Power supply device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10038224-B2
Application number	US-201615519994-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 21, 2016
Priority date	Feb 4, 2015
Publication date	Jul 31, 2018
Grant date	Jul 31, 2018

Abstract

A plurality of required DC voltages are outputted. A power supply device includes: a first switch circuit corresponding to the plurality of battery devices, and that includes a switch for connecting a negative pole terminal, by which negative pole terminals of the battery devices are connected, and a first switch for connecting a positive pole terminal, by which positive pole terminals of the battery devices are connected, and a switch for bypassing, by which the battery devices are bypassed; and a second switch circuit corresponding to the plurality of battery devices, and that includes a second switch for connecting a positive pole terminal, by which positive pole terminals of the battery devices are connected, and a switch for connecting, by which the negative pole terminals of the battery devices are connected to a positive pole terminal of the other battery device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power supply device comprising:
a plurality of battery devices which include positive pole terminals and negative pole terminals;
a first switch circuit which includes a plurality of switches;
a first circuit for connecting to the plurality of battery devices, which is configured between a first terminal positive pole and a terminal negative pole, in a state where at least one battery device in the plurality of battery devices and any switch in the plurality of switches in the first switch circuit are included;
a second switch circuit which includes a plurality of switches;
a second circuit for connecting to the plurality of battery devices, which is configured between a second terminal positive pole and a terminal negative pole, in a state where at least one battery device in the plurality of battery devices and any switch in the plurality of switches in the second switch circuit are included;
a control circuit which controls each of open/close operations of the plurality of switches of the first switch circuit and the second switch circuit; wherein the plurality of switches of the first switch circuit are provided such that the switches are corresponding to each of the battery devices in the plurality of battery devices, and are composed of switches for connecting negative pole terminal, by which a negative pole terminal of the corresponded battery device is connected to the first circuit for connecting battery device, first switches for connecting positive pole terminal, by which a positive pole terminal of the corresponded battery device is connected to the first circuit for connecting battery device, and switches for bypassing, by which the corresponded battery device is bypassed; and
the plurality of switches of the second switch circuit are provided such that the switches are corresponding to each of the battery devices in the plurality of battery devices, and are composed of second switches for connecting positive pole terminal, by which a positive pole terminal of the corresponded battery device is connected to the second circuit for connecting battery device, and switches for connecting, by which a negative pole terminal of the corresponded battery device is connected to a positive pole terminal of the other battery device; and
open/close operations of the plurality of switches of the first switch circuit are controlled by the control circuit, and one or a plurality of required battery devices is connected between the first terminal positive pole and the terminal negative pole; and
open/close operations of the plurality of switches of the second switch circuit are controlled by the control circuit, and one or a plurality of required battery devices is connected between the second terminal positive pole and the terminal negative pole.

2. A power supply device as recited in claim 1 , wherein a smoothing capacitor is connected between the first terminal positive pole of the first circuit for connecting battery device and the terminal negative pole, and a smoothing reactor is provided at an electric current passage of a connected battery device in the first circuit for connecting battery device.

3. A power supply device as recited in claim 1 , wherein a charging device, which is used as a variable power supply device by which a DC voltage can be varied, is connected between the first terminal positive pole and the terminal negative pole.

4. A power supply device as recited in claim 2 , wherein a charging device, which is used as a variable power supply device by which a DC voltage can be varied, is connected between the first terminal positive pole and the terminal negative pole.

5. A power supply device as recited in claim 1 , wherein a third switch circuit, which is provided such that the third switch circuit is corresponding to battery devices in the plurality of battery devices, and includes switches for connecting, by which the positive pole terminals of the corresponded battery devices are connected each other, is included; and
the control circuit controls open/close operations of the switches for connecting of the third switch circuit, and
a plurality of required battery devices is connected in parallel between the first terminal positive pole and the terminal negative pole.

6. A power supply device as recited in claim 5 , wherein the open/close operations of the switches for connecting of the third switch circuit are controlled by the control circuit, and a plurality of required battery devices is connected in parallel between the first terminal positive pole and the terminal negative pole, and between the second terminal positive pole and the terminal negative pole.

7. A power supply device as recited in claim 5 , wherein a smoothing capacitor is connected between the first terminal positive pole of the first circuit for connecting battery device and the terminal negative pole, and a smoothing reactor is provided at an electric current passage of a connected battery device in the first circuit for connecting battery device.

8. A power supply device as recited in claim 6 , wherein a smoothing capacitor is connected between the first terminal positive pole of the first circuit for connecting battery device and the terminal negative pole, and a smoothing reactor is provided at an electric current passage of a connected battery device in the first circuit for connecting battery device.

9. A power supply device as recited in claim 5 , wherein a charging device, which is used as a variable power supply device by which a DC voltage can be varied, is connected between the first terminal positive pole and the terminal negative pole.

10. A power supply device as recited in claim 6 , wherein a charging device, which is used as a variable power supply device by which a DC voltage can be varied, is connected between the first terminal positive pole and the terminal negative pole.

11. A power supply device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the control circuit controls to turn on the switches for connecting negative pole terminal and the first switches for connecting positive pole terminal of the first switch circuit which is corresponding to the battery devices which are connected between the first terminal positive pole and the terminal negative pole, and controls to turn off the switches for bypassing of the first switch circuit which is corresponding to the battery devices, and controls to turn off the switches for connecting negative pole terminal and the first switches for connecting positive pole terminal of the first switch circuit which is corresponding to the battery devices which are not connected between the first terminal positive pole and the terminal negative pole, and controls to turn on the switches for bypassing of the first switch circuit which is corresponding to the battery devices.

12. A power supply device as recited in claim 11 , wherein the control circuit controls to turn on the corresponded second switch for connecting positive pole terminal of the second switch circuit and the switch for connecting, with respect to the battery devices, which are connected between the second terminal positive pole and the terminal negative pole, in which the positive pole terminal is connected to the second terminal positive pole via the second switch circuit, and
controls so as to turn off the corresponded second switch for connecting positive pole terminal of the second switch circuit and the switch for connecting, with respect to the battery devices which are connected to the terminal negative pole, and controls to turn off the corresponded second switches for connecting positive pole terminal of the second switch circuit, with respect to the other

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Tan Yohei
• Kitamura Tatsuya
• Yamamuro Takahiko

Classifications

• H02J7/575

  Parallel/serial switching of connection of batteries to charge or load circuit · CPC title

• H02J7/54

  Passive balancing, e.g. using resistors or parallel MOSFETs · CPC title

• H01M10/441 Primary

  for several batteries or cells simultaneously or sequentially · CPC title

• H01M2200/30

  Preventing polarity reversal · CPC title

• H02M3/07

  using capacitors charged and discharged alternately by semiconductor devices with control electrode {, e.g. charge pumps} · CPC title