BATTERY ANALYSIS DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20130179103A1
• Filed: 04/04/2012
• Published: 07/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Inventors: Juang, Kai-Cheung, Luo, Yi-Feng, Chang, Yung-Hsi, Yu, Chueh-Hao
• Application Number:
  US13/439,405
• Publication Number:
  US 20130179103A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/63
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/367 Software therefor, e.g. for battery testing using modelling or look-up tables
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/385 Arrangements for measuring battery or accumulator variables for monitoring G01R31/382
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/389 Measuring internal impedance, internal conductance or related variables
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/392 Determining battery ageing or deterioration, e.g. state of health

Abstract

A battery analysis device for a battery module having at least one battery cell includes a power source supply unit, a signal capturing unit, a signal adjusting unit, a frequency domain analyzing unit, a time domain analyzing unit, and a processing unit. The power source supply unit provides a variable-frequency voltage signal to a battery cell. The signal capturing unit captures a current signal generated by a battery cell in response to the variable-frequency voltage signal. The signal adjusting unit adjusts the variable-frequency voltage signal and the current signal. The frequency domain analyzing unit and time domain analyzing unit analyze both the adjusted variable-frequency voltage signal and the adjusted current signal in frequency domain and time domain respectively for obtaining a frequency domain parameter and a time domain parameter. The processing unit obtains electrochemistry characteristics of the battery cell according to the frequency and the time domain parameters.

Claims

1. A battery analysis device for a battery module having at least one battery cell, comprising:

a power source supply unit for providing a variable-frequency voltage signal to the at least one battery cell, the variable-frequency voltage signal having a plurality of frequencies in a range between a first frequency and a second frequency;

a signal capturing unit for capturing a current signal generated by the at least one battery cell in response to the variable-frequency voltage signal;

a signal adjusting unit connected to the power source supply unit and the signal capturing unit for receiving and adjusting the variable-frequency voltage signal and the current signal to generate an adjusted variable-frequency voltage signal and an adjusted current signal;

a frequency domain analyzing unit connected to the signal capturing unit for receiving and analyzing in frequency domain the adjusted variable-frequency voltage signal and the adjusted current signal to obtain a frequency domain parameter;

a time domain analyzing unit connected to the signal capturing unit for receiving and analyzing in time domain the adjusted variable-frequency voltage signal and the adjusted current signal to obtain a time domain parameter; and

a processing unit connected to the frequency domain analyzing unit and the time domain analyzing unit for receiving the frequency domain parameter and the time domain parameter and obtaining electrochemistry characteristics of the at least one battery cell based on the frequency domain parameter and the time domain parameter.

2. The battery analysis device according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit further estimates state of charge (SOC) and state of health (SOH) of the at least one battery cell according to the electrochemistry characteristics of the battery cell and a temperature signal.

3. The battery analysis device according to claim 1, wherein the power source supply unit comprising:

a frequency modulation unit for providing the plurality of frequencies; and

a voltage supply unit connected to the frequency modulation unit for generating the variable-frequency voltage signal according to the plurality of frequencies.

4. The battery analysis device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one battery cells in the battery module comprising more than one battery cells, the battery analysis device further comprising:

a detection unit connected to the power source supply unit for detecting whether a frequency of the variable-frequency voltage signal is equal to the second frequency and thus generating a detection signal; and

a switching unit connected to the detection unit and the power source supply unit for sequentially switching the variable-frequency voltage signal to the more than one battery cells according to the detection signal;

wherein the signal capturing unit captures a plurality of current signals generated by the more than one battery cells in response to the variable-frequency voltage signal, the signal adjusting unit receives and adjusts the variable-frequency voltage signal and the plurality of current signals to generate an adjusted variable-frequency voltage signal and adjusted plurality of current signals, the frequency domain analyzing unit analyzes in frequency domain the adjusted variable-frequency voltage signal and the adjusted plurality of current signals to obtain a plurality of frequency domain parameters, the time domain analyzing unit analyzes in time domain the adjusted variable-frequency voltage signal and the adjusted plurality of current signals to obtain a plurality of time domain parameters, and the processing unit receives the plurality frequency domain parameters and the plurality time domain parameters to obtain electrochemistry characteristics of the more than one battery cells according to the plurality frequency domain parameters and the plurality time domain parameters.

5. The battery analysis device according to claim 4, wherein the processing unit further estimates state of charge (SOC) and state of health (SOH) of the more than one battery cells according to the electrochemistry characteristics of the more than one battery cells and a temperature signal.

6. The battery analysis device according to claim 1, wherein the battery analysis device analyzes the battery module in real time in an online manner.

7. The battery analysis device according to claim 1, wherein the battery analysis device can be configured on a chip by means of Integrated Circuit (IC) design or on any electronic devices having batteries.

8. A battery analysis method for a battery module having at least one battery cell, comprising:

providing a variable-frequency voltage signal to the at least one battery cell, the variable-frequency voltage signal having a plurality of frequencies in a range between a first frequency and a second frequency;

capturing a current signal generated by the at least one battery cell in response to the variable-frequency voltage signal;

adjusting the variable-frequency voltage signal and the current signal to generate an adjusted variable-frequency voltage signal and an adjusted current signal;

analyzing in frequency domain the adjusted variable-frequency voltage signal and the adjusted current signal to obtain a frequency domain parameter;

analyzing in time domain the adjusted variable-frequency voltage signal and the adjusted current signal to obtain a time domain parameter; and

obtaining electrochemistry characteristics of the at least one battery cell based on the frequency domain parameter and the time domain parameter.

9. The battery analysis method according to claim 8, further comprising:

estimating state of charge (SOC) and state of health (SOH) of the at least one battery cell according to the electrochemistry characteristics of the battery cell and a temperature signal.

10. The battery analysis method according to claim 8, wherein the step of providing a variable-frequency voltage signal to the at least one battery cell further comprising:

providing the plurality of frequencies; and

generating the variable-frequency voltage signal having the plurality of frequencies according to the plurality of frequencies.

11. The battery analysis method according to claim 8, wherein the at least one battery cells in the battery module comprising more than one battery cells, the battery analysis method further comprising:

detecting whether a frequency of the variable-frequency voltage signal is equal to the second frequency;

if the frequency of the variable-frequency voltage signal is not equal to the second frequency, returning to the step of detecting whether the frequency of the variable-frequency voltage signal is equal to the second frequency;

if the frequency of the variable-frequency voltage signal is equal to the second frequency, generating a detection signal and going to the step of capturing the current signal generated by the at least one battery cell in response to the variable-frequency voltage signal; and

sequentially switching the variable-frequency voltage signal to a next battery cell of the more than one battery cells according to the detection signal, and returning to the step of providing the variable-frequency voltage signal to the at least one battery cell.

12. The battery analysis method according to claim 11, wherein after the step of generating the detection signal, the battery analysis method further comprising:

determining whether the current connected battery cell is the last one of the more than one battery cells; and

if it is not, going to the step of switching the variable-frequency voltage signal to the next battery cell of the more than one battery cells according to the detection signal.

13. The battery analysis method according to claim 8, wherein the battery analysis method analyzes the battery module in real time in an online manner.