Multi-Cell Protection Circuit and Method
First Claim
1. A multi-cell protection circuit, comprises one or more multi-cell protection chips, a charge control switch and a discharge control switch, wherein each multi-cell protection chip comprises a serially connected multi-cell battery protection integrated circuit module and an expansion connection module;
- the input terminals of the serially connected multi-cell battery protection integrated circuit module are used to connect to the positive and negative poles of corresponding cells, and the output terminals are connected to the interior signal input terminals of the expansion connection module;
the expansion signal input terminals of the expansion connection module are connected to expansion signal output terminals of an expansion connection module in a multi-cell protection chip adjacent to this multi-cell protection chip, thereby the multi-cell protection chips connect together, and the expansion signal output terminals of the expansion connection module in the last connected multi-cell protection chip among the connected multi-cell protection chips are connected to the charge control switch and the discharge control switch, respectively.
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Abstract
A multi-cell protection circuit and method. The multi-cell protection circuit comprises one or more multi-cell protection chips, a charge control switch (M2) and a discharge control switch (M1). Each multi-cell protection chip comprises a multi-cell protection integrated circuit module and an expansion connection module. The input terminals (VC1, VC2, VC3, GND1, VC4, VC5, VC6, VC7, GND) of the multi-cell protection integrated circuit module are connected to the positive and negative poles of corresponding cells. The output terminals (co, do) of the multi-cell protection integrated circuit module are connected to the interior signal input terminals (Dco, Ddo) of the expansion connection module. The expansion signal input terminals (exterior.co, exterior.do) of the expansion connection module are connected to expansion signal output terminals (Co′, Do′) of an expansion connection module in a multi-cell protection chip adjacent to this multi-cell protection chip. The output terminals (Co′, Do′) of the expansion connection module in the last multi-cell protection chip among the multi-cell protection chips connected in the multi-cell protection circuit are connected to the charge control switch and the discharge control switch, respectively.
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1. A multi-cell protection circuit, comprises one or more multi-cell protection chips, a charge control switch and a discharge control switch, wherein each multi-cell protection chip comprises a serially connected multi-cell battery protection integrated circuit module and an expansion connection module;
- the input terminals of the serially connected multi-cell battery protection integrated circuit module are used to connect to the positive and negative poles of corresponding cells, and the output terminals are connected to the interior signal input terminals of the expansion connection module;
the expansion signal input terminals of the expansion connection module are connected to expansion signal output terminals of an expansion connection module in a multi-cell protection chip adjacent to this multi-cell protection chip, thereby the multi-cell protection chips connect together, and the expansion signal output terminals of the expansion connection module in the last connected multi-cell protection chip among the connected multi-cell protection chips are connected to the charge control switch and the discharge control switch, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
- the input terminals of the serially connected multi-cell battery protection integrated circuit module are used to connect to the positive and negative poles of corresponding cells, and the output terminals are connected to the interior signal input terminals of the expansion connection module;
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11. A method for protecting a multi-cell battery, comprises the following steps:
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each multi-cell protection chip generating interior output signals that indicate the cell state, according to the state of the cell monitored by the protection chip; each multi-cell protection chip carrying out logical decision one by one according to the interior input signals, an expansion selection control signal, and expansion output signals that indicate the expansion output state of a multi-cell protection chip adjacent to this multi-cell protection chip; and controlling ON/OFF state of the cell charge/discharge circuit, according to the logical decision of the last multi-cell protection chip.
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