Multi-Cell Power System Controller
    1.
    发明申请
    Multi-Cell Power System Controller 有权
    多单元电力系统控制器

    公开(公告)号:US20100289497A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-11-18

    申请号:US12466871

    申请日:2009-05-15

    IPC分类号: G01R31/04 G01N27/416

    CPC分类号: G01R31/3658

    摘要: Various apparatuses and methods for detecting cell connection status of a multi-cell battery are disclosed herein. For example, some embodiments provide an apparatus for detecting cell connection status of a multi-cell battery. The apparatus includes a battery cell input for each cell, a cell connection status detector for each cell, and at least one comparator. Each of the cell connection status detectors is connected to a battery cell input and has a current-based status indicator output. The at least one comparator is connected to the current-based status indicator outputs. Each of the plurality of cell connection status detectors floats in a different supply voltage range. The at least one comparator is referenced to a lower voltage potential than at least one of the plurality of cell connection status detectors.

    摘要翻译: 这里公开了用于检测多单元电池的单元连接状态的各种装置和方法。 例如,一些实施例提供了一种用于检测多单元电池的单元连接状态的装置。 该装置包括用于每个单元的电池单元输入,每个单元的单元连接状态检测器和至少一个比较器。 每个单元连接状态检测器连接到电池单元输入,并具有基于电流的状态指示器输出。 至少一个比较器连接到基于电流的状态指示器输出。 多个单元连接状态检测器中的每一个浮动在不同的电源电压范围内。 所述至少一个比较器参考比多个单元连接状态检测器中的至少一个小的电压电位。

    APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A PLURALITY OF DIFFERENT VOLTAGE LEVEL CLOCK SIGNALS
    2.
    发明申请
    APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A PLURALITY OF DIFFERENT VOLTAGE LEVEL CLOCK SIGNALS 有权
    用于产生多个不同电压电平时钟信号的装置

    公开(公告)号:US20120013380A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-01-19

    申请号:US12836865

    申请日:2010-07-15

    IPC分类号: H03K3/00

    CPC分类号: H03K19/018578

    摘要: A system is provided for generating a plurality of different voltage level clock signals. The system comprises an electrical energy storage pack having a plurality of series coupled electrical energy storage cells that provide a plurality of different output voltage level, a reference oscillator that provides a reference clock signal and a plurality of voltage clamps that receive the plurality of different output voltage levels and output the plurality of different voltage level clock signals at respective output nodes. The plurality of voltage clamps are configured to clamp each of a given output node to a respective high-side voltage level in response to pulling up of the given output node toward a respective high output voltage level and to clamp each of the given output node to a respective low-side voltage level in response to pulling down of the output node toward a low output voltage level.

    摘要翻译: 提供一种用于产生多个不同电压电平时钟信号的系统。 该系统包括具有提供多个不同输出电压电平的多个串联耦合的电能存储单元的电能存储包,提供参考时钟信号的参考振荡器和接收多个不同输出的多个电压钳位 电压电平并在相应的输出节点处输出多个不同的电压电平时钟信号。 多个电压钳位件被配置为响应于给定的输出节点向着相应的高输出电压电平上拉而将给定输出节点中的每一个钳位到相应的高侧电压电平,并且将每个给定的输出节点钳位到 响应于将输出节点向下拉输送到低输出电压电平的相应的低侧电压电平。

    Systems and Methods of Overvoltage and Undervoltage Detection
    3.
    发明申请
    Systems and Methods of Overvoltage and Undervoltage Detection 有权
    过电压和欠压检测系统与方法

    公开(公告)号:US20100225300A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-09-09

