CN112909344A

CN112909344A - Battery module, charging module and electronic equipment supporting high-power quick charging

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Publication number: CN112909344A
Application number: CN202010426700.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 周海滨; 何忠勇; 朱辰; 邱钰鹏; 胡章荣; 徐凡; 梁家华
Original assignee: Honor Device Co Ltd
Current assignee: Honor Device Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-09-25
Filing date: 2020-05-19
Publication date: 2021-06-04
Anticipated expiration: 2040-05-19
Also published as: CN112909344B

Abstract

An embodiment of the application discloses a battery module supporting high-power quick charging. The battery module comprises a battery cell, and the battery cell comprises a battery cell body, a first tab, a second tab and a third tab. The first lug, the second lug and the third lug are electrically connected with the battery cell body respectively. The first tab and the third tab have a first polarity and the second tab has a second polarity. The second tab and the first tab are matched to input voltage and current to the cell body or output voltage and current from the cell body. The second tab and the third tab are matched to input voltage and current to the cell body or output voltage and current from the cell body. The first polarity is different from the second polarity.

Description

Battery module, charging module and electronic equipment supporting high-power quick charging

Technical Field

The embodiment of the application relates to a charging technology, in particular to a battery module, a charging module and an electronic device which support high-power quick charging.

Background

The charging system currently applied in the electronic terminal includes a processing circuit and a battery cell. The processing circuit processes the charging voltage and the charging current received from the outside and provides the processed charging voltage and the processed charging current to the battery cell. The electric core executes electric energy storage according to the charging voltage and the charging current. In the prior art, each battery cell includes a positive electrode tab and a negative electrode tab, and the positive electrode tab and the negative electrode tab provide a charging path and a discharging path for the battery cell.

With the increase of the demand for fast charging of the battery core, in order to solve the problem of fast charging, in the prior art, the battery core and the processing circuit may be added to the charging system to increase the charging speed. However, the battery core and the processing circuit need to occupy additional physical space, so that the limitation requirement of the electronic terminal on the layout space cannot be met. Therefore, if the number of cells is not increased, it is necessary to increase the charging/discharging current of a single cell to improve the charging efficiency. However, increasing the charging and discharging current of a single battery cell easily causes a rapid increase in the heat generation amount of the tab, so that the processing circuit and the battery cell cannot meet the requirement of the electronic terminal for limiting the heat generation amount.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the foregoing problems, embodiments of the present application provide a battery module, a charging module, and an electronic device that support high-power fast charging, where the heat generation amount is small and the occupied space is small.

An embodiment of the present application provides a battery module, the battery module includes including electric core. The battery cell comprises a battery cell body, a first lug, a second lug and a third lug; the first lug, the second lug and the third lug are electrically connected with the battery cell body respectively; the first tab and the third tab have a first polarity and the second tab has a second polarity.

The second tab and the first tab are matched to input voltage and current to the cell body or output voltage and current from the cell body. The second tab and the third tab are matched to input voltage and current to the cell body or output voltage and current from the cell body. The first polarity and the second polarity are opposite polarities, and when the first polarity is a positive polarity, the second polarity is a negative polarity. The first polarity is a negative polarity and the second polarity is a positive polarity.

For the electric core, at least two conductive paths are formed by the three lugs to perform charging, so that the charging efficiency of the electric core is effectively improved, and meanwhile, the current transmitted in each lug is effectively reduced due to the fact that the current in the charging process is shunted by the two conductive paths, and further the heat productivity of each lug is effectively reduced.

In an embodiment of the present application, the battery protection device further includes a first battery protection board, where the first battery protection board includes a first protection circuit, a first battery interface, and a second battery interface; the first battery interface and the second battery interface are used for being electrically connected with elements outside the battery module.

The first battery interface is electrically connected with the second lug and the first lug through the first protection circuit respectively, and the first battery interface, the first lug, the battery cell body, the second lug and the first protection circuit form a first conductive loop. The second battery interface is electrically connected with the second lug and the third lug through the first protection circuit respectively, and the second battery interface, the third lug, the battery cell body, the second lug and the first protection circuit form a second conductive loop.

