Abstract: In a battery monitoring system including a plurality of battery modules each including one or more cells, the battery modules are connected in series to each other. The battery monitoring system monitors the state of each cell based on the voltage value of the cell and the current value of the battery modules. A current detection unit detects the current value. Each voltage detection unit is associated with the corresponding one of the battery modules and detects the voltage value. Each slave unit is associated with the corresponding one of the battery modules, and wirelessly transmits information including synchronous current and voltage values detected by the current detection unit and the voltage detection unit. A master unit receives the information transmitted from the slave units. A central monitoring unit receives the information received by the master unit.

Abstract: An electrical charging apparatus working to electrically charge an electrical storage device includes an electrical power converter and a controller. The electrical power converter converts an alternating-current input voltage into a direct-current voltage and outputs it to the electrical storage device. The controller works to control the electrical power converter to pulsate the charging current supplied from the electrical power converter to the electrical storage device. The controller also controls the electrical power converter to set a pulsation frequency of the charging current to an integral multiple of the frequency of the input voltage and also to bring a phase difference between a zero-crossing time of the input voltage and a time when the charging current is minimized to be smaller than or equal to one-eighth of one cycle of the input voltage.

Abstract: An electrical charging apparatus working to electrically charge an electrical storage device includes an electrical power converter and a controller. The electrical power converter converts an alternating-current input voltage into a direct-current voltage and outputs it to the electrical storage device. The controller works to control the electrical power converter to pulsate the charging current supplied from the electrical power converter to the electrical storage device. The controller also controls the electrical power converter to set a pulsation frequency of the charging current to an integral multiple of the frequency of the input voltage and also to bring a phase difference between a zero-crossing time of the input voltage and a time when the charging current is minimized to be smaller than or equal to one-eighth of one cycle of the input voltage.

Abstract: A bidirectional communication system 1 comprises a signal transmitting and receiving device 10 and a signal transmitting and receiving device 20 that perform bidirectional communication via a transmission path 30. The signal transmitting and receiving device 20 comprises a driver 21, a filter 22, a receiver 23, and a controller 24. The receiver 23 recovers a clock signal by performing frequency locking on a training pattern signal output through the filter 22, and outputs a recovered clock to the controller 24. The controller 24 receives the recovered clock output from the receiver 23, controls a cutoff frequency of the filter 22, and controls an operation of the driver 21 based on a frequency information of the recovered clock signal.

Abstract: In a battery monitoring system including a plurality of battery modules each including one or more cells, the battery modules are connected in series to each other. The battery monitoring system monitors the state of each cell based on the voltage value of the cell and the current value of the battery modules. A current detection unit detects the current value. Each voltage detection unit is associated with the corresponding one of the battery modules and detects the voltage value. Each slave unit is associated with the corresponding one of the battery modules, and wirelessly transmits information including synchronous current and voltage values detected by the current detection unit and the voltage detection unit. A master unit receives the information transmitted from the slave units. A central monitoring unit receives the information received by the master unit.

Abstract: A power converter has a capacitor and a power conversion unit having a series-connected unit composed of an upper arm side switching element and a lower arm side switching element. The capacitor is connected in parallel with the serios connection unit. The power conversion unit supplies electric power to a motor. A controller for the power conversion unit has a frequency characteristics estimation part estimating frequency characteristics of a battery current of the battery when a current is flowing between the power convertor and the battery, a ripple current setting part determining a ripple frequency of a ripple current contained in the battery current based on the frequency characteristics of the battery current, and a control part performing a switching control of the switching elements based on the ripple frequency in order to generate the ripple current.

Abstract: In a battery system including an assembled battery having a plurality of battery cells connected in series, each of a plurality of monitoring units includes a voltage classification unit configured to classify a terminal voltage between each pair of input terminals in the monitoring unit as a cell voltage or as a zero voltage that is a terminal voltage of substantially zero. The input terminals in each of all or all but one of the monitoring units include at least one specific terminal pair for acquiring the zero voltage at a different position and/or include a different number of specific terminal pairs for acquiring the zero voltage. Each of the plurality of monitoring units further includes an identifier generation unit configured to generate an identifier based on at least one of the position of the at least one specific terminal pair and the number of specific terminal pairs.

