IP Library Granted Patent US 11,519,968
Granted Patent B2
US 11,519,968 · App. 16/724,750 · Granted Dec 6, 2022

Measurement arrangement, high-voltage battery, motor vehicle and method for determining a complex impedance

Inventors: Michael Hinterberger (Großmehring, DE); Christian Endisch (Geisenfeld, DE); Christoph Terbrack (Ingolstadt, DE); Bernhard Liebhart (Ingolstadt, DE)
Assignee: AUDI AG
G01R31/389G01R31/386G01R31/396
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Patent No.
US 11,519,968
App. No.
16/724,750
Granted
Dec 6, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A measurement arrangement for determining a complex impedance of a first electrical component, wherein the measurement arrangement comprises the first component and a measuring unit, which is coupled to the first component and adapted to determine the complex impedance of the first component. The measurement arrangement comprises at least one second electrical component, which is arranged with the first component in a parallel circuit, which is hooked up in parallel with the measuring unit, wherein the parallel circuit comprises at least one switching device by which an electrical connection between the first and second component can be broken, and wherein the measurement arrangement is designed to temporarily break the electrical connection between the first component and the second component by the associated switching device in order to determine the first complex impedance of the first component.

Claims (20)

1. A measurement arrangement for determining a first complex impedance of a first electrical component, wherein the measurement arrangement comprises:

the first electrical component and a measuring unit, which is coupled to the first electrical component and adapted to determine the first complex impedance of the first electrical component,

wherein the measurement arrangement comprises at least one second electrical component, which is arranged with the first electrical component in a parallel circuit, which is hooked up in parallel with the measuring unit, wherein the parallel circuit comprises at least one switching device operable by the measuring arrangement by which an electrical connection between the first electrical component and the at least one second electrical component can be broken, and wherein the measurement arrangement is designed to temporarily break at least the electrical connection between the first electrical component and the at least one second electrical component by the associated switching device in order to determine the first complex impedance of the first electrical component, and

wherein the at least one switching device constitutes at least one switching device which is associated with a respective one of the at least one second electrical component, by which the associated at least one second electrical component can be switched out from the parallel circuit, wherein the measurement arrangement is adapted to switch the at least one second electrical component by the associated switching device temporarily out from the parallel circuit in order to determine the first complex impedance of the first electrical component.

2. The measurement arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the first electrical component is associated with a switching device, by which the associated first electrical component can be switched out from the parallel circuit, wherein the measurement arrangement is adapted to determine at least one second complex impedance of the at least one second electrical component and to switch the first electrical component by the associated switching device temporarily out from the parallel circuit in order to determine the at least one second complex impedance of the at least one second electrical component.

3. The measurement arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein the measurement arrangement comprises more than two electrical components including the first and the at least one second component in the parallel circuit, and the measuring unit is adapted to determine separately the complex impedance of a respective component.

4. The measurement arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one switching device is associated with the first electrical component and hooked up in series with the first electrical component, wherein the measuring unit has a measuring tap for determining the first complex impedance of the first electrical component, which measuring tap is arranged between the first electrical component and the switching device associated with the first electrical component, and wherein the measurement arrangement is adapted to switch the first electrical component by the associated switching device temporarily out from the parallel circuit in order to determine the first complex impedance of the first electrical component.

5. The measurement arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein the first electrical component and the at least one second electrical component are each designed as part of a cell unit, wherein each one of the cell units comprises a first terminal and a second terminal, a battery cell, and a first switch, which is hooked up in series with the battery cell, and a second switch for bridging over the battery cell, which is hooked up in parallel with the battery cell and the first switch.

6. The measurement arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein the measurement arrangement comprises an electrical consumer which can be coupled to the parallel circuit and/or an energy-providing component, wherein the measurement arrangement is adapted to decouple the electrical consumer and/or the component at least from the first component during a measurement cycle in order to determine the first complex impedance of the first component.

