Battery sampling chip and battery management system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12055599-B2
Application number	US-202318459402-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 31, 2023
Priority date	Sep 28, 2021
Publication date	Aug 6, 2024
Grant date	Aug 6, 2024

Abstract

A battery sampling chip and a battery management system. The battery sampling chip includes a selector module, including a first multiplexer and a second multiplexer, wherein the first multiplexer and the second multiplexer are both used to collect status data of a first group of cells; an analog-to-digital conversion module, connected with the first multiplexer and the second multiplexer; and a data control module, used to send alarm information when converted status data sent by the analog-to-digital conversion module are not received within a preset duration. Through redundancy design of the multiplexers, whether the selector module fails or is abnormal can be effectively judged, thus avoiding the battery management system including the battery sampling chip from monitoring incorrect status data.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A battery sampling chip, comprising:
a selector module, comprising: a first multiplexer and a second multiplexer, the first multiplexer and the second multiplexer being both used to collect status data of a first group of cells, wherein the status data of the first group of cells include status data for a first cell in the first group;
an analog-to-digital conversion module, connected with the first multiplexer and the second multiplexer, the analog-to-digital conversion module being used to send a first abnormality feedback instruction to the first multiplexer and the second multiplexer when the status data of the first group of cells respectively collected by the first multiplexer and the second multiplexer are different, and perform analog-to-digital conversion on the status data of the first group of cells when the status data of the first group of cells respectively collected by the first multiplexer and the second multiplexer are the same, wherein the determination of the status data of the first group of cells respectively collected by the first multiplexer and the second multiplexer are different includes comparing the status data for the first cell in the first group collected by the first and second multiplexers; and
a data control module, connected with the analog-to-digital conversion module, the data control module being used to receive converted status data sent by the analog-to-digital conversion module, and send alarm information when the converted status data sent by the analog-to-digital conversion module are not received within a preset duration; and, wherein the selector module further comprises a third multiplexer and a fourth multiplexer;
the third multiplexer and the fourth multiplexer are both used to collect status data of a second group of cells, the first group of cells and the second group of cells comprise the same first cell, and the first group of cells and the second group of cells belong to the same device; and
the analog-to-digital conversion module is further connected with the third multiplexer and the fourth multiplexer, the analog-to-digital conversion module is further used to send a second abnormality feedback instruction to the third multiplexer and the fourth multiplexer when the status data of the second group of cells respectively collected by the third multiplexer and the fourth multiplexer are different; send a third abnormality feedback instruction to the first multiplexer, the second multiplexer, the third multiplexer and the fourth multiplexer when status data of the first cell respectively collected by the first multiplexer, the second multiplexer, the third multiplexer and the fourth multiplexer are different; and perform analog-to-digital conversion on the status data of the second group of cells when the status data of the second group of cells respectively collected by the third multiplexer and the fourth multiplexer are the same.

2. The battery sampling chip according to claim 1 , wherein the analog-to-digital conversion module comprises a first analog-to-digital converter, a second analog-to-digital converter and a sampling data comparison unit;
the first analog-to-digital converter and the second analog-to-digital converter are two analog-to-digital converters with different precision; the first analog-to-digital converter and the second analog-to-digital converter are both connected with the first multiplexer, the second multiplexer and the sampling data comparison unit; and the sampling data comparison unit is further connected with the data control module;
the first analog-to-digital converter and the second analog-to-digital converter are both used to perform analog-to-digital conversion on the status data of the first group of cells; and
the sampling data comparison unit is used to obtain digital quantities converted by the first analog-to-digital converter and the second analog-to-digital converter, and convert the two digital quantities into digital quantities under first precision respectively; send the digital quantities under the first precision to the data control module when the two digital quantities under the first precision are the same, wherein the digital quantities under the first precision are the converted status data; and trigger the data control module to alarm when the two digital quantities under the first precision are different.

3. The battery sampling chip according to claim 2 , wherein the first analog-to-digital converter is an 11-bit analog-to-digital converter, and the second analog-to-digital converter is a 16-bit analog-to-digital converter.

4. The battery sampling chip according to claim 2 , wherein the sampling data comparison unit is further used to lock a faulty analog-to-digital converter when the two digital quantities under the first precision are different, and the faulty analog-to-digital converter is an analog-to-digital converter corresponding to the digital quantity with a large difference value from a preset quantity in the two digital quantities under the first precision.

5. The battery sampling chip according to claim 1 , wherein the battery sampling chip further comprises a reference voltage calibration module, the reference voltage calibration module being respectively connected with the analog-to-digital conversion module and the data control module, wherein
the reference voltage calibration module is used to collect a power supply voltage of the battery sampling chip and a power supply voltage of the analog-to-digital conversion module; and compare the power supply voltage of the battery sampling chip with the power supply voltage of the analog-to-digital conversion module, and trigger the data control module to alarm when the comparison result is inconsistent.

6. The battery sampling chip according to claim 5 , wherein the reference voltage calibration module is further connected with the selector module, and the reference voltage calibration module is further used to collect a power supply voltage of the selector module, compare the power supply voltage of the battery sampling chip with the power supply voltage of the selector module, and trigger the data control module to alarm when the comparison result is inconsistent.

7. The battery sampling chip according to claim 1 , wherein the battery sampling chip comprises a sleep detection module, wherein
the sleep detection module is respectively connected with the analog-to-digital conversion module and the data control module, and the sleep detection module is used to compare the converted status data transmitted by the analog-to-digital conversion module with a preset value when a device connected with the battery sampling chip is in a sleep state, and trigger the data control module to alarm when the comparison result is inconsistent.

8. The battery sampling chip according to claim 1 , wherein the status data comprise voltage data and/or temperature data.

9. A battery management system, comprising a controller and the battery sampling chip according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is connected with the data control module of the battery sampling chip, and the controller is used to obtain status data of a battery collected by the battery sampling chip.

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yang Ye

Classifications

• H01M2010/4271

  Battery management systems including electronic circuits, e.g. control of current or voltage to keep battery in healthy state, cell balancing · CPC title

• H01M10/482

  for several batteries or cells simultaneously or sequentially · CPC title

• H01M10/425

  Structural combination with electronic components, e.g. electronic circuits integrated to the outside of the casing (printed circuits H05K1/00) · CPC title

• G01R19/25

  using digital measurement techniques · CPC title

• G01R19/16542

  for batteries (charge condition monitoring in G01R31/36) · CPC title