Storage battery device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10177577-B2
Application number	US-201414911091-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 10, 2014
Priority date	Aug 9, 2013
Publication date	Jan 8, 2019
Grant date	Jan 8, 2019

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a storage battery device includes a battery group, a charge-and-discharge control FET unit, and a drive controller. The battery group includes a plurality of battery cells connected in series. The charge-and-discharge control FET unit is connected to a low potential side of the battery group and includes at least a pair of N-channel MOSFETs source terminals of which are back-to-back connected. The drive controller outputs a drive control signal to a gate terminal of the respective N-channel MOSFETs included in the charge-and-discharge control FET unit. The drive control signal is generated based on a potential level of the source terminals.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A storage battery device comprising:
a battery group that includes a plurality of battery cells connected in series;
a charge-and-discharge control FET unit that is connected to a low potential side of the battery group and includes a first pair of N-channel MOSFETs and a second pair of N-channel MOSFETs, wherein:
the first pair of N-channel MOSFETs is connected in parallel with the second pair of N-channel MOSFETs;
each of the first pair of N-channel MOSFETs and the second pair of N-channel MOSFETs has a pair of source terminals which are back-to-back connected; and
the pair of back-to-back connected source terminals of the first pair of N-channel MOSFETs and the pair of back-to-back connected source terminals of the second pair of N-channel MOSFETs are connected to each other; and

a drive controller that generates a drive control signal based on a potential level of the source terminals and outputs the drive control signal to a gate terminal of each of the N channel MOSFETs of the charge-and-discharge control FET unit, the drive controller comprising:
a constant voltage circuit that uses a power supply from the battery group to generate a constant voltage based on the potential level of the source terminals to supply a constant voltage power supply; and
a level shifter that operates with the constant voltage power supply, performs a level shift on a discharge control signal or a charge control signal that has a signal level based on a potential level of the power supply from the battery group, and outputs a discharge control signal or a charge control signal that has a signal level based on the potential level of the source terminals.

2. The storage battery device according to claim 1 , wherein the level shifter comprises:
a first level shift circuit that operates with the constant voltage power supply, performs the level shift on the discharge control signal that has the signal level based on the power supply potential level, and outputs the discharge control signal that has the signal level based on the potential level of the source terminals, and
a second level shift circuit that operates with the constant voltage power supply, performs the level shift on the charge control signal that has the signal level based on the power supply potential level, and outputs the charge control signal that has the signal level based on the potential level of the source terminals.

3. The storage battery device according to claim 2 , wherein the drive controller further comprises:
a first FET driver that operates with the constant voltage power supply, generates a discharge drive control signal based on the potential level of the source terminals in accordance with the discharge control signal output by the first level shift circuit, and outputs the generated discharge drive control signal to an N-channel MOSFET to be discharge-controlled out of the pairs of N-channel MOSFETs, and
a second FET driver that operates with the constant voltage power supply, generates a charge drive control signal based on the potential level of the source terminals in accordance with the charge control signal output by the second level shift circuit, and outputs the generated charge drive control signal to an N-channel MOSFET to be discharge-controlled out of the pairs of N-channel MOSFETs.

4. The storage battery device according to claim 1 , wherein the charge-and-discharge control FET unit functions as an interruption circuit that interrupts the battery group from a main circuit.

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Kanbe Fuyuki
• Kuroda Kazuto
• Kosugi Shinichiro
• Sekino Masahiro
• Gyoda Minoru
• Saeki Yosuke

Classifications

• H02J7/61

  against overcharge · CPC title

• H02J7/865

  Battery or charger load switching, e.g. concurrent charging and load supply (H02J7/50 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02J7/50

  acting upon multiple batteries simultaneously or sequentially · CPC title

• H02J7/64 Primary

  against overvoltage · CPC title

• H02J7/00

  Circuit arrangements for charging or discharging batteries or for supplying loads from batteries · CPC title