The first protection circuit is used for detecting the voltage and the current of the first conductive loop and the second conductive loop, and when the voltage or the current exceeds a threshold range, the first protection circuit disconnects the first conductive loop and the second conductive loop.

First battery protection board and three utmost point ear constitute two conductive loop and charge to electric core to detect to electric core charging or discharge's electric current through first protection circuit, prevent that electric core from being damaged owing to excessive pressure, under-voltage or overcurrent in charging, the discharge process, guarantee the security of electric core.

In an embodiment of the present application, the first tab, the second tab and the third tab are all disposed on the first side of the battery cell body. Or the first tab and the second tab are arranged on the first side of the cell body, and the third tab is arranged on the second side of the cell body. The first lug and the third lug are arranged on the first side of the battery cell body, and the second lug is arranged on the second side of the battery cell body. Or the first tab is arranged on the first side of the battery cell body, the second tab is arranged on the second side of the battery cell body, and the third tab is arranged on the third side of the battery cell body.

The setting of three utmost point ear does not receive the injecing of concrete position on the electric core body, and the position that sets up of each utmost point ear can be adjusted according to actual conditions, guarantees the cooperation of electric core and other circuits to can reduce the wiring complexity and improve the integrated level of the module that charges.

In an embodiment of the present application, the first tab, the second tab and the third tab are all disposed on the first side of the battery cell body, and the first tab and the third tab are disposed on two sides of the second tab respectively.

Three utmost point ears set up in one side of electric core, and the utmost point ear setting of two the same first polarities is in the utmost point ear both sides of a second polarity to make the connection wiring of two utmost point ears and first battery protection shield comparatively even and simple and convenient.

In an embodiment of the present application, the battery further includes a fourth tab, a fifth tab and a sixth tab; the fourth tab, the fifth tab and the sixth tab are electrically connected with the cell body respectively; the fourth tab and the sixth tab have the first polarity and the fifth tab has the second polarity; or the fourth tab and the sixth tab have the second polarity, and the fifth tab has the first polarity;

the fifth tab and the fourth tab are matched to input voltage and current to the cell body or output voltage and current from the cell body;

the fifth tab and the sixth tab are matched to input voltage and current to the cell body or output voltage and current from the cell body.

For the battery cell, at least four conductive paths are formed by the six arranged lugs to perform charging, so that the charging efficiency of the battery cell is further improved, and meanwhile, the current transmitted in each lug is effectively reduced due to the fact that the four conductive paths split the current during charging to a greater extent, and further the heat productivity of each lug is effectively reduced.

In an embodiment of the present application, the battery protection device further includes a second battery protection board, where the second battery protection board includes a second protection circuit, a third battery interface, and a fourth battery interface; the third battery interface and the fourth battery interface are used for being electrically connected with elements outside the battery module.

The third battery interface is electrically connected with the fifth lug and the fourth lug through the second protection circuit respectively, and the third battery interface, the fourth lug, the battery cell body, the fifth lug and the second protection circuit form a third conductive loop. The fourth battery interface is electrically connected with the fifth lug and the sixth lug through the second protection circuit respectively, and the fourth battery interface, the sixth lug, the battery cell body, the fifth lug and the second protection circuit form a fourth conductive loop.

The second protection circuit is used for detecting the voltage and the current of the third conductive loop and the fourth conductive loop, and when the voltage or the current exceeds a threshold range, the second protection circuit disconnects the third conductive loop and the fourth conductive loop.

The second battery protection board and the other three tabs are reconstructed into two conductive loops to charge the battery cell, and the current charged or discharged by the battery cell is detected through the second protection circuit, so that the battery cell is prevented from being damaged due to overvoltage, undervoltage or overcurrent in the charging and discharging processes, and the safety of the battery cell is ensured.

