BATTERY MANAGEMENT DEVICE, SECONDARY BATTERY DEVICE, AND VEHICLE

• US 20110076530A1
• Filed: 09/28/2010
• Published: 03/31/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Kuroda, Kazuto, Shibuya, Nobuo, MIYAMOTO, Yasuhiro, Kuwano, Yuki, Kosugi, Shinichiro
• Granted Patent: US 8,643,328 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 429/61
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/4207 for several batteries or cells simultaneously or sequentially
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/441 for several batteries or cells simultaneously or sequentially
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a device includes a power management module to which a power is supplied from an external power source, a power source supply circuit to which a power is supplied from the power management module via a first input terminal, a latch circuit configured to be operated by a power supplied from the power supply circuit or a power supplied via a second input terminal, a circuit configured to output a logic signal that sets a shutdown signal output from the latch circuit to a third input terminal, and a logic communication circuit to which a logic signal is supplied via the third input terminal and which supplies the logic signal to a forth terminal of the larch circuit. The shutdown signal output from the latch circuit is set to an predetermined level when the logic signal is set to a second level from a first level.

Claims

1. A battery management device, comprising:

a power source supply management module to which a power is supplied from an external power source;

a power source supply circuit to which a power is supplied from the power source supply management module via a first power source input terminal;

a latch circuit configured to be operated by a power supplied from the power supply circuit or a power supplied via a second power source input terminal;

a control circuit configured to output a logic signal that sets a shutdown signal output from the latch circuit to a logic signal input terminal; and

a logic communication circuit to which a logic signal is supplied via the logic signal input terminal and which supplies the logic signal to a set signal input terminal of the larch circuit, wherein

the shutdown signal output from the latch circuit is set to an operation maintenance level when the logic signal is set to a second level from a first level.

2. A secondary battery device, comprising:

the battery management device according to claim 1;

an assembled battery including a plurality of secondary battery cells; and

an assembled battery monitoring circuit including a power source circuit, a power source output terminal configured to output a power source signal from the power source circuit to the second power supply terminal and a shutdown input terminal to which the shutdown signal output from the latch circuit is input, and configured to measure a state of the assembled battery, wherein

the control circuit sets the shutdown signal output from the latch circuit to an operation maintainance level by setting the logic signal to the second level from the first level upon activation of the assembled battery monitoring circuit, so as to continue an operation of the assembled battery monitoring circuit, and

the shutdown input terminal is grounded via a resistor.

3. The secondary battery device according to claim 2, comprising:

a comparator circuit to which a power source voltage is supplied from an external power source and which outputs a signal indicating a state of the power source voltage;

a monostable multivibrator configured to output a pulse of a predetermined period when the output signal of the comparator circuit indicates that the power source voltage becomes lower than the predetermined voltage; and

a switch circuit to which an output signal of the monostable multivibrator is supplied, wherein

a reset terminal of the latch circuit receives a predetermined potential via the switch circuit and the shutdown signal is reset to an operation stop level when the pulse is output from the monostable multivibrator to the switch circuit.

4. The secondary battery device according to claim 2, further comprising:

a second assembled battery including a plurality of secondary battery cells; and

a second assembled battery monitoring circuit which includes a second shutdown input terminal and measures a state of the second assembled battery, a shutdown signal being input to the second shutdown input terminal via the assembled battery monitoring circuit from the latch circuit, wherein

the second shutdown input terminal is grounded via a resistor.

5. A vehicle comprising the secondary battery device according to claim 2.