H02J7/00306

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY BALANCING POWER FROM DISTRIBUTED POWER SOURCES IN A BATTERY PACK

A battery management system for dynamically balancing power in a battery module is provided. The battery management system comprises a plurality of modules, and each of the plurality of modules comprises a plurality of bricks. Each of the plurality of bricks comprises a plurality of blocks, electrically connected in one of a series configuration or a parallel configuration and a controller assembly provided in each of the plurality of the modules. The controller assembly comprises a first converter adapted to be connected to the plurality of bricks and a second converter adapted to be connected to an external system. The controller assembly is configured to obtain a plurality of battery pack parameters from the plurality of bricks using the first converter, process the obtained plurality of battery pack parameters and determine a current level to regulate a charging or discharging of the battery pack using the second converter.

VOLTAGE CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MOTOR

The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for controlling a voltage of an electric machine, applied to a vehicle having an electricity-generation-starting-up integrated electric machine, which relates to the technical field of vehicle controlling. The method includes: when the vehicle is in a voltage-controlling mode, acquiring a current battery voltage, a current battery electric current and an electric-current limit value of the vehicle; according to the battery voltage, determining an initial target voltage; according to a difference between the electric-current limit value and the battery electric current, determining a superposing-voltage value; based on the superposing-voltage value and the initial target voltage, determining a target controlling voltage; and based on the target controlling voltage, controlling the battery voltage of the vehicle.

BATTERY CHARGING CABLE
20230049910 · 2023-02-16 ·

A battery charging cable can be connected to a power supplying device and supply electricity to, and thereby charge, the battery of another device when the battery is low in power. The battery charging cable includes a USB Type-C connector at one end and a positive-electrode clamp and a negative-electrode clamp at the other end, wherein the clamps can be respectively clamped to the positive and negative electrodes of the battery of a device to be charged. With the battery charging cable supporting a USB Power Delivery protocol, and the USB Type-C connector configured to provide a relatively high voltage and power, the battery charging cable provides overload protection and has great power transmission performance.

BATTERY PROTECTION DEVICE AND CHIP THEREIN
20230045890 · 2023-02-16 ·

The present disclosure provides a battery protection device and a chip therein. The chip includes a buffer circuit and a switch circuit. The buffer circuit is configured to generate a gate control signal according to a first logic control signal, a first voltage, a second voltage, and a third voltage. The switch circuit is configured to transmit the second or the third voltage to the buffer circuit. The switch circuit includes an invert circuit and a select circuit. The invert circuit is configured to invert a second logic control signal to a third logic control signal. The select circuit is configured to select the second or third voltage to transmit the same to the buffer circuit according to the second logic control signal and the third logic control signal. The gate control signal is configured to turn off a power transistor when an overcharging or an over-discharging occurs.

Methods and apparatus for a battery

Various embodiments of the present technology may provide methods and apparatus for a battery. The apparatus may be configured to prevent leakage current from the battery to a number of sub-systems by selectively operating switches that connect the battery to the sub-systems. Operation of the switches may be based on whether the battery is charging or discharging and the capacity of the battery.

Charge-pump control circuit and battery control circuit
11557963 · 2023-01-17 · ·

A charge-pump control circuit includes an oscillator which supplies a clock for driving a charge pump driver to supply a first gate voltage to a discharging transistor in order to control discharge from a battery, and driving a charge pump driver to supply a second gate voltage to a charging transistor in order to control charge to the battery, respectively; and a drive control circuit which sets a control target voltage as one of the first gate voltage and the second gate voltage having a lower voltage in order to control generation of the clock by the oscillator according to the control target voltage.

BATTERY PACK AND ELECTRICAL APPARATUS USING SAME

The present invention detects a predictive abnormal phenomenon in a battery pack and prevents the use of the battery pack before power is shut off at a fuse. The battery pack comprises: a battery cell; a connection unit which is electrically connected to the battery cell and is connected to an external electrical apparatus main body; and a control unit which controls the battery cell, wherein, when detecting an abnormal state such as chattering, the control unit causes a charge prevention signal (LS) and a discharge prevention signal (LD) to be continuously output and makes the charge and discharge of the battery pack impossible (steps 226-228). The continuous output of these prevention signals is configured not to be negated by an operation of a user, and the battery pack can be made unusable by software control.

SWITCH-ON DELAY FOR INTRINSICALLY-SAFE BATTERY CELLS
20180006481 · 2018-01-04 ·

The invention relates to a battery cell unit (10) which comprises a rechargeable electrochemical battery cell (11), a monitoring-and-control unit (12) connected in parallel to said battery cell (11), and a coupling unit in the form of a half bridge (14) comprising a first power semi-conductor (15) and a second power semi-conductor (16). Said battery cell unit (10) is equipped with an integrated circuit (20) that has a noise source (21). A switch-on delay can be achieved by means of said noise source (21). The invention also relates to a switching method for a battery system which comprises a plurality of intrinsically-safe battery cell units (10).

BATTERY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF
20180006475 · 2018-01-04 ·

A battery and an electronic device are provided. The battery includes a battery cell, including at least one anode of the battery cell and at least one cathode of the battery cell. The battery also includes a voltage detection circuit, wherein the voltage detection circuit detects a voltage of the battery cell. Further, the battery includes a protection circuit, wherein the protection circuit protects the battery cell based on the voltage of the battery cell detected by the voltage detection circuit.

SECONDARY BATTERY PROTECTION CIRCUIT

A secondary battery protection circuit includes a first terminal connected to a power supply path between a secondary battery and a MOS transistor, a second terminal connected to the power supply path between a load and the MOS transistor, a third terminal connected to a gate of the MOS transistor, a fourth terminal connected to a back gate of the MOS transistor, a control circuit that outputs a switch control signal based on a detected abnormal state of the secondary battery, and a switch control circuit including a first switch for connecting the fourth terminal with the first terminal and a second switch for connecting the fourth terminal with the second terminal. At least one of the resistance between the fourth terminal and the first terminal and the resistance between the fourth terminal and the second terminal is greater than the on resistance value of the MOS transistor.