Lg Energy Solution, Ltd.

Lg Chem, Ltd

Ho-Byung Yoon

Sang-Hoon Lee

Young-Hwan Kim

Chang-Hyun Sung

Jae-Dong Park

Tae-Joong Lee

A battery balancing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first selection unit to selectively connect each of a plurality of batteries included in a first battery group between a first node and a second node, a resistance adjustment unit to connect a first resistor, a second resistor, a series circuit of the first and second resistors or a parallel circuit of the first and second resistors between the first node and the second node, and a control unit. The control unit determines at least one of the batteries as a first balancing target based on a first voltage signal indicating voltage of each battery. The first selection unit connects the first balancing target between the first node and the second node. The control unit controls the resistance adjustment unit based on a voltage difference between voltage of the first balancing target and a reference voltage.

Battery balancing apparatus and battery pack including the same

An apparatus including a monitoring unit including a voltage detection circuit which detects a voltage of the plurality of battery cells, a balancing unit including a first common resistor element and a switching module, the first common resistor element connected between a first common node and a second common node, and a control unit operably coupled to the monitoring unit and the switching module, the control unit determining a balancing target including at least one of the plurality of battery cells based on the voltage of each of the plurality of battery cells, controlling the switching module to form a current channel between the first common resistor element and the balancing target and determining a maximum number of battery cells that can be included in the balancing target based on resistance of the first common resistor element and the voltage of each of the plurality of battery cells.

Apparatus for battery balancing and battery pack including same

An apparatus including a monitoring unit including a voltage detection circuit which detects a voltage of the plurality of battery cells, a balancing unit including a first common resistor element and a switching module, the first common resistor element connected between a first common node and a second common node, and a control unit operably coupled to the monitoring unit and the switching module, the control unit determining a balancing target including at least one of the plurality of battery cells based on the voltage of each of the plurality of battery cells, and controlling the switching module to form a current channel between the first common resistor element and the balancing target.

An insulation resistance measuring device including a positive electrode test resistor connected to a positive electrode node of a battery assembly, a negative electrode test resistor connected to a negative electrode node of the battery assembly, a first switch connecting the positive electrode node of the battery assembly to the positive electrode test resistor, a second switch connecting the negative electrode node of the battery assembly to the negative electrode test resistor, a voltage measurement unit that measures a first voltage applied to the positive electrode test resistor and a second voltage applied to the negative electrode test resistor, and a voltage estimation unit that estimates a final convergence value of the first and second voltages.

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Daejeon, South Korea

Ho-Byung Yoon