The present patent application claims priority to Chinese patent application number 201720918842.4 filed on Jul. 26, 2017, the whole disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
This invention relates to battery capacity grading technologies, and more particular, to a battery capacity grading circuit.
Generally, it requires a series of charging and discharging processes such as battery formation and capacity grading during producing batteries to obtain finished batteries. The battery formation refers to the initial charging for newly produced batteries. The battery capacity grading refers to the selection of batteries that meets the certain capacity requirements according to the capacity measured after batteries are charged and discharged. After the batteries are manufactured, although the dimension of the batteries is the same, the capacity of the batteries are usually different. In an electric vehicle, batteries are connected in parallel connection and series connection to form a large capacity battery pack. If the batteries are not capacity graded, battery capacity of one battery in the battery pack will have a large difference to another battery. When discharging, some of the batteries have discharged, but the other part of the batteries are still discharging; when charging, some of the batteries are fully charged, but the other part of the batteries are still undervoltage, therefore it may cause overcharging and overdischarging for the batteries and may damage the batteries. In order to ensure the consistency of the battery in the batteries pack, it is usually fully charge the battery and then fully discharge the battery according to a standard constant current. The capacity of the battery is equal to the time multiply the standard constant current. However, the existing battery capacity measuring circuit has large measurement error and cannot be controlled by itself, thereby affecting battery capacity grading.
It is desirable to provide an invention, which can overcome the problems and limitations mentioned above.
The present invention is directed to a battery capacity grading circuit that substantially obviates one or more of the problems due to limitations and disadvantages of the related art.
In an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a battery capacity grading circuit, includes a power supply, a first switch module, an inductor, a sampling module, a battery, a first control module, a second control module, and a second switch module. The first switch module is electrically coupled with the power supply, the inductor and the first control module. The sampling module is electrically coupled with inductor, the second switch module, and the first control module. The second switch module is electrically coupled with the battery and the second control module. The battery is electrically coupled with first control module. The second control module is electrically coupled with the first control module. The power supply charges the battery through the first switch module, the inductor, the sampling module, and the second switch module, the battery discharges to the power supply through the second switch module, the sampling module, the inductor, and the first switch module. The first switch module includes a first electronic switch and a second electronic switch. The second control module controls the power supply to charge battery or the battery to discharge to the power supply through the first control module. The sampling module is configured to detect a charging current when the power supply charges the battery and detect a discharging current when the battery discharges to the power supply and configured to transmit the charging current and the discharging current to the first control module. The first control module is configured to detect a charging voltage when the power supply charges the battery and detect a discharging voltage when the battery discharges to the power supply. When the second control module controls the power supply to charge the battery through the first control module, the first control module transmits a first pulse single to the first electronic switch according to the charging current and the charging voltage and controls conduction and cutoff frequencies of the first electronic switch, in order to control the charging current and the charging voltage. When the second control module controls the battery to discharge to the power supply through the first control module, the first control module transmits a second pulse single to the second electronic switch according to the discharging current and the discharging voltage and controls conduction and cutoff frequencies of the second electronic switch, in order to control the discharging current and the discharging voltage.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to provide further explanations of the invention as claimed.
Implementations of the present technology will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the attached drawings. It may be understood that these drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, and in no way limit any changes in form and detail that may be made to the described embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention by one skilled in the art.
In order to make the purposes, technical solutions, and advantages of the present invention be clearer, the present invention will be further described in detail hereafter with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. However, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the embodiments described herein can be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, methods, procedures and components have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the related relevant feature being described. Also, it should be understood that the embodiments described herein are only intended to illustrate but not to limit the present invention.
Several definitions that apply throughout this disclosure will be presented. The term “coupled” is defined as connected, whether directly or indirectly through intervening components, and is not necessarily limited to physical connections. The connection can be such that the objects are permanently connected or releasably connected. The term “comprise”, when utilized, means “include, but not necessarily limited to”; it specifically indicates open-ended inclusion or membership in a so-described combination, group, series and the like.
It should be noted that references to “an” or “one” embodiment in this disclosure are not necessarily to the same embodiment, and such references mean “at least one.”
