Voltage detection circuit

• US 9,671,469 B2
• Filed: 09/22/2011
• Issued: 06/06/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Primearth EV Energy Company Limited (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Primearth EV Energy Company Limited (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Koduka, Yuusuke, Kamo, Mitsuhiro, Miyahara, Tsuyoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Fantu, Yalkew
• Application Number:
  US13/997,985
• Publication Number:
  US 20130285667A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,084 Days
• Field of Search: 324433
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 19/0084 measuring voltage only all subgroups of G01R19/00 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/382 Arrangements for monitoring battery or accumulator variables, e.g. SoC
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/3835 involving only voltage measurements
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/396 Acquisition or processing of data for testing or for monitoring individual cells or groups of cells within a battery

Abstract

A voltage detection circuit for a secondary battery. A secondary battery is composed of a plurality of battery blocks (B1) to (B3), and is connected to a flying capacitor (C1) via input side sampling switches (SW1) to (SW3). The flying capacitor (C1) is connected to a differential amplifier circuit (10) via output side sampling switches (SWa) and (SWb). A feedback capacitor (C2) is connected to an inverting input terminal of the differential amplifier circuit (10) to form an integrator circuit, which reduces the capacitance of the flying capacitor (C1).

Claims

1. A voltage detection circuit for a secondary battery, the voltage detection circuit comprising:

a main capacitor connected to both terminals of the secondary battery via an input side sampling switch, the main capacitor being charged by the secondary battery; and

a differential amplifier circuit connected to the main capacitor via an output side sampling switch, wherein an output terminal of the differential amplifier circuit is connected to an inverting input terminal of the differential amplifier circuit via a sub-capacitor, and wherein the output terminal of the differential amplifier circuit is connected to the inverting input terminal of the differential amplifier circuit via a resistor and a switch in series; and

the resistor and the switch are further connected in parallel with the feedback capacitor to provide a structure in which, by turning the switch ON and OFF, the integrator circuit is selectively operated.

3. The voltage detection circuit according to claim 1, wherein

the main capacitor is composed of first and second main capacitors connected to each other in series,

the differential amplifier circuit is composed of first and second differential amplifier circuits,

a connection node between the first main capacitor and the second main capacitor is set to a reference potential, and is connected to non-inverting input terminals of the first and second differential amplifier circuits,

a terminal of the first main capacitor located on a side opposite to the connection node is connected to an inverting input terminal of the first differential amplifier circuit, and

a terminal of the second main capacitor located on a side opposite to the connection node is connected to an inverting input terminal of the second differential amplifier circuit,

the voltage detection circuit further comprising a circuit in which:

when common mode noise is present in the voltage detection circuit for the secondary battery, the common mode noise is introduced into both outputs from the first differential amplifier circuit and the second differential amplifier circuit, and

the common mode noise is removed by calculating a difference between the outputs from the first differential amplifier circuit and the second differential amplifier circuit.

4. The voltage detection circuit according to claim 1, wherein

the main capacitor is composed of first and second main capacitors connected to each other in series,

the differential amplifier circuit is composed of first and second differential amplifier circuits,

a connection node between the first main capacitor and the second main capacitor is set to a reference potential, and is connected to non-inverting input terminals of the first and second differential amplifier circuits,

a terminal of the first main capacitor located on a side opposite to the connection node is connected to an inverting input terminal of the first differential amplifier circuit, and

a terminal of the second main capacitor located on a side opposite to the connection node is connected to an inverting input terminal of the second differential amplifier circuit,

the voltage detection circuit further comprising:

a circuit which comprises a signal source for superimposing a frequency component on the first differential amplifier circuit and the second differential amplifier circuit, and which calculates a difference between outputs from the first differential amplifier circuit and the second differential amplifier circuit to detect a closure failure of the input side sampling switch.

5. The voltage detection circuit according to claim 4, wherein

the signal source is connected to a point between the secondary battery and the input side sampling switch.

6. The voltage detection circuit according to claim 4, wherein

the signal source is connected to a point between the first and second main capacitors and the first and second differential amplifier circuits.

