POWER STORAGE SYSTEM, POWER STORAGE DEVICE, AND CHARGING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20220190622A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-16

    申请号:US17683932

    申请日:2022-03-01

    发明人: Hitoshi KOBAYASHI

    IPC分类号: H02J7/00

    摘要: A power storage system includes: a power storage device including a cell stack including power storage cells connected in series; and a charging device that supplies a charging current to the power storage device. The power storage system further includes: an alternating current excitating circuit in the power storage device or the charging device that excitates the charging current using an alternating current; a complex impedance measuring unit in the power storage device that measures a current value of the alternating current used to excitate the charging current and a voltage value of each of the power storage cells, and measures a complex impedance of each of the power storage cells from the measured current and voltage values; and a charging control unit in the power storage device or the charging device that controls the charging current based on the complex impedance.

    CELL SUPERVISING CIRCUIT AND BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20210184474A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-17

    申请号:US17185456

    申请日:2021-02-25

    发明人: Hitoshi KOBAYASHI

    摘要: A cell supervising circuit includes: a measurement circuit which measures a state of charge of a secondary battery cell; a transformer which is provided for the measurement circuit to contactlessly receive power supply from a power source different from the secondary battery cell; and a communication circuit which transmits, via the transformer to a BMU which manages a status of a battery pack, the state of charge measured by the measurement circuit.

    ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERSION CIRCUIT AND CURRENT MEASUREMENT CIRCUIT

    公开(公告)号:US20240128981A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-18

    申请号:US18392528

    申请日:2023-12-21

    发明人: Hitoshi KOBAYASHI

    IPC分类号: H03M1/18

    CPC分类号: H03M1/188 G01R19/0092

    摘要: An analog-to-digital conversion circuit includes: a first variable gain amplifier connected to an input terminal; a first AD converter connected to the first variable gain amplifier; a second variable gain amplifier connected to the input terminal; a second AD converter connected to the second variable gain amplifier; a selection circuit to which an output of the first AD converter and an output of the second AD converter are input, and which selects one of the outputs; and a control circuit that controls a gain change period of the first variable gain amplifier and a gain change period of the second variable gain amplifier in a relative manner.

    ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERSION CIRCUIT
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240007128A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-04

    申请号:US18467501

    申请日:2023-09-14

    发明人: Hitoshi KOBAYASHI

    IPC分类号: H03M3/00

    CPC分类号: H03M3/462 H03M3/48

    摘要: An analog-to-digital conversion circuit includes: a variable gain amplifier; a delta-sigma modulator that modulates an output of the variable gain amplifier to a pulse density modulation (PDM) signal; and a decimation filter that downsamples the PDM signal to output a first digital signal that is converted into a multi-bit digital signal. The decimation filter includes: a weight change unit that converts the PDM signal into a second digital signal that is weighted by multiplying a weight of the PDM signal by a reciprocal of an amplification factor of the variable gain amplifier; and a first digital filter that receives the second digital signal as an input, and outputs the first digital signal.

    BATTERY MANAGEMENT CIRCUIT, BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND BATTERY MANAGEMENT NETWORK

    公开(公告)号:US20220120817A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-21

    申请号:US17558366

    申请日:2021-12-21

    摘要: A battery management circuit includes: a reference signal generator that generates a first reference frequency signal and a second reference frequency signal having a phase different from a phase of the first reference frequency signal; an alternating-current superimposer that superimposes an alternating current on the secondary battery, the alternating current having a frequency component of the first reference frequency signal; a voltage measurer that measures a voltage of the secondary battery by performing sampling using a frequency; a current measurer that measures a current of the secondary battery by performing sampling using a frequency; and a converter that converts each of results of measurements by the voltage measurer and the current measurer into a complex voltage and a complex current, by multiplying the result of the measurement by the first reference frequency signal and the second reference frequency signal.

    BATTERY MONITORING SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH BATTERY MONITORING CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR REDUCING CONSUMPTION POWER IN SLEEP STATE

    公开(公告)号:US20210313815A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-07

    申请号:US17349437

    申请日:2021-06-16

    发明人: Hitoshi KOBAYASHI

    IPC分类号: H02J7/00 G01R31/396

    摘要: A battery control system is provided with battery monitoring control circuits for measuring an output voltage of an individual or secondary battery cells, which are connected in an assembled battery divided into blocks; and a control circuit for controlling the battery monitoring control circuits. Each of the batter monitoring control circuits includes a communication interface for communications between the battery monitoring control circuits or communications with the control circuit; a power converter for converting a start-up signal into a DC voltage; and a start-up circuit that receives the DC voltage and generates a start-up control signal for starting the battery monitoring control circuit. The communication interface is a daisy-chain communication interface that connects the plurality of battery monitoring control circuits in a daisy chain, and one of the plurality of battery monitoring control circuits starts another one of the plurality of battery monitoring control circuits based on the start-up signal.