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Battery protection circuit, battery protection device, and battery pack

US8773073B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 8, 2012
Grant dateJul 8, 2014
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Expiry dateFeb 23, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02J7/00302
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A battery protection circuit for protecting a secondary battery composed of a first cell and a second cell, includes a reference voltage supply circuit that outputs a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage generated based on cell voltages of the first cell and the second cell, respectively; a first detection circuit that outputs a signal prohibiting charging when at least one of the cell voltages of the first cell and the second cell exceeds a predetermined overcharge indication value; a second detection circuit that outputs a signal prohibiting charging when at least one of the first reference voltage and the second reference voltage is not within a predetermined target range; and a control circuit that controls to prohibit charging when at least one of the outputs from the first detection circuit and the second detection circuit is the signal prohibiting charging.

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