In an embodiment of the present application, the first protection circuit and the second protection circuit have the same circuit structure. Therefore, the protection of the battery cell is basically consistent and synchronous, and the safety of the battery cell is further ensured.

In an embodiment of the present application, the first tab, the second tab and the third tab are all disposed on the first side of the battery cell body, and the fourth tab, the fifth tab and the sixth tab are all disposed on the second side of the battery cell body. The first side of the cell body and the second side of the cell body are opposite sides of the cell body; or the first side of the battery cell body and the second side of the battery cell body are two adjacent sides of the battery cell body.

Three utmost point ear sets up in same one side of electric core, and three utmost point ear sets up in one side in addition of electric core, and the utmost point ear setting of two the same first polarity is in the utmost point ear both sides of a second polarity to make the connection wiring of two utmost point ears and first battery protection shield comparatively even and simple and convenient, and the heat dissipation space of each utmost point ear is bigger and the heat dissipation is more even.

In an embodiment of the present application, the first protection circuit includes a first protection control unit, a first sampling unit, and a first switching unit. The first protection control unit is electrically connected with the first conductive loop and the second conductive loop respectively, and detects voltages of the first conductive loop and the second conductive loop. The first sampling unit is respectively connected with the second electrode lug, the first protection control unit and the first switch unit in an electric connection mode, and the first protection control unit detects the current of the first conductive loop and the current of the second conductive loop through the first sampling unit. The first switch unit is electrically connected with the first protection control unit, the first sampling unit, the first battery interface and the second battery interface respectively. The first protection control unit is used for controlling the switch unit to be switched off when judging that the voltage or the current of the first conductive loop or the second conductive loop exceeds a first threshold range so as to switch off the first conductive loop and the second conductive loop.

The current that detects to two conductive circuit through first sampling unit and the voltage that first protection control unit gathered can accurately judge whether the voltage and the current of transmission exceed the threshold value scope that corresponds on each utmost point ear, and when the voltage and the current of transmission surpassed the threshold value scope that corresponds on each utmost point ear, in time cut off the conductive circuit with utmost point ear intercommunication to guarantee the security of electric core.

In an embodiment of the present application, the first switch unit includes a first switch and a second switch, the first switch is located in the first conductive loop, and the second switch is located in the second conductive loop. The conductive loop communicated with the lug can be conveniently and timely cut off through the two switches.

In an embodiment of the present application, the first protection circuit further includes a second protection control unit and a second switch unit,

the second protection control unit is electrically connected with the first conductive loop and the second conductive loop respectively, and detects the voltages of the first conductive loop and the second conductive loop;

the second protection control unit is electrically connected with the first sampling unit and used for detecting the current of the first conductive loop and the second conductive loop through the first sampling unit;

the second switch unit is electrically connected with the second protection control unit, the first switch unit, the first battery interface and the second battery interface respectively;

and the second protection control unit is used for controlling the second switch unit to be switched off when judging that the voltage or the current of the first conductive loop or the second conductive loop exceeds a second threshold range so as to switch off the first conductive loop and the second conductive loop.

Specifically, the first threshold range is the same as the second threshold range, or the first threshold range is smaller or larger than the second threshold range.

The second protection control unit and the second switch unit can replace the first protection control unit and the first switch unit in the first protection circuit to execute the protection of the battery cell after the first protection circuit fails, that is, the first protection circuit and the second protection circuit can be replaced with each other and can work synchronously, and the reliability of battery cell protection is further improved.

In an embodiment of the present application, the second switch unit includes a third switch and a fourth switch, the third switch is located in the first conductive loop, and the fourth switch is located in the second conductive loop. The conductive loop communicated with the lug can be conveniently and timely cut off through the two switches.

In an embodiment of the present application, the battery cell body is a winding structure. The cell comprises a first pole piece having the first polarity and a second pole piece having the second polarity. The first tab and the third tab are disposed on the first pole piece, and the second tab is disposed on the second pole piece. The first pole piece and the second pole piece are wound to form the battery cell with three pole lugs, and the first pole lug, the second pole lug and the third pole lug are located at different positions of the battery cell. The pole lugs are respectively arranged on different pole pieces and are formed by winding, so that the manufacturing process of the three pole lugs is effectively simplified.

