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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2002
Hun-june Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Dae-young Youn, Daejeon, KR;
Dae-jeong Kim, Seoul, KR;
Sang-min Kim, Seoul, KR;
Hun-June Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Dae-Young Youn, Daejeon, KR;
Dae-Jeong Kim, Seoul, KR;
Sang-Min Kim, Seoul, KR;
Smart Power Solutions, Inc., , KR;
Abstract
An upgradable SMART (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) battery pack capable of upgrading a SMART function thereof is provided, including a battery array, a host interface for supplying power to a host and performing a SMART communication therewith, a protection circuit for protecting battery cells in the battery array from overcurrent or overvoltage, a microprocessor for monitoring a current state of the battery array, calculating a battery capacity thereof and controlling the SMART communication with the host via the host interface, a nonvolatile memory for storing an operational program of the microprocessor and battery information, a signal processor for converting a level of a signal to be sent to the host via the host interface into a predetermined level that is desired by the host and processing the level-converted signal, and an input/output port for performing an interfacing operation between the host and the microprocessor to download a control program and data from the host.