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The sampling module 30 is configured to detect a charging current when the power supply 10 charges the battery 40 and detect a discharging current when the battery 10 discharges to the power supply 10. The sampling module 30 is also configured to transmit the charging current and the discharging current to the first control module 50. The first control module 50 is configured to detect a charging voltage when the power supply 10 charges the battery 40 and detect a discharging voltage when the battery 40 discharges to the power supply 10. When the second control module 60 controls the power supply 10 to charge the battery 40 through the first control module 50, the first control module 50 transmits a first pulse single to the first electronic switch Q1 according to the charging current and the charging voltage and controls conduction and cutoff frequencies of the first electronic switch Q1, in order to control the charging current and the charging voltage. When the second control module 60 controls the battery 40 to discharge to the power supply 10 through the first control module 50, the first control module 50 transmits a second pulse single to the second electronic switch Q2 according to the discharging current and the discharging voltage and controls conduction and cutoff frequencies of the second electronic switch Q2, in order to control the discharging current and the discharging voltage. The second control module 60 controls the second switch module 70 to conduct or cutoff.
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The first current feedback pin ISVP and the second current feedback pin ISVN of the first chip U1 are electrically coupled to the sampling module 30. The first voltage feedback pin BVP0 of the first chip U1 is electrically coupled to a positive B+ of the battery 40 through the third resistor R3, the second voltage feedback pin BVN0 of the first chip U1 is grounded through the fourth resistor R4. The first gain pin RGP of the first chip U1 is electrically coupled to the second gain pin ISGP1 through the first resistor R1. The third gain pin ISGN1 is electrically coupled to the fourth gain pin RGN through the second resistor R2. The output pin VCTRL of the first chip U1 is electrically coupled to the first input pin COMP of the second chip U2. The second input pin MODE of the second chip U2 is electrically coupled to the second control module 60. The first output pin DH of second chip U2 is electrically coupled to the first input pin HI of the third chip U3. The second output pin DL of the second chip U2 is electrically coupled to second input pin LI of the third chip U3. The first output pin HO of the third chip U3 is electrically coupled to the first electronic switch Q1, the second output pin LO of third chip U3 is electrically coupled to the second electronic switch Q2.
The charging current or the discharging current detected by the sampling module 30 is transmitted to the first chip U1 through the first current feedback pin ISVP and the second current feedback pin ISVN of the first chip U1. The first voltage feedback pin BVP0 and the second voltage feedback pin BVN0 detect the charging voltage or the discharging voltage when the power supply 10 to charge battery 40 or the battery 40 discharge to the power supply 10. The first gain pin RGP, the second gain pin ISGP1, the third gain pin ISGN1, and the fourth gain pin RGN is configured to select gain times for the charging current or the discharging current. The first output pin VCTRL is configured to transmit a first control signal to the second chip U2 according to the charging current and the charging voltage, or transmit a second control signal to the second chip U2 according to the discharging current and the discharging voltage. The first output pin DH of the second chip U2 transmits the first pulse signal to the first input pin HI of the third chip U3 according to the first control signal, and the third chip U3 enhances the first pulse signal. The first output pin HO of the third chip U3 outputs the enhanced first pulse signal to the first electronic switch Q1, to control conduction and cutoff frequencies of the first electronic switch Q1, and then the third chip U3 controls the charging current and the charging voltage when the power supply 10 charges the battery 40. In this case, the second output pin DL of the second chip U2 outputs a low level to the second input pin LI of the third chip U3, the third chip U3 enhances the low level. The second output pin LO of the third chip U3 outputs the enhanced low level to the second electronic switch Q2, the second electronic switch Q2 is severed as a diode.
The second output pin DL of the second chip U2 transmits the second pulse signal to the second input pin LI of the third chip U3 according to the second control signal, and the third chip U3 enhances the second pulse signal. The second output pin LO of the third chip U3 outputs the enhanced second pulse signal to the second electronic switch Q2, to control conduction and cutoff frequencies of the second electronic switch Q2, and then the third chip U3 controls the discharging current and the discharging voltage when the battery 40 discharges to the power supply 10. In this case, the first output pin DH of the second chip U2 outputs a low level to the first input pin HI of the third chip U3, the third chip U3 enhances the low level. The first output pin HO of the third chip U3 outputs the enhanced low level to the first electronic switch Q1, the first electronic switch Q1 is severed as a diode. The second control module 60 controls the power supply 10 to charge battery 40 or the battery 40 to discharge to the power supply 10 through the second input pin MODE of the second chip U2.
A negative of the power supply 10 and a negative of the battery 40 are grounded.