2. A voltage detection circuit for a secondary battery, the voltage detection circuit comprising:

a main capacitor connected to both terminals of the secondary battery via an input side sampling switch, the main capacitor being charged by the secondary battery; and

a differential amplifier circuit connected to the main capacitor via an output side sampling switch, wherein an output terminal of the differential amplifier circuit is connected to an inverting input terminal of the differential amplifier circuit via a sub-capacitor, the output terminal of the differential amplifier circuit is connected to the inverting input terminal of the differential amplifier circuit via a resistor and a switch that are connected in series, and after the main capacitor is charged by the secondary battery, a voltage of the secondary battery is detected by turning the input side sampling switch OFF, turning the output side sampling switch ON, and turning the switch connected in parallel with the sub-capacitor OFF; and

the resistor and the switch are further connected in parallel with the feedback capacitor to provide a structure in which, by turning the switch ON and OFF, the integrator circuit is selectively operated.

10. The voltage detection circuit according to claim 2, wherein

the main capacitor is composed of first and second main capacitors connected to each other in series,

the differential amplifier circuit is composed of first and second differential amplifier circuits,

a connection node between the first main capacitor and the second main capacitor is set to a reference potential, and is connected to non-inverting input terminals of the first and second differential amplifier circuits,

a terminal of the first main capacitor located on a side opposite to the connection node is connected to an inverting input terminal of the first differential amplifier circuit, and

a terminal of the second main capacitor located on a side opposite to the connection node is connected to an inverting input terminal of the second differential amplifier circuit,

the voltage detection circuit further comprising a circuit in which:

when common mode noise is present in the voltage detection circuit for the secondary battery, the common mode noise is introduced into both outputs from the first differential amplifier circuit and the second differential amplifier circuit, and

the common mode noise is removed by calculating a difference between the outputs from the first differential amplifier circuit and the second differential amplifier circuit.

11. The voltage detection circuit according to claim 2, wherein

the main capacitor is composed of first and second main capacitors connected to each other in series,

the differential amplifier circuit is composed of first and second differential amplifier circuits,

a connection node between the first main capacitor and the second main capacitor is set to a reference potential, and is connected to non-inverting input terminals of the first and second differential amplifier circuits,

a terminal of the first main capacitor located on a side opposite to the connection node is connected to an inverting input terminal of the first differential amplifier circuit, and

a terminal of the second main capacitor located on a side opposite to the connection node is connected to an inverting input terminal of the second differential amplifier circuit,

the voltage detection circuit further comprising:

a circuit which comprises a signal source for superimposing a frequency component on the first differential amplifier circuit and the second differential amplifier circuit, and which calculates a difference between outputs from the first differential amplifier circuit and the second differential amplifier circuit to detect a closure failure of the input side sampling switch.

12. The voltage detection circuit according to claim 11, wherein

the signal source is connected to a point between the secondary battery and the input side sampling switch.

13. The voltage detection circuit according to claim 11, wherein

the signal source is connected to a point between the first and second main capacitors and the first and second differential amplifier circuits.

7. A voltage detection circuit for a secondary battery, the voltage detection circuit comprising:

a main capacitor connected to both terminals of the secondary battery via an input side sampling switch, the main capacitor charged by the secondary battery; and

a differential amplifier circuit connected to the main capacitor via an output side sampling switch, wherein

an output terminal and an inverting input terminal of the differential amplifier circuit are connected via a sub-capacitor,

the main capacitor is composed of first and second main capacitors connected to each other in series,

the differential amplifier circuit is composed of first and second differential amplifier circuits,

a connection node between the first main capacitor and the second main capacitor is set to a reference potential, and is connected to non-inverting input terminals of the first and second differential amplifier circuits,

a terminal of the first main capacitor located on a side opposite to the connection node is connected to an inverting input terminal of the first differential amplifier circuit, and

a terminal of the second main capacitor located on a side opposite to the connection node is connected to an inverting input terminal of the second differential amplifier circuit,

the voltage detection circuit further comprising a circuit for calculating a difference between outputs from the first differential amplifier circuit and the second differential amplifier circuit, and

comprising a signal source for superimposing a frequency component on the first differential amplifier circuit and the second differential amplifier circuit, wherein

the signal source is a signal source of an electrical leakage detection circuit.

8. The voltage detection circuit according to claim 7, wherein

the signal source is connected to a point between the secondary battery and the input side sampling switch.

9. The voltage detection circuit according to claim 7, wherein

the signal source is connected to a point between the first and second main capacitors and the first and second differential amplifier circuits.