SENDYNE CORPORATION Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130328547 | Current Shunt - Methods and circuits for reduction of errors in a current shunt are disclosed, for example sensing lines for Kelvin sensing in which the sensing lines are of identical material to the high-resistance portions of the shunt, and welded thereto. This allows application of a current shunt with lower output voltage and thus lower power losses than the contemporary art implementations, while maintaining high accuracy with regard to temperature changes. | 12-12-2013 |
20130030738 | Converging algorithm for real-time battery prediction - A method predicts the battery state in “real-time”, which is based on a nodal algorithmic model. Under this method, the battery is modeled as a network mesh of both linear and non-linear electrical branch elements. Those branch elements are inter-connected through a set of nodes. Each node can have several branches either originating or ending into it. The branch elements may represent loosely some particular function or region of the battery or they may serve a pure algorithmic function. The non-linear behavior of the elements may be described either algorithmically or through lookup tables. Kirchhoff's laws are applied on each node to describe the relationships between currents and voltages. The system may be connected with a battery so that it can receive measured values at the battery, and the system yields state-of-charge, state-of-health, and state-of- function signals. | 01-31-2013 |
20130009655 | Current sensor - An apparatus and method make use of a single shunt and two or more instrumentation amplifiers, switchably measuring voltages at the shunt. This permits current measurement. At times each instrumentation amplifier has its input shorted, which permits zeroing out many sources of offset in the signal path of that amplifier. Dynamic range is several orders of magnitude better than known current measurement approaches, permitting coulometry. | 01-10-2013 |
20120326693 | Voltage reference and temperature sensor - A highly accurate voltage reference and temperature sensor circuit requires only several low-cost components in addition to a general-purpose microcontroller with an analog-to-digital converter. Unlike known circuits, the circuit disclosed does not rely on matching between a pair of semiconductor devices, as only a single semiconductor junction is used. All of the signal processing may be performed digitally. | 12-27-2012 |
20120249052 | Charge redistribution method for cell arrays - Cell balancing aims to prolong the battery operating life by equalizing the Electro Motive Force (or Open Circuit Voltage) of the participating cells. Even perfectly balanced cells though will exhibit different output voltages because of differences in their internal impedances. The difference in voltage will depend on the load current frequency and intensity. A method is described for re-distributing charge in such a way so when the worst (from the point of view of voltage spread) possible load conditions occur, cells will have similar outputs and none will cross the under-voltage threshold causing a premature shut down of the battery. | 10-04-2012 |
20120176706 | Reliable signaling of fault conditions in battery systems with series-connected cells - A system is used with a plurality of modules, each module requiring galvanic isolation from the other modules. Galvanic isolators are employed, each having an input and an output, the output galvanically isolated from the input, the output responsive to the input according to a response characteristic of the isolator. Each module has, a respective first isolator and a respective second isolator. The input of each respective first isolator and each respective second isolator for each module is disposed controllably to receive an activation signal from the module indicative of a module fault to be annunciated or to receive a test signal from the module, the test signal being smaller than the activation signal. The outputs of the respective first isolators are aggregated to a first node and the outputs of the respective second isolators are aggregated to a second node. A selection circuit selects from the first node and the second node, yielding a fault signal output when the selected node satisfies a predetermined condition. An analog-to-digital converter is coupled with each of the nodes, the analog-to-digital converter disposed to sense an output from one of the isolators indicative of its response characteristic in the event of a test signal being applied to the isolator. | 07-12-2012 |
20110068745 | Battery cell protection and conditioning circuit and system - A type of protection and cell conditioning circuit is proposed that partly uses the typically existing hardware present in traditional cell-protection circuits and that can achieve an optimum state of charge for the individual cell independently from the actions of the external battery charger. For minimum cost, the proposed circuit and system can solve the battery-cell-balancing problem, while optimizing the performance of the battery pack and while simultaneously enhancing the safety of the battery pack. Multiple battery cells can be communicatively combined to form large batteries. Information from and commands to each of the individual battery cells can be relayed through a low-power serial bus in order to form “intelligent” and optimally managed battery systems. | 03-24-2011 |
20080303483 | External Versatile Battery with Power Saving Mode - A versatile external battery system has a built-in charger. Using particular plugs containing capacitors, the system can connect to many makes and models of notebook computer. The capacitor configures an oscillator which controls a DC-to-DC converter. In this way, disconnecting the plug turns off the oscillator and eliminates power leakage. | 12-11-2008 |