Battery equalizing circuit
The present disclosure discloses a battery equalizing circuit, which comprises a first battery unit, a second battery unit, a current detecting resistor, an equalizing inductor, a first control switch, a second control switch and a feedback control circuit. The first battery unit is connected in series with the second battery unit. The first battery unit, the current detecting resistor, the equalizing inductor and the first control switch are electrically connected with each other to form a first circuit loop. The second battery unit, the current detecting resistor, the equalizing inductor and the second control switch are electrically connected with each other to form a second circuit loop. The feedback control circuit is connected in parallel with the current detecting resistor to detect a voltage drop across the current detecting resistor, and switch between the first and the second circuit loop so as to make an equalizing current substantially constant.
1. A battery equalizing circuit, comprising a first battery unit, a second battery unit, a current detecting resistor, an equalizing inductor, a first control switch, a second control switch and a feedback control circuit, wherein the first battery unit is connected in series with the second battery unit, the first battery unit, the current detecting resistor, the equalizing inductor and the first control switch are electrically connected with each other to form a first circuit loop, the second battery unit, the current detecting resistor, the equalizing inductor and the second control switch are electrically connected with each other to form a second circuit loop, the feedback control circuit is connected in parallel with the current detecting resistor to detect a voltage drop across the current detecting resistor, and comprises a reference voltage source and a hysteresis comparator, the reference voltage source is configured to supply a reference voltage and is electrically connected to a first terminal of the current detecting resistor and a negative input terminal of the hysteresis comparator, a positive input terminal of the hysteresis comparator is electrically connected to a second terminal of the current detecting resistor, and an output terminal of the hysteresis comparator acts as an output terminal of the feedback control circuit to output the control signal to the first control switch and the second control switch respectively to switch between the first circuit loop and the second circuit loop such that the first control switch and the second control switch are turned on alternately to make the first circuit loop and the second circuit loop turned on alternately;
wherein the positive input terminal of the hysteresis comparator is directly electrically-connected to a node between the current detecting resistor and the equalizing inductor, and the negative input terminal of the hysteresis comparator is directly electrically-connected to the reference voltage source.
2. The battery equalizing circuit of claim 1 , wherein the first control switch and the second control switch are an NMOS transistor and a Schottky diode respectively.
3. The battery equalizing circuit of claim 1 , wherein the first control switch and the second control switch are a PMOS transistor and a Schottky diode respectively.
4. The battery equalizing circuit of claim 1 , wherein the first control switch and the second control switch are an NMOS transistor and a PMOS transistor respectively.
5. The battery equalizing circuit of claim 1 , wherein the reference voltage source has a positive terminal and a negative terminal, the positive terminal of the reference voltage source is directly electrically-connected to the first terminal of the current detecting resistor directly, and the negative terminal of the reference voltage source is directly electrically-connected to the negative input terminal of the hysteresis comparator.