    申请号:US12399361

    申请日:2009-03-06

    IPC分类号: G01R19/00

    CPC分类号: G01R19/1659

    摘要: Systems and methods for overvoltage and undervoltage detection are provided. The disclosed systems and methods of overvoltage and undervoltage detection may be implemented with a fully differential circuit that includes a coarse comparator and a band gap based fine comparator. The coarse comparator may determine if the battery is closer to an OV condition or an UV condition. Based on the output of the coarse comparator, the trip point of the fine comparator is adjusted. The outputs of both comparators are pull-up circuits whose output is decoded to determine if an OV or a UV condition has occurred. The disclosed systems and methods of overvoltage and undervoltage detection accomplish valid circuit outputs even when the voltage across the battery reduces to zero volts. This may be achieved by using an active low signal for the UV condition and an active high signal for the OV condition. Thus, when the battery voltage goes to zero, the circuit evaluates to the correct output.

    摘要翻译: 提供了过电压和欠压检测的系统和方法。 所公开的过电压和欠压检测的系统和方法可以用包括粗略比较器和基于带隙的精细比较器的全差分电路来实现。 粗略比较器可以确定电池是否更接近OV状态或UV状态。 根据粗略比较器的输出,调整精细比较器的跳变点。 两个比较器的输出是上拉电路,其输出被解码以确定是否发生了OV或UV条件。 所公开的过电压和欠压检测的系统和方法即使在电池两端的电压降至零伏特时也能实现有效的电路输出。 这可以通过使用用于UV条件的有源低信号和用于OV条件的有效高信号来实现。 因此,当电池电压变为零时,电路评估为正确的输出。

    Systems and Methods of Battery Cell Anomaly Detection
    4.
    发明申请
    Systems and Methods of Battery Cell Anomaly Detection 有权
    电池异常检测系统与方法

    公开(公告)号:US20100173183A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-07-08

    申请号:US12349039

    申请日:2009-01-06

    CPC分类号: G01R31/3658 H02J7/0021

    摘要: Systems and methods for cell anomaly detection are provided. The disclosed systems and methods of cell anomaly detection may use a single circuit to detect both cell-open and imbalance conditions. Disclosed embodiments may incorporate a continuous or a sampled time system (i.e. cell anomaly detection is performed when an enable signal is active). An example embodiment includes receiving voltages of a plurality of cells of a battery pack; converting the received voltages to currents; determining a maximum current of the currents; determining whether at least one of the currents is anomalous; and reporting the at least one anomalous current as indicative of a bad cell.

    摘要翻译: 提供了细胞异常检测的系统和方法。 公开的细胞异常检测的系统和方法可以使用单个电路来检测细胞开放和不平衡条件。 公开的实施例可以包括连续或采样的时间系统(即,当使能信号有效时执行信元异常检测)。 示例实施例包括接收电池组的多个单元的电压; 将接收的电压转换成电流; 确定电流的最大电流; 确定至少一个电流是否是异常的; 并将至少一个异常电流报告为不良小区的指示。

    METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETECT VOLTAGE CONDITIONS OF POWER SUPPLIES
    5.
    发明申请
    METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETECT VOLTAGE CONDITIONS OF POWER SUPPLIES 有权
    检测电源电压条件的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20120062272A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-03-15

    申请号:US12880561

    申请日:2010-09-13

    IPC分类号: G01R31/40

    CPC分类号: G01R31/362

    摘要: Methods and apparatus to detect voltage conditions of power supplies are disclosed. An example power supply monitor to detect fault conditions in a power supply includes a capacitive element communicatively coupled to the power supply, the capacitive element being configured to change state between a collapsed state and an open state in response to the power supply having a first voltage associated with a first fault condition of the power supply; a detector communicatively coupled to the capacitive element to detect a voltage spike generated from the state change of the capacitive element; and a signal generator to generate a fault signal in response to the voltage spike to indicate the power supply being in the first fault condition.

