METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING STATE OF CHARGE OF A BATTERY
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1. A method of determining a state of a battery, comprising:
- measuring a terminal voltage across the battery and a current flowing through the battery at a plurality of different times to obtain terminal voltage and current data;
fitting a line equation with a slope and an intercept to the terminal voltage and current data; and
calculating from the intercept of the linear equation the open-circuit voltage (OCV) of the battery.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for determining the state of charge (SOC) of a battery is discussed. The method involves measuring the terminal voltage across the battery and the current flowing through the battery at a plurality of different times and fitting a line equation with a slope and an intercept to the terminal voltage and current data. The open-circuit voltage (OCV) is calculated from the intercept of the linear equation and the SOC is determined from the OCV by reference to a lookup table.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of determining a state of a battery, comprising:
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measuring a terminal voltage across the battery and a current flowing through the battery at a plurality of different times to obtain terminal voltage and current data; fitting a line equation with a slope and an intercept to the terminal voltage and current data; and calculating from the intercept of the linear equation the open-circuit voltage (OCV) of the battery. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13)
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8. A method for calculating the state of charge (SOC) of a battery, comprising the steps of:
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measuring a terminal voltage across the battery and a current flowing through the battery system at a plurality of different times; determining a linear equation that describes a relationship between the terminal voltage and the current; calculating the open-circuit voltage (OCV) from the linear equation; and determining the SOC of the battery using the calculated OCV. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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14. An apparatus for determining a state of charge (SOC) of a battery, comprising:
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a current sensor electrically coupled to determine a current value related to a current through the battery at a plurality of times; a voltage sensor electrically coupled to determine a terminal voltage value related to a terminal voltage across the battery at the plurality of times; a first analog to digital converter (ADC) electrically coupled to the voltage sensor to receive the terminal voltage value and to provide a digitized voltage value; a second analog to digital converter (ADC) electrically coupled to the current sensor to receive the current value and provide a digitized current value; and an interpolator equation calculator (IEC) electrically coupled to the first ADC and to the second ADC to receive the digitized voltage value and the digitized current value for each of the plurality of times, the IEC determining a line equation that best fits the digitized voltage value and digitized current value at the plurality of times. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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