In an embodiment of the present application, the battery cell is of a winding structure. The cell comprises a first pole piece having the first polarity and a second pole piece having the second polarity. The first pole lug, the third pole lug, the fourth pole lug and the sixth pole lug are arranged on the first pole piece, and the second pole lug and the fifth pole lug are arranged on the second pole piece. The first pole piece and the second pole piece are wound to form the battery cell with six pole lugs, and the first pole lug, the second pole lug, the third pole lug, the fourth pole lug, the fifth pole lug and the sixth pole lug are located at different positions of the battery cell. The pole pieces are respectively provided with a plurality of pole lugs and are formed by winding, so that the manufacturing process of six pole lugs is effectively simplified.

In an embodiment of the present application, the battery cell has a laminated structure. The cell comprises at least two first pole pieces having the first polarity and at least two second pole pieces having the second polarity. Each first pole piece is provided with a first sub-pole lug and a third sub-pole lug, and each second pole piece is provided with a second sub-pole lug. All the first pole pieces and all the second pole pieces are superposed to form the battery core, all the first sub-tabs are electrically connected to form the first tabs, all the second sub-tabs are electrically connected to form the second tabs, and all the third sub-tabs are electrically connected to form the third tabs; the first lug, the second lug and the third lug are located at different positions of the battery core. Through set up a plurality of utmost point ears respectively on different pole pieces and pile up in proper order and form, effectively simplified the processing procedure of three utmost point ears.

In an embodiment of the present application, the battery cell has a laminated structure. The cell comprises at least two first pole pieces having the first polarity and at least two second pole pieces having the second polarity. Each first pole piece is provided with a first sub-pole lug, a third sub-pole lug, a fourth sub-pole lug and a sixth sub-pole lug, and each second pole piece is provided with a second sub-pole lug and a fifth sub-pole lug. All the first pole pieces and all the second pole pieces are superposed to form the battery core, all the first sub-pole lugs are electrically connected to form the first pole lug, all the second sub-pole lugs are electrically connected to form the second pole lug, all the third sub-pole lugs are electrically connected to form the third pole lug, all the fourth sub-pole lugs are electrically connected to form the fourth pole lug, all the fifth sub-pole lugs are electrically connected to form the fifth pole lug, and all the sixth sub-pole lugs are electrically connected to form the sixth pole lug; the first lug, the second lug, the third lug, the fourth lug, the fifth lug and the sixth lug are located at different positions of the battery core. The manufacturing procedures of six tabs are effectively simplified by respectively arranging a plurality of tabs on different pole pieces and sequentially stacking the tabs.

In an embodiment of the present application, the battery cell includes a battery cell body, a first tab, a second tab, a third tab, and a fourth tab. The first lug, the second lug, the third lug and the fourth lug are respectively electrically connected with the battery cell body; the first pole lug with the third pole lug has a first polarity, the second pole lug with the fourth pole lug has a second polarity. The second tab and the first tab are matched to input voltage and current to the cell body or output voltage and current from the cell body. The fourth tab and the third tab are matched to input voltage and current to the cell body or output voltage and current from the cell body. The first polarity is a positive polarity and the second polarity is a negative polarity; or, the first polarity is a negative polarity, and the second polarity is a positive polarity.

For the electric core, at least two conductive paths are formed by the four lugs, so that the charging is performed, the charging efficiency of the electric core is effectively improved, and meanwhile, the two conductive paths are relatively independent and shunt the current during charging, so that the current transmitted in each lug is effectively reduced, and the heat productivity of each lug is effectively reduced.

In an embodiment of the present application, the first tab and the second tab are disposed on the first side of the cell body, and the third tab and the fourth tab are disposed on the second side of the cell body. Or, the first tab is disposed on a first side of the cell body, and the second tab, the third tab and the fourth tab are disposed on a second side of the cell body.

