Battery pack, battery protection processing apparatus and control method thereof

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7579811
APP PUB NO 20050134230A1
SERIAL NO

10987927

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It is aimed at stably implementing a protection function of a secondary battery mainly under software control and providing a battery pack characterized by a reduced circuit installation area, parts costs, and power consumption. An AD converter outputs a voltage value between a positive electrode and a negative electrode of a secondary battery. Based on the voltage value, a microcontroller determines a state of the secondary battery out of overcharge, normal operation, and over-discharge states. According to the determined state, the microcontroller controls operations of a discharge current cutoff means and a charge current cutoff means via a FET driver. When it is determined that the secondary battery is placed in an overcurrent state based on the charge and discharge current size of the secondary battery, an overcurrent detection circuit enables the discharge current cutoff means to be a cutoff state in preference to control by the microcontroller.

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SONY CORPORATIONTOKYO 108-0075
MAXIM JAPAN CO LTD3-30-16 NISHI-WASEDA SHINJYUKU-KU TOKYO

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Koide, Toshihiro Tokyo , JP 11 244
Nagashima, Osamu Tokyo , JP 79 1406
Nakamichi, Ryuji Kanagawa , JP 2 95
Sato, Hideyuki Chiba , JP 124 2447
Tsuchiya, Yukio Kanagawa , JP 46 364

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