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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2011
Applicants:
Robert Parle, Oxford, GB;
James Stegen, Chicago, IL (US);
Katherine O'riordan, Raheen, IE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ANALOG DEVICES, INC., Norwood, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/36 (2006.01); G01R 19/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/3658 (2013.01); G01R 31/362 (2013.01); G01R 19/16542 (2013.01);
Abstract
System and method to detect battery cell malfunctions through redundant offset battery cell monitoring. Redundant battery monitoring may be implemented in a battery monitoring system to process battery cell voltages at offset times. A processor may compare offset voltage samples for a particular battery cell. If the samples vary outside a predetermined range, the processor may indicate a battery cell malfunction.