    摘要翻译: 公开了检测电源电压状况的方法和装置。 用于检测电源中的故障状况的示例电源监视器包括通信地耦合到电源的电容元件,电容元件被配置为响应于具有第一电压的电源而在收缩状态和打开状态之间改变状态 与电源的第一故障状态相关联; 检测器,其通信地耦合到所述电容元件,以检测从所述电容元件的状态变化产生的电压尖峰; 以及信号发生器,用于响应于所述电压尖峰而产生故障信号,以指示所述电源处于所述第一故障状态。

    ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    6.
    发明申请
    ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS AND METHODS 有权
    电力储存系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20120013306A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-01-19

    申请号:US12836897

    申请日:2010-07-15

    IPC分类号: H02J7/00 G01R31/36 H02J7/04

    摘要: Systems and methods for determining a state of charge (SOC) of an electrical energy storage device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system is provided for determining the SOC of an electrical energy storage device comprises at least one memristor coupled in series with the electrical energy storage device to monitor charge current and discharge current of the electrical energy storage device. The system also includes a readout controller configured to determine the SOC of the electrical energy storage device based on the resistance of the memristor.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于确定电能存储装置的充电状态(SOC)的系统和方法。 在一个实施例中,提供了一种用于确定电能存储装置的SOC的系统,包括与电能存储装置串联耦合的至少一个忆阻器,以监测电能存储装置的充电电流和放电电流。 该系统还包括读出控制器,其被配置为基于忆阻器的电阻来确定电能存储装置的SOC。

    CURRENT BASED OVERVOLTAGE AND UNDERVOLTAGE DETECTOR
    7.
    发明申请
    CURRENT BASED OVERVOLTAGE AND UNDERVOLTAGE DETECTOR 有权
    基于现行的过电压和欠压检测器

    公开(公告)号:US20110012605A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-01-20

    申请号:US12643766

    申请日:2009-12-21

    IPC分类号: G01N27/416 G01R19/00

    CPC分类号: G01R31/3658 G01R19/16542

    摘要: With batteries or cells, particularly lithium ion cells, it is important to determine when one or more cells have entered a fault condition (i.e., overvoltage or undervoltage). Conventional circuits employ measuring circuits that use multiple bandgap circuits and high voltage components. These conventional circuits, however, consume a great deal of area because of the use of these multiple bandgap circuits and the high voltage components. Here, a circuit is provided that reduces the number of bandgap circuits and reduces the number of high voltage components, reducing the area consumed and reducing the overall cost of production compared to conventional circuits.

    摘要翻译: 对于电池或电池,特别是锂离子电池,重要的是确定一个或多个电池何时进入故障状态(即,过电压或欠电压)。 传统电路采用使用多个带隙电路和高电压部件的测量电路。 然而,这些常规电路由于使用这些多个带隙电路和高电压部件而消耗大量面积。 这里提供了一种电路,其减少带隙电路的数量并减少高电压部件的数量,与传统电路相比,减少了消耗的面积并且降低了整体生产成本。

    INTEGRATED ESD PROTECTION DEVICE
    8.
    发明申请
    INTEGRATED ESD PROTECTION DEVICE 有权
    集成ESD保护装置

    公开(公告)号:US20090230426A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-09-17

    申请号:US12471948

    申请日:2009-05-26

    IPC分类号: H01L29/73

    CPC分类号: H01L27/0255

    摘要: An integrated electrostatic discharge (ESD) device includes a first ESD structure coupled to a pad terminal of the integrated ESD device and a second ESD structure coupled to a ground terminal of the integrated ESD device. The integrated ESD device also comprises a diffusion region that is shared by each of the first ESD structure and the second ESD structure, such that the shared diffusion region forms a portion of at least one semiconductor junction associated with each of the first ESD structure and the second ESD structure.

    摘要翻译: 集成静电放电(ESD)器件包括耦合到集成ESD器件的焊盘端子的第一ESD结构和耦合到集成ESD器件的接地端子的第二ESD结构。 集成ESD器件还包括由第一ESD结构和第二ESD结构中的每一个共享的扩散区域,使得共享扩散区域形成与第一ESD结构和第二ESD结构中的每一个相关联的至少一个半导体结的一部分, 第二ESD结构。