Method and apparatus for detecting cell voltage of battery pack

• US 7,589,534 B2
• Filed: 05/30/2006
• Issued: 09/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Energy Solution Limited (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Chem Limited (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Jonathan
• Primary Examiner(s): Ullah; Akm E
• Assistant Examiner(s): Williams; Arun
• Application Number:
  US11/442,873
• Publication Number:
  US 20060290355A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,204 Days
• Field of Search: 324/429, 324/430, 324/444, 324/522, 324/691, 324/713
• US Class Current: 324/429
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/3842 combining voltage and current measurements

Abstract

Disclosed is a method and apparatus for detecting a cell voltage of a battery pack. The method comprises the steps of storing an impedance of the conductive wire from a part connected to a voltage detector to a part connected with the corresponding battery cell existing between voltage measuring points of each battery cell, detecting current of the battery pack, multiplying the impedance of the conductive wire corresponding to each battery cell and the current to calculate a voltage correction value of each battery cell, detecting voltage of each battery cell, and correcting the voltage of each battery cell, with respect to the voltage correction value of each battery cell such that the voltage correction value corresponding to the voltage of each battery cell is subtracted during charging and the voltage correction value corresponding to the voltage of each battery cell is added during discharging.

Claims

1. method for detecting each voltage of multiple battery cells in a battery pack, in which each battery cell is connected through a conductive wire, the method comprising:

storing an impedance existing between voltage measuring points of each battery cell;

detecting a current of the battery pack;

multiplying the impedance of the conductive wire corresponding to each battery cell and the current to calculate a correction value of each battery cell;

detecting a voltage of each battery cell; and

correcting the voltage of each battery cell with respect to the correction value of each battery cell such that the voltage correction value corresponding to the voltage of each battery cell is subtracted during charging and the voltage correction value corresponding to the voltage of each battery cell is added during discharging.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the charged or discharged state of each battery cell is detected based on the detected current.

3. An apparatus for detecting each voltage of multiple battery cells in a battery pack, in which each battery cell is connected through a conductive wire, the apparatus comprising:

a voltage detector which detects the voltage of each battery cell;

a memory which stores an impedance existing between voltage measuring points of each battery cell;

a current detector which detects current of the battery pack; and

a controller which multiplies the impedance of the conductive wire corresponding to each battery cell and the current to calculate a voltage correction value of each battery cell, and corrects the voltage of each battery cell with respect to the correction value of each battery cell so as to subtract the voltage correction value corresponding to the voltage of each battery cell during charging and to add the voltage correction value corresponding to the voltage of each battery cell during discharging.

4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the charged or discharged state of each battery cell is detected based on the detected current of the battery pack.