CELL VOLTAGE DETECTING APPARATUS

• US 20090140743A1
• Filed: 11/26/2008
• Published: 06/04/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Ohnuki, Yasumichi
• Granted Patent: US 7,990,154 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 324/426
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 19/16542 for batteries charge condition monitoring in G01R31/36
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/396 Acquisition or processing of data for testing or for monitoring individual cells or groups of cells within a battery

Abstract

The present invention provides an easy to produce cell voltage detecting apparatus using a semiconductor having low voltage endurance. In the cell voltage detecting apparatus, cell modules B1-B10 are serially connected, a switch SW1 is located at a middle point, and a contact point of the switch SW1 on a higher potential side is set to a reference potential (ground). Each of discharge type constant current circuits VC1-VC10 is connected to each of the cell modules B1-B10, and each of current-voltage converter circuits CV1-CV10 is connected to each of the discharge type constant current circuits VC1-VC10. Also, diodes D6-D10 are connected respectively so as to allow a current to flow in a direction from the current-voltage converter circuits SV6-SV10 to the corresponding induction type constant current circuits VS6-VS10.

Claims

1. A cell voltage detecting apparatus connected to a battery pack made up of a plurality of serially connected cell modules each of which is made up of one or more cells, for detecting a voltage between terminals of the cell module comprising:

discharge type constant current circuits where any one of mutual connection points of the cell modules except both ends of the battery pack is used as a middle point, a potential of the middle point is set to a reference potential, each of the discharge type constant current circuits is provided for each of the cell modules on a higher potential side of the middle point and outputs a current representative of a voltage of the cell module;

first current-voltage converter circuits each of which is provided for each of the discharge type constant current circuits and converts the current outputted from the discharge type constant current circuit to a voltage;

induction type constant current circuits each of which is provided for each of the cell modules on a lower potential side of the middle point and outputs a current representative of a voltage of the cell module; and

second current-voltage converter circuits each of which is provided for each of the induction type constant current circuits and converts a current outputted from the induction type constant current circuit to a voltage.

2. A cell voltage detecting apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising:

a cut-off switch provided between the middle point and a terminal of the cell module on the lower potential side of the middle point; and

diodes each of which is inserted between the induction type constant current circuit and the second current-voltage converter circuit for locating a cathode at an output terminal of the induction type constant current circuit, and for locating an anode at an input terminal of the second current-voltage converter circuit.

3. A cell voltage detecting apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising:

a cut-off switch provided between the middle point and a terminal of the cell module on the higher potential side of the middle point; and

diodes each of which is inserted between the discharge type constant current circuit and the first current-voltage converter circuit for locating an anode at an output terminal of the discharge type constant current circuit, and for locating a cathode at an input terminal of the first current-voltage converter circuit.

4. A cell voltage detecting apparatus connected to a battery pack made up of a plurality of serially connected cell modules each of which is made up of one or more cells, for detecting a voltage between terminals of the cell module comprising:

discharge type constant current circuits where one terminal having the lowest potential of all is set to the reference potential, any one of mutual connection points of the cell modules except both ends of the battery pack is used as a middle point, a cut-off switch is provided at the middle point, each of the discharge type constant current circuits is provided for each of the cell modules and outputs a current representative of a voltage of the cell module;

current-voltage converter circuits each of which is provided for each of the discharge type constant current circuits and converts the current outputted from the discharge type constant current circuit into a voltage; and

diodes each of which is inserted between an output terminal of the discharge type constant current circuit connected to the cell module on the lower potential side of the middle point and the current-voltage converter circuit connected to the discharge type constant current circuit for locating an anode at an output terminal of the discharge type constant current circuit, and for locating a cathode at an input terminal of the current-voltage converter circuit.