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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2011
Applicants:
Sang-hoon Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Dal-hoon Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Jee-ho Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
LG Chem, Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Provided are an apparatus and a method for diagnosing an abnormality in a cell balancing circuit. The apparatus may include a floating capacitor charged with voltage of a battery cell, a cell balancing circuit for discharging the floating capacitor, a voltage measuring unit for measuring the battery cell voltage of the charged floating capacitor and a residual voltage of the discharged floating capacitor, and a control unit for determining an abnormality in the cell balancing circuit based on the residual voltage of the discharged floating capacitor.