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US 10,241,154 B2Granted
Voltage monitoring module and voltage monitoring system
AssigneeRenesas Electronics Corporation
InventorHideki Kiuchi
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Abstract
A voltage monitoring module includes a first terminal configured to be coupled to a high-potential-side terminal of a first battery cell, and a second terminal configured to be coupled to a low-potential-side of the first battery cell.
Claims5
A voltage monitoring module comprising:
- a first terminal configured to be coupled to a high-potential-side terminal of a first battery cell;
- a second terminal configured to be coupled to a low-potential-side of the first battery cell;
- a third terminal configured to be coupled to a low-potential-side terminal of a second battery cell;
- a first diode disposed between the first and the second terminals, an anode of the first diode coupled to the second terminal and a cathode of the first diode coupled to the first terminal;
- a second diode disposed between the second and third terminals, an anode of the second diode coupled to the third terminal and a cathode of the second diode coupled to the second terminal;
- a first PMOS transistor, a source of the first PMOS transistor coupled to the second terminal and a gate of the first PMOS transistor coupled to the first terminal;
- a second PMOS transistor, a source of the second PMOS transistor coupled to the third terminal and a gate of the second PMOS transistor coupled to the second terminal;
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- a storage circuit that stores a value corresponding to an output of the first PMOS transistor,
- wherein the second terminal configures to be coupled to the low-potential-side terminal of the first battery cell and a high-potential-side terminal of the second battery cell, and
- wherein the storage circuit stores values corresponding to outputs of the first and second PMOS transistors.
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