Abstract: A battery monitoring device for monitoring an assembled battery having multiple battery cells includes: a range specifying unit that specifies a detection range; a voltage detection unit that detects a voltage of each battery cell in the detection range, includes an A/D converter for inputting a voltage corresponding to the voltage of each battery cell and a digital filter for inputting a digital signal output from the A/D converter and functioning as a low pass filter, and outputs an output signal of the digital filter as a detection signal representing a detection result of the voltage of each battery cell; and a characteristic setting unit that sets a characteristic of the digital filter.

Abstract: One embodiment relates to a transmitting device, a receiving device, and the like for preventing increases in the number of communication links, power consumption, and circuit layout area. The transmitting device includes a high-speed signal generator, a low-speed signal generator, and a signal superimposing unit. The high-speed signal generator generates a high-speed signal having a limited frequency band. The low-speed signal generator generates a low-speed signal having a frequency lower than the frequency band of the high-speed signal. The signal superimposing unit outputs a superimposed signal of the high-speed signal and the low-speed signal. The receiving device includes a signal separator and a recovery unit. The signal separator separates the received signal into the high-speed signal and the low-speed signal. The recovery unit performs frequency tracking based on the separated low-speed signal and performs phase tracking based on the separated high-speed signal.

Abstract: A connection part which connects a terminal part and a processing part include an equalization resistor that is inserted into each main line and a 0-? resistor that is a short circuit line for short circuiting a main line of a first terminal and a main line of a second terminal. In the terminal part, the second terminal s unused, and a battery cell adjacent to a high-potential side of a stack bar is connected between the first terminal and a third terminal.

Abstract: In a battery system including an assembled battery having a plurality of battery cells connected in series, each of a plurality of monitoring units includes a voltage classification unit configured to classify a terminal voltage between each pair of input terminals in the monitoring unit as a cell voltage or as a zero voltage that is a terminal voltage of substantially zero. The input terminals in each of all or all but one of the monitoring units include at least one specific terminal pair for acquiring the zero voltage at a different position and/or include a different number of specific terminal pairs for acquiring the zero voltage. Each of the plurality of monitoring units further includes an identifier generation unit configured to generate an identifier based on at least one of the position of the at least one specific terminal pair and the number of specific terminal pairs.

Abstract: A reference current source includes a reference current path, a first output current path and a second output current path. The reference current path includes a diode-connected first transistor, a diode-connected second transistor, and a first resistor that are connected in series between a first fixed potential and a second fixed potential. The first output current path includes a third transistor having a gate connected to a gate of the second transistor, forming a current mirror together with the second transistor, and a second resistor interposed between the third transistor and the first fixed potential. The second output current path includes a voltage-current conversion circuit to which a potential of a third node between the third transistor and the second resistor in the first output current path is applied and through which a reference current flows.

Abstract: In a battery monitoring system including a plurality of battery modules each including one or more cells, the battery modules are connected in series to each other. The battery monitoring system monitors the state of each cell based on the voltage value of the cell and the current value of the battery modules. A current detection unit detects the current value. Each voltage detection unit is associated with the corresponding one of the battery modules and detects the voltage value. Each slave unit is associated with the corresponding one of the battery modules, and wirelessly transmits information including synchronous current and voltage values detected by the current detection unit and the voltage detection unit. A master unit receives the information transmitted from the slave units. A central monitoring unit receives the information received by the master unit.

