Low-voltage network with a DC-DC converter and method for testing a low-voltage battery by employing pulses feed to the low-voltage battery to sense either voltage or current response
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1. A DC-DC converter, which is configured to supply a low voltage to a low-voltage network that includes a low-voltage battery and a battery sensor circuit, the DC-DC converter comprising:
- a pulse generation device, which is configured tofeed characteristic electrical pulses in a targeted manner for identifying a defect of the low-voltage battery through the battery sensor circuit into the low-voltage network, wherein the characteristic electrical pulses are at least one selected from a group consisting of a square-wave waveform, a saw-tooth waveform, and a sinusoidal waveform, andtransmit parameters relating to the characteristic electrical pulses to a network management device via a communications interface, wherein the network management device includes a synchronization device configured to synchronize the generation of the characteristic electrical pulses with the detection of operational parameters of the low-voltage battery using the parameters transmitted from the pulse generation device, wherein the generation of the characteristic electrical pulses occurs at the same time as the detection of operational parameters of the low-voltage battery,wherein a low-voltage consumer connected to the DC-DC converter is actuated to follow a safe actuation strategy in response to identifying a defect of the low-voltage battery, andwherein the DC-DC converter couples a high-voltage network of an electrical drive or generator system to the low-voltage network and supplies electrical energy to the low-voltage network from the high-voltage network.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a DC-DC converter which is designed to supply a low-voltage network comprising a low-voltage battery and a battery sensor circuit with a low voltage, having a pulse generation device which is designed to feed electrical pulses into the low-voltage network in order to test the low-voltage battery using the battery sensor circuit.
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1. A DC-DC converter, which is configured to supply a low voltage to a low-voltage network that includes a low-voltage battery and a battery sensor circuit, the DC-DC converter comprising:
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a pulse generation device, which is configured to feed characteristic electrical pulses in a targeted manner for identifying a defect of the low-voltage battery through the battery sensor circuit into the low-voltage network, wherein the characteristic electrical pulses are at least one selected from a group consisting of a square-wave waveform, a saw-tooth waveform, and a sinusoidal waveform, and transmit parameters relating to the characteristic electrical pulses to a network management device via a communications interface, wherein the network management device includes a synchronization device configured to synchronize the generation of the characteristic electrical pulses with the detection of operational parameters of the low-voltage battery using the parameters transmitted from the pulse generation device, wherein the generation of the characteristic electrical pulses occurs at the same time as the detection of operational parameters of the low-voltage battery, wherein a low-voltage consumer connected to the DC-DC converter is actuated to follow a safe actuation strategy in response to identifying a defect of the low-voltage battery, and wherein the DC-DC converter couples a high-voltage network of an electrical drive or generator system to the low-voltage network and supplies electrical energy to the low-voltage network from the high-voltage network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for testing a low-voltage battery, the method comprising:
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generating characteristic electrical pulses in a targeted manner by means of a DC-DC converter, which is configured to supply a low voltage to a low-voltage network that includes a low-voltage battery and a battery sensor circuit; feeding the characteristic electrical pulses into the low-voltage network, wherein the characteristic electrical pulses are at least one selected from a group consisting of a square-wave waveform, a saw-tooth waveform, and a sinusoidal waveform; transmitting parameters relating to the characteristic electrical pulses to a network management device via a communications interface; detecting operational parameters of the low-voltage battery by means of the battery sensor circuit depending on the characteristic electrical pulses, wherein the detection of the operational parameters of the low-voltage battery is synchronized with the generation of the characteristic electrical pulses using the parameters transmitted to the network management device, wherein the generation of the characteristic electrical pulses occurs at the same time as the detection of operational parameters of the low-voltage battery; identifying a defect of the low-voltage battery based on the operational parameters; and in response to identifying a defect of the low-voltage battery, actuating a low-voltage consumer to follow a safe actuation strategy based on the detected operational parameters, wherein the DC-DC converter couples a high-voltage network of an electrical drive or generator system to the low-voltage network and supplies electrical energy to the low-voltage network from the high-voltage network. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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