# US 10,479,212 B2 · Electric vehicle and voltage acquisition circuit thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,479,212 B2 - Document ID: US10479212B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/787,726 - Filed: 2017-10-19 - Published: 2018-04-19 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2016-10-19 - Assignees: Shenzhen Anding New Energy Technology Development Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Shenzhen Anding New Energy Technology Development Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hong Deng - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10479212B2 ## CPC - G01R 19/252: using analogue/digital converters of the type with conversion of voltage or current into frequency and measuring of this frequency - B60L 58/12: responding to state of charge [SoC] - G01R 15/04: Voltage dividers - G01R 31/3835: involving only voltage measurements - G01R 31/396: Acquisition or processing of data for testing or for monitoring individual cells or groups of cells within a battery - B60L 58/21: having the same nominal voltage - Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries - G01R: MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct tuning of resonant circuits H03J3/12) - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract The present invention provides a voltage acquisition circuit. The voltage acquisition circuit includes a voltage division and sampling module, a voltage to frequency conversion module, and an isolation module. The voltage to frequency conversion module is electrically coupled to the voltage division and sampling module and the isolation module. The voltage division and sampling module is configured to divide and sample a total voltage of a battery pack, and output a voltage signal to the voltage to frequency conversion module. The voltage to frequency conversion module is configured to convert the voltage signal into a first frequency signal, and output the first frequency signal to the isolation module. The isolation module is configured to electrically isolate the first frequency signal, to generate a second frequency signal. The present invention further provides an electric vehicle with the voltage acquisition circuit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A voltage acquisition circuit (200), comprising: a voltage division and sampling module (210) electrically coupled to a battery pack (100), the voltage division and sampling module (210) comprising: a first voltage division unit (220) and a second voltage division unit (230); a sampling unit (250) comprising a first terminal electrically coupled to a positive terminal of the battery pack (100) through the first voltage division unit (220), and a second terminal electrically coupled to a negative terminal of the battery pack (100) through the second voltage division unit (230); and a comparison unit (260) comprising a first input terminal electrically coupled to the first terminal of the sampling unit (250), a second input terminal electrically coupled to the second terminal of the sampling unit (250), and an output terminal; a voltage to frequency conversion module (270) electrically coupled to the output terminal of the comparison unit (260), to receive a voltage signal (Vout) from the comparison unit (260), the voltage to frequency conversion module (270) configured to convert the voltage signal (Vout) into a first frequency signal (F1); and an isolation module (280) electrically coupled to the voltage to frequency conversion module (270), to receive the first frequency signal (F1), the isolation module (280) configured to electrically isolate the first frequency signal (F1), to generate a second frequency signal (F2). ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The voltage acquisition circuit (200) of claim 1, wherein the first voltage division unit (220) comprises a first voltage division subunit (222) comprising a plurality of first voltage division elements (226) electrically coupled in series between the positive terminal of the battery pack (100) and the first terminal of the sampling unit (250), and each first voltage division element (226) comprising two first resistors (R1) electrically coupled in parallel. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The voltage acquisition circuit (200) of claim 2, wherein the second voltage division unit (230) comprises a second voltage division subunit (232) comprising a plurality of second voltage division elements (236) electrically coupled in series between the negative terminal of the battery pack (100) and the second terminal of the sampling unit (250), and each second voltage division element (236) comprising two second resistors (R2) electrically coupled in parallel. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The voltage acquisition circuit (200) of claim 3, wherein the voltage division and sampling module (210) further comprises a control unit (240) configured to control whether the first voltage division unit (220) and the second voltage division unit (230) electrically coupled to the sampling unit (250); the control unit (240) comprises: a third resistor (R3) and a capacitor (C1); and an electronic switch (Q1) comprising a first terminal configured to receive a control signal (Ctr) through the third resistor (R3), and electrically coupled to ground though the capacitor (C1), a second terminal electrically coupled to the first voltage division unit (220) through the second voltage division unit (230), and a third terminal electrically coupled to ground. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The voltage acquisition circuit (200) of claim 4, wherein the first voltage division unit (220) further comprises a first optocoupler (228) and a fourth resistor (R4), and the second voltage division unit (230) further comprises a second optocoupler (238) and a fifth resistor (R5); the first optocoupler (228) comprising: a first light emitting element (D1) comprising a first terminal electrically coupled to a first power supply (V1) through the fourth resistor (R4), and a second terminal; and a first light receiving element (S1) comprising a first terminal electrically coupled to the first voltage division subunit (222), and a second terminal electrically coupled to the first terminal of the sampling unit (250); and the second optocoupler (238) comprising: a second light emitting element (D2) comprising a first terminal electrically coupled to the second terminal first light emitting element (D1), and a second terminal electrically coupled to the second terminal of the electronic switch (Q1) through the fifth resistor (R5); and a second light receiving element (S2) comprising a first terminal electrically coupled to the second voltage division subunit (232), and a second terminal electrically coupled to the second terminal of the sampling unit (250). ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The voltage acquisition circuit (200) of claim 1, wherein the sampling unit (250) comprises a plurality of third voltage division elements (256) electrically coupled in series between the first voltage division unit (220) and the second voltage division unit (230), and each third voltage division element (256) comprising two sixth resistors (R6) electrically coupled in parallel. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The voltage acquisition circuit (200) of claim 1, wherein the comparison unit (260) comprises an operational amplifier (U1) comprising a non-inverting input terminal functioning as the first input terminal of the comparison unit (260) and electrically coupled to the first terminal of the sampling unit (250), an inverting input terminal functioning as the second input terminal of the comparison unit (260) and electrically coupled to the second terminal of the sampling unit (250), and an output terminal functioning as the output terminal of the comparison unit (260) and electrically coupled to the voltage to frequency conversion module (270), to output the voltage signal (Vout) to the voltage to frequency conversion module (270). ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The voltage acquisition circuit (200) of claim 7, wherein the voltage to frequency conversion module (270) comprises: a seventh resistor (R7), an eighth resistor (R8), and a ninth resistor (R9); and a converter (U2) comprising an input pin (VIN) electrically coupled to the output terminal the operational amplifier (U1) through the seventh resistor (R7), to receive the voltage signal (Vout); a buffer pin (BUF) electrically coupled to a first power supply (V1) through the eighth resistor (R8), and electrically coupled to ground through the ninth resistor (R9); a power pin (VDD) electrically coupled to the first power supply (V1); a reference pin (REF) electrically coupled to the first power supply (V1); a clock pin (CLKI) configured to receive a reference frequency signal (Fref); and an output pin (FO) electrically coupled to the isolation module (280), to output the first frequency signal (F1) to the isolation module (280). ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The voltage acquisition circuit (200) of claim 8, wherein the isolation module (280) comprises an isolator (U3) comprising a first input pin (A1) electrically coupled to the output pin (FO) of the converter (U2), to receive the first frequency signal (F1); and a first output pin (B1) configured to output the second frequency signal (F2). ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The voltage acquisition circuit (200) of claim 9, wherein the voltage acquisition circuit (200) further comprises an oscillation module (290) configured to generate the reference frequency signal (Fref); the oscillation module (290) comprises a tenth resistor (R10), an eleventh resistor (R11), and an oscillator (X1); the oscillator (X1) comprises a first terminal electrically coupled to the clock pin (CLKI) of the converter (U2) though the tenth resistor (R10), to output the reference frequency signal (Fret) to the converter (U2), and a second terminal electrically coupled to ground; and the first terminal of the oscillator (X1) is further electrically coupled to ground through the eleventh resistor (R11). ### Claim 11 An electric vehicle (10), comprising: a battery pack (100) comprising a positive terminal and a negative terminal; a voltage acquisition circuit (200) comprising: a voltage division and sampling module (210) comprising: a first voltage division unit (220) and a second voltage division unit (230); a sampling unit (250) comprising a first terminal electrically coupled to the positive terminal of the battery pack (100) through the first voltage division unit (220), and a second terminal electrically coupled to the negative terminal of the battery pack (100) through the second voltage division unit (230); and a comparison unit (260) comprising a first input terminal electrically coupled to the first terminal of the sampling unit (250), a second input terminal electrically coupled to the second terminal of the sampling unit (250), and an output terminal; a voltage to frequency conversion module (270) electrically coupled to the output terminal of the comparison unit (260), to receive a voltage signal (Vout) from the comparison unit (260), the voltage to frequency conversion module (270) configured to convert the voltage signal (Vout) into a first frequency signal (F1); and an isolation module (280) electrically coupled to the voltage to frequency conversion module (270), to receive the first frequency signal (F1), the isolation module (280) configured to electrically isolate the first frequency signal (F1), to generate a second frequency signal (F2); and a battery management system (BMS) (300) electrically coupled to the isolation module (280), to receive the second frequency signal (F2), the BMS (300) configured to manage the battery pack (100), according to the second frequency signal (F2). ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The electric vehicle (10) of claim 11, wherein the first voltage division unit (220) comprises a first voltage division subunit (222) comprising a plurality of first voltage division elements (226) electrically coupled in series between the positive terminal of the battery pack (100) and the first terminal of the sampling unit (250), and each first voltage division element (226) comprising two first resistors (R1) electrically coupled in parallel. