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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
May. 19, 2010
Kazumi Kaneko, Zama, JP;
Hirofumi Iguchi, Atsugi, JP;
Yuki Takanezawa, Zama, JP;
NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., Yokohama-shi, JP;
Abstract
A battery controlleroutputs a voltage sampling and holding command signal to an integrated circuit CCn located at an upstream end of cascade connection of integrated circuits CC-CCn such that integrated circuits CC-CCn sample and hold output voltages of unit cellsgrouped into battery modules M-Mn. The battery controller, after transmission of the voltage sampling and holding command signal, outputs a transmission command signal to the integrated circuit CCn at the upstream end of the cascade circuit to transmit output voltages of the unit cellsheld in the integrated circuits CC-CCn to the battery controller. As a result, a time lag in the detection timings of output voltages of the unit cellsof the battery modules M-Mn can be decreased.