Abstract: In a battery system including an assembled battery having a plurality of battery cells connected in series, each of a plurality of monitoring units includes a voltage classification unit configured to classify a terminal voltage between each pair of input terminals in the monitoring unit as a cell voltage or as a zero voltage that is a terminal voltage of substantially zero. The input terminals in each of all or all but one of the monitoring units include at least one specific terminal pair for acquiring the zero voltage at a different position and/or include a different number of specific terminal pairs for acquiring the zero voltage. Each of the plurality of monitoring units further includes an identifier generation unit configured to generate an identifier based on at least one of the position of the at least one specific terminal pair and the number of specific terminal pairs.

Abstract: In a battery monitoring system including a plurality of battery modules each including one or more cells, the battery modules are connected in series to each other. The battery monitoring system monitors the state of each cell based on the voltage value of the cell and the current value of the battery modules. A current detection unit detects the current value. Each voltage detection unit is associated with the corresponding one of the battery modules and detects the voltage value. Each slave unit is associated with the corresponding one of the battery modules, and wirelessly transmits information including synchronous current and voltage values detected by the current detection unit and the voltage detection unit. A master unit receives the information transmitted from the slave units. A central monitoring unit receives the information received by the master unit.

Abstract: A battery management device is configured to set a limited measurement range that limits a range for measuring a voltage of each of a plurality of batteries for a vehicle. The battery management device is configured to measure the voltage of each of the plurality of batteries within the limited measurement range.

Abstract: Provided is a voltage-controlled oscillator capable of suppressing performance deterioration due to a leak current of a variable capacitive element. Each of the first capacitive circuit and the second capacitive circuit includes a variable capacitive element, a capacitive element, a detection circuit, and a compensation circuit. The variable capacitive element is provided between nodes. A capacitance value of variable capacitive element depends on a voltage value between the nodes. The detection circuit applies a bias voltage value to the second node, and detects an amount of leak current flowing through the variable capacitive element. The compensation circuit causes a current for compensating for the leak current of the variable capacitive element to flow through the first node on the basis of a detection result of the detection circuit.

Abstract: A PLL frequency synthesizer includes a voltage controlled oscillator that outputs an oscillation signal having a frequency corresponding to a control voltage value, a phase comparison unit that outputs a phase difference signal representing a phase difference between a feedback oscillation signal and a reference oscillation signal, a charge pump that outputs a charge and discharge current according to the phase difference, a loop filter that outputs the control voltage value, which is increased or decreased according to a charge and discharge amount of a capacitive element, to the voltage controlled oscillator, a detection unit that detects a change rate of the control voltage value, and a control unit that adjusts the charge and discharge current, a characteristic of the loop filter, or a characteristic of the voltage controlled oscillator based on a detection result of the detection unit.

Abstract: In a battery system including an assembled battery having a plurality of battery cells connected in series, each of a plurality of monitoring units includes a voltage classification unit configured to classify a terminal voltage between each pair of input terminals in the monitoring unit as a cell voltage or as a zero voltage that is a terminal voltage of substantially zero. The input terminals in each of all or all but one of the monitoring units include at least one specific terminal pair for acquiring the zero voltage at a different position and/or include a different number of specific terminal pairs for acquiring the zero voltage. Each of the plurality of monitoring units further includes an identifier generation unit configured to generate an identifier based on at least one of the position of the at least one specific terminal pair and the number of specific terminal pairs.

Abstract: A PLL circuit of one embodiment has a structure for preferably setting the FV characteristic of an LC-VCO. The PLL circuit includes a voltage controlled oscillator, a phase comparator, a charge pump, a loop filter, and an FV characteristic adjustment unit setting the FV characteristic. The voltage controlled oscillator has an FV characteristic indicating the relationship between a control signal and a frequency and outputs an oscillation signal having a frequency corresponding to the control signal based on the FV characteristic. The phase comparator detects a phase difference between an input signal and the control signal. The charge pump outputs a corrected voltage value changed according to the phase difference. The loop filter outputs a control voltage value changed in response to corrected voltage value variations. The FV characteristic adjustment unit generates an FV characteristic control signal by a mean corrected voltage value.