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The protection module 80 further includes a second voltage-stabilizing tube U5, a fourteenth resistor R14, a fifteenth resistor R15, and a first diode D1. The second end of the tenth resistor R10 is electrically coupled to a cathode of the second voltage-stabilizing tube U5, an anode of second voltage-stabilizing tube U5 is grounded, and a control end of second voltage-stabilizing tube U5 is electrically coupled to a cathode of the first diode D1 through the fourteenth resistor R14. An anode of the first diode D1 is electrically coupled to the positive B+ of the battery 40. The control end of second voltage-stabilizing tube U5 is grounded through the fifth resistor R15. When the charging voltage during the power supply 10 charging the battery 40 or the discharging voltage during the battery 40 discharging to the power supply 10 is greater than a first preset value, the positive B+ of the battery 40 feedback the charging voltage or the discharging voltage to the control end of second voltage-stabilizing tube U5, such that the anode and the cathode of the second voltage-stabilizing tube U5 conduct, the second end of the tenth resistor R10 is grounded, and the eighth electronic switch Q8 switches on. Then the seventh electronic switch Q7 switches on, the third input pin EN of the second chip U2 is grounded such that the second chip U2 will not work, and the power supply 10 will stop charging the battery 40 or the battery 40 will stop discharging to the power supply 10. Therefore, it can achieve overvoltage protection during the power supply 10 charging the battery 40 or the battery 40 discharging to the power supply 10.
The protection module 80 further includes a third voltage-stabilizing tube U6, a sixteenth resistor R16, a seventeenth resistor R17, and a first capacitor C1. The second end of the tenth resistor R10 is electrically coupled to a cathode of the third voltage-stabilizing tube U6, an anode of third voltage-stabilizing tube U6 is grounded, and a control end of third voltage-stabilizing tube U6 is electrically coupled to the positive V+ of power supply 10 through the sixteenth resistor R16. The control end of third voltage-stabilizing tube U6 is grounded through seventeenth resistor R17 and the first capacitor C1. When the charging voltage during the power supply 10 charging the battery 40 or the discharging voltage during the battery 40 discharging to the power supply 10 is greater than a second preset value, the positive V+ of the power supply 10 feedbacks the charging voltage or the discharging voltage to the control end of the third voltage-stabilizing tube U6, such that the anode and the cathode of the third voltage-stabilizing tube U6 conduct, the second end of the tenth resistor R10 is grounded, and the eighth electronic switch Q8 switches on. Then the seventh electronic switch Q7 switches on, the third input pin EN of the second chip U2 is grounded such that the second chip U2 will not work, and the power supply 10 will stop charging the battery 40 or the battery 40 will stop discharging to the power supply 10. Therefore, it can achieve overvoltage protection during the power supply 10 charging the battery 40 or the battery 40 discharging to the power supply 10.
In the embodiment, the first electronic switch Q1, the second electronic switch Q2, the third electronic switch Q3, the fourth electronic switch Q4, the sixth electronic switch Q6, and the seventh electronic switch Q7 are PMOS fields effect tubes, the fifth electronic switch Q5 is an NMOS fields effect tube, and the eighth electronic switch Q8 is a PNP transistor.
The first end, the second end, and the third end of the first electronic switch Q1 are respectively the source, the drain, and the gate. The first end, the second end, and the third end of the second electronic switch Q2 are respectively the drain, the source, and the gate. The first end, the second end, and the third end of the third electronic switch Q3 are respectively the drain, the source, and the gate. The first end, the second end, and the third end of the fourth electronic switch Q4 are respectively the source, the drain, and the gate. The first end, the second end, and the third end of the sixth electronic switch Q6 are respectively the drain, the gate, and the source. The first end, the second end, and the third end of the seventh electronic switch Q7 are respectively the drain, the source, and the gate.
The first end, the second end, and the third end of the fifth electronic switch Q5 are respectively the drain, the source, and the gate.
The first end, the second end, and the third end of the eighth electronic switch Q8 are respectively the collector, the emitter, and the base.
In the capacity grading circuit 100 of the present invention, the first control module 50 controls the charging current or the charging voltage during the power supply 10 charging the battery 40 by controlling the conduction and cutoff frequencies of the first electronic switch Q1. The first control module 50 also controls the discharging current or discharging voltage during the battery 40 discharging to the power supply 10 by controlling the conduction and cutoff frequencies of the second electronic switch Q2. By the first control module 50 asynchronously controlling the first electronic switch Q1 and the second electronic switch Q2, it increases energy conversion efficiency during the power supply 10 charging the battery 40 or the battery 40 discharging to the power supply 10. The capacity grading circuit 100 is integrated designed and fewer components are used, it can save cost and accurately measured the capacity of the battery 40.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modification and variations can be made in the multicolor illumination device and related method of the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, it is intended that the present invention cover modifications and variations that come within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.
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201720918842.4 | Jul 2017 | CN | national |