7. The measurement arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the measurement arrangement comprises more than two electrical components including the first and the at least one second component in the parallel circuit, and the measuring unit is adapted to determine separately the complex impedance of a respective component.

8. The measurement arrangement according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one switching device is associated with the first electrical component and hooked up in series with the first electrical component, wherein the measuring unit has a measuring tap for determining the first complex impedance of the first electrical component, which measuring tap is arranged between the first electrical component and the switching device associated with the first electrical component, and wherein the measurement arrangement is adapted to switch the first electrical component by the associated switching device temporarily out from the parallel circuit in order to determine the first complex impedance of the first electrical component.

9. The measurement arrangement according to claim 7 , wherein the first electrical component and the at least one second electrical component are each designed as part of a cell unit, wherein each one of the cell units comprises a first terminal and a second terminal, a battery cell, and a first switch, which is hooked up in series with the battery cell, and a second switch for bridging over the battery cell, which is hooked up in parallel with the battery cell and the first switch.

10. The measurement arrangement according to claim 7 , wherein the measurement arrangement comprises an electrical consumer which can be coupled to the parallel circuit and/or an energy-providing component, wherein the measurement arrangement is adapted to decouple the electrical consumer and/or the component at least from the first component during a measurement cycle in order to determine the first complex impedance of the first component.

11. The measurement arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one switching device is associated with the first electrical component and hooked up in series with the first electrical component, wherein the measuring unit has a measuring tap for determining the first complex impedance of the first electrical component, which measuring tap is arranged between the first electrical component and the switching device associated with the first electrical component, and wherein the measurement arrangement is adapted to switch the first electrical component by the associated switching device temporarily out from the parallel circuit in order to determine the first complex impedance of the first electrical component.

12. The measurement arrangement according to claim 11 , wherein the first electrical component and the at least one second electrical component are each designed as part of a cell unit, wherein each one of the cell units comprises a first terminal and a second terminal, a battery cell, and a first switch, which is hooked up in series with the battery cell, and a second switch for bridging over the battery cell, which is hooked up in parallel with the battery cell and the first switch.

13. The measurement arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the first electrical component and the at least one second electrical component are each designed as part of a cell unit, wherein each one of the cell units comprises a first terminal and a second terminal, a battery cell, and a first switch, which is hooked up in series with the battery cell, and a second switch for bridging over the battery cell, which is hooked up in parallel with the battery cell and the first switch.

14. The measurement arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the measurement arrangement comprises an electrical consumer which can be coupled to the parallel circuit and/or an energy-providing component, wherein the measurement arrangement is adapted to decouple the electrical consumer and/or the component at least from the first component during a measurement cycle in order to determine the first complex impedance of the first component.

15. A method for determining a first complex impedance of a first electrical component by means of a measurement arrangement having a measuring unit, which is coupled to the first electrical component and determines the first complex impedance of the first electrical component, wherein

at least one second electrical component is arranged with the first electrical component in a parallel circuit, which is hooked up in parallel with the measuring unit, wherein the parallel circuit comprises at least one switching device by which an electrical connection between the first electrical component and the at least one second electrical component can be broken, and wherein at least the electrical connection between the first electrical component and the at least one second electrical component is temporarily broken by the associated switching device in order to determine the first complex impedance of the first electrical component, and

wherein the at least one switching device constitutes at least one switching device which is associated with a respective one of the at least one second electrical component, by which the associated at least one second electrical component can be switched out from the parallel circuit, wherein the measurement arrangement is adapted to switch the at least one second electrical component by the associated switching device temporarily out from the parallel circuit in order to determine the first complex impedance of the first electrical component.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2020
From: HINTERBERGER, MICHAEL; ENDISCH, CHRISTIAN; TERBRACK, CHRISTOPH; LIEBHART, BERNHARD
To: AUDI AG
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Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2019 200 510.1 · Jan 16, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200225291A1 · Jul 16, 2020