Battery assembly controller which monitors voltages of secondary batteries
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1. A battery assembly controller controlling terminal voltages of a plurality of series-connected secondary batteries to be equal, the controller comprising:
- a discharge circuit selectively reducing the terminal voltages of the secondary batteries; and
a monitoring circuit directly connected to positive and negative electrodes of the secondary batteries to monitor the terminal voltages of the secondary batteries, whereinthe discharge circuit includes;
a plurality of switches, each being connected to positive and negative electrodes of associated one of the secondary batteries, anda control circuit controlling not to turn on odd-numbered and even-numbered switches simultaneously, where the switches are sequentially numbered as 1, 2, 3, . . . , from a high-potential side,each of the switches is a MOS transistor, andthe discharge circuit further includes;
a plurality of resistors, each being connected between a gate and a source of one of the MOS transistors,a plurality of current supplies, anda plurality of other switches, each being connected between the gate of one of the MOS transistors and associated one of the current supplies.
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Abstract
A battery assembly controller controls terminal voltages of a plurality of series-connected secondary batteries to be equal. The controller includes a discharge circuit selectively reducing the terminal voltages of the secondary batteries; and a monitoring circuit directly connected to positive and negative electrodes of the secondary batteries to monitor the terminal voltages of the secondary batteries.
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1. A battery assembly controller controlling terminal voltages of a plurality of series-connected secondary batteries to be equal, the controller comprising:
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a discharge circuit selectively reducing the terminal voltages of the secondary batteries; and a monitoring circuit directly connected to positive and negative electrodes of the secondary batteries to monitor the terminal voltages of the secondary batteries, wherein the discharge circuit includes; a plurality of switches, each being connected to positive and negative electrodes of associated one of the secondary batteries, and a control circuit controlling not to turn on odd-numbered and even-numbered switches simultaneously, where the switches are sequentially numbered as 1, 2, 3, . . . , from a high-potential side, each of the switches is a MOS transistor, and the discharge circuit further includes; a plurality of resistors, each being connected between a gate and a source of one of the MOS transistors, a plurality of current supplies, and a plurality of other switches, each being connected between the gate of one of the MOS transistors and associated one of the current supplies. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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