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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2017
Applicant:
Lapis Semiconductor Co., Ltd., Kanazawa, JP;
Inventor:
Naoaki Sugimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Lapis Semiconductor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/396 (2019.01); G01R 31/3835 (2019.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/396 (2019.01); G01R 31/3835 (2019.01); H01M 10/425 (2013.01); H01M 10/482 (2013.01); H01M 2010/4271 (2013.01); H01M 2200/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A battery monitoring system includes a plurality of battery cells connected in series; a cell voltage measurement circuit for measuring a voltage of the battery cells; a first terminal connected to the cell voltage measurement circuit; a second terminal having a potential higher than that of the first terminal; and a protection circuit connected to the second terminal for discharging an electric current to the second terminal so that the cell voltage measurement circuit is protected.