Battery management system and method

• US 10,023,053 B2
• Filed: 11/17/2015
• Issued: 07/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Autron Co., Ltd. (Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Park, Jae-Seong
• Primary Examiner(s): Fureman, Jared
• Assistant Examiner(s): BUKHARI, AQEEL H
• Application Number:
  US14/943,324
• Publication Number:
  US 20160137147A1
• Time in Patent Office: 973 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/12 responding to state of charge [SoC]
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/18 of two or more battery modules
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/22 Balancing the charge of battery modules
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/16 Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles

Abstract

Disclosed is a battery management system, the battery management system including: a module control unit (MCU) which includes a communication module, a capacitor which is connected to the communication module, and a charging module which is connected to the capacitor to charge the capacitor; and a battery control unit (BCU) which transmits a square wave clock signal which enables a communication module of the MCU and controls the MCU, in which when the capacitor is charged with a voltage which is equal to or higher than a predetermined reference voltage, the MCU turns on the communication module.

Claims

1. A battery management system for a vehicle, comprising:

a module control unit (MCU) which includes a communication module, a capacitor which is connected to an enable pin of the communication module, and a charging module which is connected to the capacitor to charge the capacitor; and

a battery control unit (BCU) which transmits a square wave clock signal which enables a communication module of the MCU and controls the MCU,

wherein when the capacitor is charged with a voltage that is equal to or higher than a predetermined reference voltage, the MCU turns on the communication module.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the MCU receives a plurality of square wave clock signals having different phases from the BCU.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the MCU receives a plurality of square wave clock signals which has different phases and is transmitted for a predetermined time or longer, from the BCU.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein when the voltage charged in the capacitor is equal to or higher than the predetermined reference voltage, the MCU amplifies the voltage charged in the capacitor to transmit the voltage to the communication module to turn on the communication module.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein when the communication module is turned on, the MCU transmits a signal indicating that communication is available to the BCU.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the MCU is not supplied with a normal power from the BCU.

7. A battery management method, comprising:

a signal receiving step of receiving, by a module control unit (MCU), a square wave clock signal which enables a communication module of the MCU, from a battery control unit (BCU);

a charging step of charging, by a charging module of the MCU, a capacitor which is connected to an enable pin of the communication module using the received signal;

a determining step of determining, by the MCU, whether a voltage charged in the capacitor is equal to or higher than a predetermined reference voltage; and

a communication preparation step of turning, by the MCU, on the communication module when the voltage charged in the capacitor is equal to or higher than the predetermined reference voltage.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein in the signal receiving step, the charging module receives a plurality of square wave clock signals at different phases, from the BCU.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein in the signal receiving step, the charging module receives a plurality of square wave clock signals which has different phases and is transmitted for a predetermined reference time or longer, from the BCU.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein in the communication preparation step, when the voltage charged in the capacitor is equal to or higher than the predetermined reference voltage, the voltage charged in the capacitor is amplified to be transmitted to the communication module to turn on the communication module.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

a signal transmitting step of transmitting a signal indicating that the to communication module can communicate to the BCU when the communication module is turned on through the communication preparation step.