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The electric vehicle (10) of claim 12, wherein the second voltage division unit (230) comprises a second voltage division subunit (232) comprising a plurality of second voltage division elements (236) electrically coupled in series between the negative terminal of the battery pack (100) and the second terminal of the sampling unit (250), and each second voltage division element (236) comprising two second resistors (R2) electrically coupled in parallel. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The electric vehicle (10) of claim 13, wherein the voltage division and sampling module (210) further comprises a control unit (240) configured to control whether the first voltage division unit (220) and the second voltage division unit (230) electrically coupled to the sampling unit (250); the control unit (240) comprises: a third resistor (R3) and a capacitor (C1); and an electronic switch (Q1) comprising a first terminal configured to receive a control signal (Ctr) through the third resistor (R3), and electrically coupled to ground though the capacitor (C1), a second terminal electrically coupled to the first voltage division unit (220) through the second voltage division unit (230), and a third terminal electrically coupled to ground. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The electric vehicle (10) of claim 14, wherein the first voltage division unit (220) further comprises a first optocoupler (228) and a fourth resistor (R4), and the second voltage division unit (230) further comprises a second optocoupler (238) and a fifth resistor (R5); the first optocoupler (228) comprising: a first light emitting element (D1) comprising a first terminal electrically coupled to a first power supply (V1) through the fourth resistor (R4), and a second terminal; and a first light receiving element (S1) comprising a first terminal electrically coupled to the first voltage division subunit (222), and a second terminal electrically coupled to the first terminal of the sampling unit (250); and the second optocoupler (238) comprising: a second light emitting element (D2) comprising a first terminal electrically coupled to the second terminal first light emitting element (D1), and a second terminal electrically coupled to the second terminal of the electronic switch (Q1) through the fifth resistor (R5); and a second light receiving element (S2) comprising a first terminal electrically coupled to the second voltage division subunit (232), and a second terminal electrically coupled to the second terminal of the sampling unit (250). ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The electric vehicle (10) of claim 11, wherein the sampling unit (250) comprises a plurality of third voltage division elements (256) electrically coupled in series between the first voltage division unit (220) and the second voltage division unit (230), and each third voltage division element (256) comprising two sixth resistors (R6) electrically coupled in parallel. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The electric vehicle (10) of claim 11, wherein the comparison unit (260) comprises an operational amplifier (U1) comprising a non-inverting input terminal functioning as the first input terminal of the comparison unit (260) and electrically coupled to the first terminal of the sampling unit (250), an inverting input terminal functioning as the second input terminal of the comparison unit (260) and electrically coupled to the second terminal of the sampling unit (250), and an output terminal functioning as the output terminal of the comparison unit (260) and electrically coupled to the voltage to frequency conversion module (270), to output the voltage signal (Vout) to the voltage to frequency conversion module (270). ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The electric vehicle (10) of claim 17, wherein the voltage to frequency conversion module (270) comprises: a seventh resistor (R7), an eighth resistor (R8), and a ninth resistor (R9); and a converter (U2) comprising an input pin (VIN) electrically coupled to the output terminal the operational amplifier (U1) through the seventh resistor (R7), to receive the voltage signal (Vout); a buffer pin (BUF) electrically coupled to a first power supply (V1) through the eighth resistor (R8), and electrically coupled to ground through the ninth resistor (R9); a power pin (VDD) electrically coupled to the first power supply (V1); a reference pin (REF) electrically coupled to the first power supply (V1); a clock pin (CLKI) configured to receive a reference frequency signal (Fref); and an output pin (FO) electrically coupled to the isolation module (280), to output the first frequency signal (F1) to the isolation module (280). ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The electric vehicle (10) of claim 18, wherein the isolation module (280) comprises an isolator (U3) comprising a first input pin (A1) electrically coupled to the output pin (FO) of the converter (U2), to receive the first frequency signal (F1); and a first output pin (B1) configured to output the second frequency signal (F2) to the BMS (300). ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The electric vehicle (10) of claim 19, wherein the voltage acquisition circuit (200) further comprises an oscillation module (290) configured to generate the reference frequency signal (Fref); the oscillation module (290) comprises a tenth resistor (R10), an eleventh resistor (R11), and an oscillator (X1); the oscillator (X1) comprises a first terminal electrically coupled to the clock pin (CLKI) of the converter (U2) though the tenth resistor (R10), to output the reference frequency signal (Fref) to the converter (U2), and a second terminal electrically coupled to ground; and the first terminal of the oscillator (X1) is further electrically coupled to ground through the eleventh resistor (R11).