IMBALANCE REDUCTION CIRCUIT, POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, AND IMBALANCE REDUCTION METHOD
First Claim
1. An imbalance reduction circuit, comprising:
- a temperature-related information acquisition unit for acquiring temperature-related information related to the temperature of a plurality of electric accumulators;
a discharge unit for executing an equalization process for discharging the plurality of electric accumulators until terminal voltages of the respective electric accumulators become substantially equal to one another; and
an equalization controller for prohibiting the discharge unit from executing the equalization process, when the temperature-related information acquired by the temperature-related information acquisition unit satisfies a low temperature condition that is set as a condition where the discharge performance of the plurality of electric accumulators deteriorates.
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Abstract
An imbalance reduction circuit is configured to include: a temperature-related information acquisition unit for acquiring temperature-related information related to the temperature of a plurality of electric accumulators; a discharge unit for executing an equalization process for discharging the plurality of electric accumulators until terminal voltages of the respective electric accumulators become substantially equal to one another; and an equalization controller for prohibiting the discharge unit from executing the equalization process, when the temperature-related information acquired by the temperature-related information acquisition unit satisfies a low temperature condition that is set as a condition where the discharge performance of the plurality of electric accumulators deteriorates.
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10 Claims
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1. An imbalance reduction circuit, comprising:
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a temperature-related information acquisition unit for acquiring temperature-related information related to the temperature of a plurality of electric accumulators; a discharge unit for executing an equalization process for discharging the plurality of electric accumulators until terminal voltages of the respective electric accumulators become substantially equal to one another; and an equalization controller for prohibiting the discharge unit from executing the equalization process, when the temperature-related information acquired by the temperature-related information acquisition unit satisfies a low temperature condition that is set as a condition where the discharge performance of the plurality of electric accumulators deteriorates. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An imbalance reduction method, comprising:
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a step in which a temperature-related information acquisition unit acquires temperature-related information related to the temperature of a plurality of electric accumulators; a step in which a discharge unit executes an equalization process for discharging the plurality of electric accumulators until terminal voltages of the respective electric accumulators become substantially equal to one another; and a step in which an equalization controller prohibits the discharge unit from executing the equalization process, when the temperature-related information acquired by the temperature-related information acquisition unit satisfies a predetermined low temperature condition.
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