Abstract: Discussed is a battery management apparatus that can include a battery information measuring unit connected to a battery and configured to measure a voltage of the battery; and a control unit configured to receive from an outside, location information about a location where the battery is stored, receive battery information including the voltage of the battery from the battery information measuring unit, determine a target location where the battery is stored based on the received location information, obtain environment information of the determined target location, set reference state information of at least one reference cell stored around the determined target location, and judge a state of the battery based on at least one of the received battery information.

Abstract: Discussed is a system for managing a state of a battery, the system including: a user terminal to set location information about a location at which the battery is stored and output the set location information; a battery information obtaining device connected to the battery and to obtain battery information including at least one of voltage, SOC, and SOH of the battery and output the obtained battery information; and a performance detecting device connected to the user terminal to receive the set location information, connected to the battery information obtaining device to receive the obtained battery information, and to determine a target location at which the battery is stored, obtain environment information of the determined target location, set reference state information of at least one reference cell stored around the determined target location, and detect performance of the battery.

Abstract: Discussed is a battery management apparatus that may include a voltage measuring unit configured to measure a voltage of a battery; a communication unit configured to output voltage information for the voltage measured by the voltage measuring unit; a power unit configured to provide an operation power to the communication unit; an environment information measuring unit configured to measure environment information including at least one of ambient temperature and humidity of the power unit; and a control unit configured to receive the measured environment information from the environment information measuring unit, judge whether the power unit is operable based on at least one of the received environment information, a capacity of the power unit, and a consumed current and a communication time consumed for the communication unit to output the voltage information, and control the communication unit according to a judgment result about whether the power unit is operable.

Abstract: Discussed is a sensing apparatus that can include a voltage measuring unit configured to measure a voltage of a battery when a power is supplied thereto, an environment information measuring unit configured to measure environment information for the battery when power is supplied thereto, a connector unit configured to output a first connection signal when connected to the battery and output a second connection signal when connected to an external battery management system (BMS), a power unit configured to supply power to at least one of the voltage measuring unit and the environment information measuring unit according to an operation mode, and a control unit configured to control the operation mode of the power unit based on which of the first connection signal and the second connection signal is received from the connector unit and residual amount information of the power unit.

Abstract: A battery management apparatus can include a measuring unit connected to a battery and configured to operate in a measurement mode during a predetermined measurement time at each preset measurement cycle and measure battery information including at least one of voltage and temperature of the battery while operating in the measurement mode, and a control unit configured to operate in a communication mode during a preset operation time at each preset communication cycle, receive the battery information from the measuring unit while operating in the communication mode, set a next operation time point at which the measuring unit is to operate in the measurement mode based on at least one of the communication cycle and a measurement time, and change an operation time to operate in the communication mode at each subsequent communication cycle to correspond to the measurement time.

Abstract: A battery management apparatus is discussed, and includes: a measuring unit connected to a battery and configured to operate in a measurement mode during a predetermined measurement time at each preset measurement cycle and measure battery information including at least one of voltage and temperature of the battery while operating in the measurement mode; and a control unit configured to operate in a communication mode during a preset operation time at each preset communication cycle, receive the battery information from the measuring unit while operating in the communication mode, set a next operation time point at which the measuring unit is to operate in the measurement mode based on at least one of the communication cycle and a measurement time, and change an operation time to operate in the communication mode at each subsequent communication cycle based on the measurement time.

Abstract: Discussed is a battery management apparatus that can include a battery information measuring unit connected to a battery and configured to measure a voltage of the battery; and a control unit configured to receive from an outside, location information about a location where the battery is stored, receive battery information including the voltage of the battery from the battery information measuring unit, determine a target location where the battery is stored based on the received location information, obtain environment information of the determined target location, set reference state information of at least one reference cell stored around the determined target location, and judge a state of the battery based on at least one of the received battery information

Abstract: Discussed is a battery management apparatus that may include a voltage measuring unit configured to measure a voltage of a battery; a communication unit configured to output voltage information for the voltage measured by the voltage measuring unit; a power unit configured to provide an operation power to the communication unit; an environment information measuring unit configured to measure environment information including at least one of ambient temperature and humidity of the power unit; and a control unit configured to receive the measured environment information from the environment information measuring unit, judge whether the power unit is operable based on at least one of the received environment information, a capacity of the power unit, and a consumed current and a communication time consumed for the communication unit to output the voltage information, and control the communication unit according to a judgment result about whether the power unit is operable.

Abstract: A battery management apparatus is discussed, and includes: a measuring unit connected to a battery and configured to operate in a measurement mode during a predetermined measurement time at each preset measurement cycle and measure battery information including at least one of voltage and temperature of the battery while operating in the measurement mode; and a control unit configured to operate in a communication mode during a preset operation time at each preset communication cycle, receive the battery information from the measuring unit while operating in the communication mode, set a next operation time point at which the measuring unit is to operate in the measurement mode based on at least one of the communication cycle and a measurement time, and change an operation time to operate in the communication mode at each subsequent communication cycle based on the measurement time.