In an embodiment of the present application, the battery module further includes: a first battery protection plate and a second battery protection plate; the first battery protection board comprises a first protection circuit and a first battery interface, and the second battery protection board comprises a second protection circuit and a second battery interface. The first battery interface is electrically connected with the second lug and the first lug through the first protection circuit respectively, and the first battery interface, the first lug, the battery cell body, the second lug and the first protection circuit form a first conductive loop. The second battery interface is electrically connected with the third lug and the fourth lug through the second protection circuit respectively, and the second battery interface forms a second conductive loop with the third lug, the battery cell body, the fourth lug and the first protection circuit. The first protection circuit is used for detecting the voltage and the current of the first conductive loop, and when the voltage or the current exceeds a threshold range, the first protection circuit disconnects the first conductive loop. The second protection circuit is used for detecting the voltage and the current of the second conductive loop, and when the voltage or the current exceeds a threshold range, the second protection circuit disconnects the second conductive loop.

In an embodiment of the present application, the battery cell is of a winding structure. The cell body comprises a first pole piece with the first polarity and a second pole piece with the second polarity; the first tab and the third tab are disposed on the first tab; the second tab and the fourth tab are disposed on the second tab. The first pole piece and the second pole piece are wound to form the battery cell body with four pole lugs, and the first pole lug, the second pole lug, the third pole lug and the fourth pole lug are located at different positions of the battery cell body. The four-pole-piece winding machine is formed by respectively arranging the multiple pole lugs on different pole pieces and winding, so that the manufacturing process of the four pole lugs is effectively simplified.

In an embodiment of the present application, the battery cell body is a laminated structure. The cell body comprises at least two first pole pieces with the first polarity and at least two second pole pieces with the second polarity. Each first pole piece is provided with a first sub-pole lug and a third sub-pole lug, and each second pole piece is provided with a second sub-pole lug and a fourth sub-pole lug. All first pole piece and all the second pole piece superposes and forms electric core body, all first sub-utmost point ear electric connection forms first utmost point ear, second sub-utmost point ear electric connection form the second utmost point ear, all third sub-utmost point ear electric connection forms third utmost point ear, all fourth sub-utmost point ear electric connection forms the fourth utmost point ear. The first lug, the second lug, the third lug and the fourth lug are located at different positions of the battery cell body. The manufacturing process of the four tabs is effectively simplified by respectively arranging the tabs on different pole pieces and sequentially stacking the tabs.

In an embodiment of the present application, a charging module is provided, which includes the foregoing battery module and a circuit board, wherein the circuit board is electrically connected to the battery module, and is configured to receive a first charging voltage provided from the outside, convert the charging voltage into the voltage and the current, and output the voltage and the current to the battery module. The battery module in the charging module is characterized in that the battery module at least comprises two conductive paths for charging the lugs, so that the charging paths of the battery cell are effectively increased, the current borne by each lug is reduced, the charging time is shortened, and the heat generated by each lug is also effectively reduced.

In an embodiment of the present application, the circuit board includes a first circuit board and a third circuit board, the first circuit board includes an interface for receiving the first charging voltage, and will the first charging voltage is converted into a second charging voltage, the first circuit board will the second charging voltage is transmitted to the third circuit board, the third circuit board is electrically connected to the battery module, and is configured to convert the second charging voltage into the voltage and output the voltage to the battery module. The first circuit board and the second circuit board are matched to process the received charging voltage to be suitable for the voltage for charging the battery core, and the safety of the battery core during charging is guaranteed.

In an embodiment of the present application, the circuit board includes a first circuit board and a third circuit board, the first circuit board includes an interface for receiving the first charging voltage, and transmits the first charging voltage to the third circuit board, the third circuit board is electrically connected to the battery module, and is configured to convert the first charging voltage into the voltage and output the voltage to the battery module. The first circuit board and the second circuit board are matched to process the received charging voltage to be suitable for the voltage for charging the battery core, and the safety of the battery core during charging is guaranteed.

