Battery insulation resistance measurement methods, insulation resistance measurement methods, insulation resistance determination apparatuses, and articles of manufacture
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1. An insulation resistance measurement apparatus comprising:
- processing circuitry configured to access a voltage of a battery with respect to a ground reference, to access a voltage of a first terminal of the battery with respect to the ground reference, to access a voltage of a second terminal of the battery with respect to the ground reference, and to determine an insulation resistance of the first terminal with respect to the ground reference using the voltage of the battery with respect to the ground reference, the voltage of the first terminal of the battery with respect to the ground reference, and the voltage of the second terminal of the battery with respect to the ground reference.
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Battery insulation resistance measurement methods, insulation resistance measurement methods, insulation resistance determination apparatuses, and articles of manufacture are described. According to one aspect, a battery insulation resistance measurement method includes determining a voltage of a battery, determining a voltage of a first terminal of the battery with respect to a ground reference, determining a voltage of a second terminal of the battery with respect to the ground reference, and using the voltages of the battery, the first terminal and the second terminal, determining an insulation resistance of the battery with respect to the ground reference.
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1. An insulation resistance measurement apparatus comprising:
processing circuitry configured to access a voltage of a battery with respect to a ground reference, to access a voltage of a first terminal of the battery with respect to the ground reference, to access a voltage of a second terminal of the battery with respect to the ground reference, and to determine an insulation resistance of the first terminal with respect to the ground reference using the voltage of the battery with respect to the ground reference, the voltage of the first terminal of the battery with respect to the ground reference, and the voltage of the second terminal of the battery with respect to the ground reference. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A battery insulation resistance measurement method performed using circuitry of an insulation resistance measurement apparatus, the method comprising:
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determining a first voltage of a first terminal of a battery; determining a first voltage of a second terminal of the battery; determining a voltage of the battery using the first voltages of the first and second terminals; determining a second voltage of the first terminal with a resistance coupled with the second terminal; determining a second voltage of the second terminal with a resistance coupled with the first terminal; determining, using the insulation resistance measurement apparatus, an insulation resistance of the battery using the voltage of the battery and the second voltages of the first and second terminals; de-coupling the resistance from the second terminal after the determining the second voltage of the first terminal; de-coupling the resistance from the first terminal after the determining the second voltage of the second terminal; wherein the determining the second voltage of the first terminal comprises determining with the resistance de-coupled from the first terminal and the determining the second voltage of the second terminal comprises determining with the resistance de-coupled from the second terminal; monitoring the insulation resistance of the battery with respect to a threshold; and initiating an alarm as a result of the monitoring. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An insulation resistance measurement method performed using circuitry of an insulation resistance measurement apparatus, the method comprising:
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determining a voltage of a battery; measuring a voltage of a first terminal of the battery with a resistance coupled with a second terminal of the battery, the second terminal having an electrical polarity which is opposite to an electrical polarity of the first terminal; measuring a voltage of the second terminal of the battery with a resistance coupled with the first terminal of the battery; determining, using the insulation resistance measurement apparatus, an insulation resistance of one of the first and second terminals of the battery using the voltage of the battery, the voltage of the first terminal of the battery, and the voltage of the second terminal of the battery; monitoring the insulation resistance of the one of the first and second terminals of the battery with respect to a threshold; and initiating an alarm as a result of the monitoring. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A battery insulation resistance measurement method performed using circuitry of an insulation resistance measurement apparatus, the method comprising:
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determining a first voltage of a first terminal of a battery; determining a first voltage of a second terminal of the battery; determining a voltage of the battery using the first voltages of the first and second terminals; determining a second voltage of the first terminal with a resistance coupled with the second terminal; determining a second voltage of the second terminal with a resistance coupled with the first terminal; determining, using the insulation resistance measurement apparatus, an insulation resistance of the battery using the voltage of the battery and the second voltages of the first and second terminals; coupling different resistances with respective ones of the first and second terminals during the respective determinings of the first voltages of the first and second terminals, and de-coupling the different resistances from the first and second terminals after the determinings of the first voltages of the first and second terminals; monitoring the insulation resistance of the battery with respect to a threshold; and initiating an alarm as a result of the monitoring.
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