Abstract: Discussed is a sensing apparatus that can include a voltage measuring unit configured to measure a voltage of a battery when a power is supplied thereto, an environment information measuring unit configured to measure environment information for the battery when power is supplied thereto, a connector unit configured to output a first connection signal when connected to the battery and output a second connection signal when connected to an external battery management system (BMS), a power unit configured to supply power to at least one of the voltage measuring unit and the environment information measuring unit according to an operation mode, and a control unit configured to control the operation mode of the power unit based on which of the first connection signal and the second connection signal is received from the connector unit and residual amount information of the power unit.

Abstract: Discussed is a system for managing a state of a battery, the system including: a user terminal to set location information about a location at which the battery is stored and output the set location information; a battery information obtaining device connected to the battery and to obtain battery information including at least one of voltage, SOC, and SOH of the battery and output the obtained battery information; and a performance detecting device connected to the user terminal to receive the set location information, connected to the battery information obtaining device to receive the obtained battery information, and to determine a target location at which the battery is stored, obtain environment information of the determined target location, set reference state information of at least one reference cell stored around the determined target location, and detect performance of the battery.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory system including a resistive variable memory device and a driving method thereof are provided. The semiconductor memory system includes a memory controller including a scheduler configured to determine a generation period of a write command; a memory device including a memory cell array, the memory device being configured to write data input from the memory controller in the memory cell array in response to the write command; and a data determination circuit configured to output a change signal to the scheduler when all logic levels of the input data are equal to each other, the scheduler changing the generation period of the write command in response to the change signal.

Abstract: In a cache memory used for communication between a host and a memory, the cache memory may include a plurality of cache sets, each comprising: a valid bit; N dirty bits; a tag; and N data sets respectively corresponding to the N dirty bits and each including data of a data chunk size substantially identical to a data chunk size of the host, wherein a data chunk size of the memory is N times as large as the data chunk size of the host, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a wireless battery management system (BMS) and a battery pack including the same. The wireless BMS includes a plurality of slave BMSs installed and coupled to a plurality of battery modules of the battery pack in one-to-one correspondence, and a master BMS configured to wirelessly transmit a trigger signal to the plurality of slave BMSs for identification (ID) allocation to each of the plurality of slave BMSs. Each slave BMS is configured to generate a response signal including a respective allocated temporary ID in response to the trigger signal, and wirelessly transmit the response signal to the master BMS. For each given slave BMS, the master BMS is configured to receive the response signal from of the given slave BMS, and determine a formal ID to be allocated to the given BMS based on a received signal strength of the response signal.

Abstract: A memory system includes: a memory device, including a plurality of memory cells, suitable for reading and writing data with a parity bit on a basis of a page; and a memory controller suitable for obtaining an error mask pattern based on compressed data when a number of error bits detected based on the data and the parity bit is equal to or less than a first threshold value and greater than a second threshold value, and controlling to write the compressed data, the parity bit updated based on the compressed data in which the error mask pattern is reflected, compression information on the compressed data and pattern information on the error mask pattern to the page.

Abstract: A memory controller may include an address control block. The address control block may be configured to remap a write target address when a number of write data having a first logic level is within a correctable range and when a level of a datum corresponding to the write target address has the first logic level.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory system including a resistive variable memory device and a driving method thereof are provided. The semiconductor memory system includes a memory controller including a scheduler configured to determine a generation period of a write command; a memory device including a memory cell array, the memory device being configured to write data input from the memory controller in the memory cell array in response to the write command; and a data determination circuit configured to output a change signal to the scheduler when all logic levels of the input data are equal to each other, the scheduler changing the generation period of the write command in response to the change signal.

Abstract: A memory system includes a memory device including a plurality of memory blocks, a first detection block suitable for detecting a hot memory block based on a number of times that a write operation is performed among the memory blocks during the write operation, a second detection block suitable for detecting first memory blocks based on the number of times that the write operation is performed among the memory blocks and detecting a cold memory block based on addresses of the first memory blocks, when the hot memory block is detected, and a wear-leveling block suitable for swapping data of the hot memory block for data of the cold memory block.

Abstract: Disclosed is a memory system includes a memory device including a plurality of memory blocks, a write operation management circuit configured to update write operation counts for the plurality of memory blocks, a first block detector configured to detect a hot memory block based on a first operation count value corresponding to the write operation count of a first memory block on which a write operation has been performed among the plurality of memory blocks, a second detector configured to detect a cold memory block based on a second operation count value corresponding to the write operation count of each of second memory blocks adjacent to the first memory block, and a controller configured to copy, if the hot memory block and the cold memory block are detected by the first and second detectors, data of the detected hot memory block or data of the detected cold memory block.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory system including a resistive variable memory device and a driving method thereof are provided. The semiconductor memory system includes a memory controller including a scheduler configured to determine a generation period of a write command; a memory device including a memory cell array, the memory device being configured to write data input from the memory controller in the memory cell array in response to the write command; and a data determination circuit configured to output a change signal to the scheduler when all logic levels of the input data are equal to each other, the scheduler changing the generation period of the write command in response to the change signal.