In an embodiment of the present application, the circuit board further includes a second circuit board, the first circuit board and the third circuit board are disposed on opposite sides of the battery module, and the second circuit board spans over the cell body and is electrically connected to the first circuit board and the second circuit board, respectively. The second circuit board is used for connecting the first circuit board and the third circuit board, so that the flexibility of position setting of the first circuit board and the third circuit board is guaranteed.

In an embodiment of the present application, the charging module is configured to provide a working power supply for the functional circuit.

In an embodiment of the present application, an electronic device is provided, which includes a functional circuit and the charging module, where the charging module is used to provide a working power supply for the functional circuit.

In an embodiment of the application, an electrical core is of a winding structure, the winding electrical core includes a positive pole piece and a negative pole piece, and the positive pole piece and the negative pole piece are respectively provided with a positive pole tab and a negative pole tab; and at least one of the positive pole piece and the negative pole piece is provided with at least two lugs with the same polarity at different positions, and the at least two lugs with the same polarity form at least two lugs with the same polarity at different positions of the wound core, so that the wound core comprises at least three lugs.

In an embodiment of the present application, electric core is lamination formula structure, lamination formula electricity core contains more than one positive pole piece and more than one negative pole piece, all be provided with at least one positive pole utmost point ear and negative pole utmost point ear on each positive pole piece and the negative pole piece respectively, just in positive pole piece or the negative pole piece, different positions on at least one positive (negative) pole piece are provided with two at least positive (negative) pole utmost point ears or have at least two positive (negative) pole utmost point ears on the positive (negative) pole piece positive (negative) pole utmost point ear different positions on being located the pole piece, make lamination formula electricity core contains at least three utmost point ear.

In an embodiment of the present application, the battery cell includes at least three tabs, and the three tabs are located on the same side of the battery cell; or the three tabs are respectively positioned on different side edges of the battery cell.

The embodiment of the application adopts a mode of multiple battery interfaces and multiple tabs to expand the current capacity of the battery core.

The multi-pole ear can be a 3 pole ear, a 4 pole ear, a 6 pole ear and an N pole ear. The negative electrode tab and the positive electrode tab may be shared during charge and discharge. For example: the 3 tabs comprise two positive tabs and one negative tab, and the negative tabs are shared (as shown in fig. 2A); alternatively, the 3-tab includes two negative electrode tabs and one positive electrode tab, which are common (as shown in fig. 8). The 6-tab may include the two 3-tabs. Further, more tabs, such as 8 tabs, 9 tabs, 12 tabs, etc., may be included.

In the embodiment of the present application, a charger IC (charging circuit) with a high-efficiency voltage difference ratio (e.g. 4:1, or other larger ratio) is used for voltage reduction, and the charging power is increased by increasing the input voltage under the condition that the external charging cable (and PD protocol limitation) inputs the current-passing bottleneck 5A.

The multi-tab of the embodiment of the application can adopt one of the following modes:

A. the mode of adding one lug and multiplexing one lug (namely the common anode or the common cathode) is adopted to shunt current, so that the impedance of the lug is reduced, and the heating of a battery body (comprising a battery core and a battery protection plate) is reduced; structurally, the volume of the shared tab can be increased, for example, the shared tab can be widened, lengthened, and/or thickened.

B. The battery cell has a structure with two surfaces of the battery cell, so that the through flow of the battery cell is increased, and the battery cell comprises structures such as but not limited to four lugs and six lugs. The structure of the 4-tab is shown in fig. 9, wherein a positive tab and a negative tab are respectively arranged on two sides of the battery cell. The 6-tab structure is as shown in fig. 14A, three tabs are respectively formed on both sides of the battery cell. While fig. 14A shows the common negative electrode, the positive electrode may be similarly shared.

In the scheme of 3 tabs, 6 tabs and the like, the embodiment of the application can multiplex the protection IC (namely the protection IC in the battery protection board) through the distribution of the tabs and the circuit optimization, thereby realizing the high-power charging of a single battery cell and avoiding the safety problem of double battery cells.

