Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-cell battery fault indicator
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Application No.: US17363626Application Date: 2021-06-30
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Publication No.: US11933859B2Publication Date: 2024-03-19
- Inventor: Bradford Lawrence Hunter , Eric Frank Estes , Wallace Edward Matthews
- Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Ray A. King; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: G01R31/396
- IPC: G01R31/396 ; G01R31/3835 ; G01R31/52

Abstract:
In some examples, apparatus comprises a multiplexer (MUX) adapted to be coupled to a set of battery cells and configured to provide a voltage of a different battery cell in the set of battery cells based on a MUX control signal. Apparatus comprises a comparator coupled to the MUX and configured to compare a MUX output signal to a threshold voltage to provide a comparator output signal. Apparatus comprises a digital control circuit configured to provide the MUX control signal to the MUX, to store the comparator output signal, and to use a logic AND gate to provide an AND gate output signal based on the stored comparator output signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230003810A1 MULTI-CELL BATTERY FAULT INDICATOR Public/Granted day:2023-01-05
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