Electronic circuit for measuring series connected electrochemical cell voltages

An electronic circuit for measuring voltage signals in an energy storage device is disclosed. The electronic circuit includes a plurality of energy storage cells forming the energy storage device. A voltage divider circuit is connected to at least one of the energy storage cells. A current regulating circuit is provided for regulating the current through the voltage divider circuit. A voltage measurement node is associated with the voltage divider circuit for producing a voltage signal which is proportional to the voltage across the energy storage cell.
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Abstract/Description: An electronic circuit for measuring voltage signals in an energy storage device is disclosed. The electronic circuit includes a plurality of energy storage cells forming the energy storage device. A voltage divider circuit is connected to at least one of the energy storage cells. A current regulating circuit is provided for regulating the current through the voltage divider circuit. A voltage measurement node is associated with the voltage divider circuit for producing a voltage signal which is proportional to the voltage across the energy storage cell.
Subject(s): 324/434
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Date Issued: 2000-12-26
Title: Electronic circuit for measuring series connected electrochemical cell voltages.
Name(s): DaimlerChrysler Corporation; The University of Toledo, assignee
Ashtiani, Cyrus N., inventor
Stuart, Thomas A., inventor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: patent
Publisher: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Other Date: Date Filed: 1998-12-31
Date Issued: 2000-12-26
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 7 p.
Abstract/Description: An electronic circuit for measuring voltage signals in an energy storage device is disclosed. The electronic circuit includes a plurality of energy storage cells forming the energy storage device. A voltage divider circuit is connected to at least one of the energy storage cells. A current regulating circuit is provided for regulating the current through the voltage divider circuit. A voltage measurement node is associated with the voltage divider circuit for producing a voltage signal which is proportional to the voltage across the energy storage cell.
Identifier(s): utpatents-US6166549 (IID)
Patent No.: US6166549 (patno)
Appl. No.: 09/224466 (appno)
Subject(s): 324/434
320/136
Held by: United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Public Search Facility
Location: University of Toledo Digital Repository
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States
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