METHOD FOR MEASURING ELECTRIC CHARGE OF A BATTERY

• US 20140340091A1
• Filed: 04/16/2014
• Published: 11/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: uPI Semiconductor Corporation
• Original Assignee: uPI Semiconductor Corporation
• Inventors: Yang, Sei-Ching
• Application Number:
  US14/253,884
• Publication Number:
  US 20140340091A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 324/426
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/367 Software therefor, e.g. for battery testing using modelling or look-up tables
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/374 with means for correcting the measurement for temperature or ageing
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/3842 combining voltage and current measurements

Abstract

A method for measuring electric charge of a battery is provided. The method includes the following steps. A lookup table is provided that stores a plurality of preset measurement confirmation voltages and a plurality of set electric charge. A first voltage of the battery is measured as a start point. An end point is calculated according to the lookup table and the start point. A voltage and a current of the battery are measured until a measured voltage reaches a preset measurement confirmation voltage corresponding to the end point. A set electric charge is calculated according to the lookup table from the start point to the end point. An actual electric charge is calculated from the start point to the end point. The set electric charge is corrected according to a difference between the actual electric charge and the set electric charge.

Claims

1. A method for measuring electric charge of a battery, comprising:

providing a lookup table storing a plurality of preset measurement confirmation voltages and a plurality of set electric charge;

measuring a first voltage of the battery as a start point;

calculating an end point according to the lookup table and the start point;

measuring a voltage and a current of the battery until a measured voltage reaches a preset measurement confirmation voltage corresponding to the end point;

calculating a set electric charge according to the lookup table from the start point to the end point;

calculating an actual electric charge from the start point to the end point; and

correcting the set electric charge according to a difference between the actual electric charge and the set electric charge.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the preset measurement confirmation voltages comprise a full voltage and a cutoff voltage.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein in the step of calculating the set electric charge according to the lookup table from the start point to the end point, when the start point is between a Nth voltage and a (N+1)th voltage, an interpolation operation is used to calculate the corresponding set electric charge.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the lookup table further stores a plurality of temperature information and an electric charge information corresponding to each temperature information.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the step of calculating the end point according to the lookup table and the start point comprises:

measuring a temperature value of the battery; and

determining whether the temperature value can be found from the temperature information in the lookup table, if yes, then the preset measurement confirmation voltage corresponding to the temperature value is used as the end point, if no, then an interpolation operation is used to calculate the preset measurement confirmation voltage corresponding to the temperature value to serve as the end point.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the lookup table further stores a plurality of current information, and the step of calculating the end point according to the lookup table and the start point comprises:

measuring a current of the battery and calculating an average current in a preset time period; and

determining whether the average current can be found from the current information in the lookup table, if yes, then the preset measurement confirmation voltage corresponding to the average current is used as the end point, if no, then an interpolation operation is used to calculate the preset measurement confirmation voltage corresponding to the average current to serve as the end point.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the preset time period is 5 seconds.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

calculating a relative state of a battery capacity according to the corrected set electric charge.

9. A method for measuring electric charge of a battery, comprising:

obtaining a plurality of battery measurement parameters every preset time period;

generating an average current according to at least one of the battery measurement parameters;

calculating a set electric charge of a voltage region by using the average current in a lookup table;

calculating an actual electric charge generated in the voltage region; and

correcting the set electric charge according to a difference between the actual electric charge and the set electric charge.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the lookup table stores a plurality of preset average currents and related information from a full voltage to a cutoff voltage.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein in the step of calculating the set electric charge of the voltage region by using the average current in the lookup table, when the average current is between a Nth voltage region and a (N+1)th voltage region, an interpolation operation is used to calculate the corresponding set electric charge.

12. The method according to claim 9, wherein the lookup table further stores a plurality of temperature information and an electric charge information corresponding to each temperature information.

13. The method according to claim 9, wherein the preset time period is 5 seconds.

14. The method according to claim 9, further comprising:

calculating a relative state of a battery capacity according to the corrected set electric charge.