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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2012
Renesas Electronics Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Manabu Miyamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, Kawasaki-Shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A battery voltage monitoring apparatus for monitoring an assembled battery voltage, the assembled battery including a plurality of battery cells, the battery voltage monitoring apparatus including a plurality of input terminals, the plurality of input terminals being respectively coupled to the plurality of battery cells through a potential measurement line, a comparator having a hysteresis characteristic and including a first terminal and a second terminal, the second terminal receiving a reference voltage, and a current source, one end of the current source being coupled between one of the plurality of the input terminals and the first terminal.