The embodiment of the application can solve the problems that the current capacity of a single battery cell is insufficient and the heat productivity is large, and can also solve the problems that the cost of a double battery cell is high, a protection IC needs to be additionally added by one set, and the capacity loss of the split battery cell is large.

This application embodiment reduces generating heat of electric core through the many utmost point ears of battery, increases the discharge capacity of electric core. According to the embodiment of the application, a protection scheme for protecting the IC is realized through double-battery interface current path planning; when reducing electric core and generating heat, compare with two electric cores, reduce cost, the security is high. According to the embodiment of the application, a charging scheme with higher power is realized through a charger IC with multiple tabs and a high-efficiency differential pressure ratio (for example, 4:1) under the condition that the heat of the whole machine is not increased. The embodiment of the application enables charging of high power to be achieved through a single electric core through the through-current capacity of multiple tabs and high power, and accordingly the problem caused by double electric cores is solved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a circuit block diagram of a charging module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 2A and 2B are schematic plan views of cell structures;

fig. 3A and 3B are circuit block diagrams of the first battery protection plate shown in fig. 1;

FIG. 4A is a circuit diagram of the first protection circuit and the protection circuit shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4B is a circuit diagram of a first protection circuit and a protection circuit according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 5 is a schematic circuit diagram of a specific circuit structure of the first protection plate in the battery module shown in fig. 4A;

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a battery module of a charging module according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a circuit block diagram of a charging module according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a battery module of a charging module according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 9 is a circuit block diagram of a charging module according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a circuit block diagram of a charging module;

fig. 11 is a schematic circuit diagram of a battery module;

fig. 12 is a schematic circuit configuration diagram of one of the first battery protection plates;

fig. 13 is a circuit block diagram of a charging module according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 14A is a schematic structural diagram of a battery module in the charging module shown in FIG. 13;

fig. 14B is a schematic diagram of a five-tab according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 15 is a schematic circuit diagram of a battery module of the charging module shown in FIG. 13;

fig. 16A to 16C are schematic exploded structural diagrams of a battery cell with three tabs according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 17 is a top view of the cell shown in fig. 16A;

fig. 18 is a schematic front view of the cell shown in fig. 16A;

fig. 19 is an exploded view of a cell with three tabs according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 20 is a top view of the cell of fig. 19;

fig. 21 is an exploded view of a battery cell with three tabs according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 22 is a top view of the cell of fig. 21;

fig. 23 is an exploded view of a battery cell with three tabs according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 24 is a top view of the cell of fig. 23;

fig. 25 is a schematic front view of the cell shown in fig. 24;

fig. 26 is an exploded view of a battery cell with three tabs according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 27 is a schematic perspective view of the battery cell shown in fig. 26;

fig. 28 is a left side view of the cell of fig. 27;

fig. 29 is an exploded schematic structure diagram of a battery cell in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 30 is an exploded schematic view of a battery cell in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 31 is a schematic perspective view of the battery cell shown in fig. 30;

fig. 32 is a left side view of the cell of fig. 31;

fig. 33 is a front view of the cells of fig. 31;

fig. 34 is an exploded view of a battery cell with six tabs according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 35 is an exploded view of a battery cell with six tabs according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 36 is a schematic plan view of the cell shown in fig. 34;

fig. 37 is a schematic plan view illustrating a structure of four tab cells according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 38 is a schematic front view of the cell shown in fig. 36;

fig. 39 is a schematic diagram of a cell with three tabs according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 40 is a schematic diagram of a cell with four tabs according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 41 is a schematic diagram of a cell having five tabs according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 42 is a schematic diagram of a cell with six tabs according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 43 is a schematic diagram of a non-penetrating cell in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 44 is a schematic diagram of a transmissive cell in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 45 is a schematic diagram of a cell with three tabs according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 46 is a schematic diagram of a cell with four tabs according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 47 is a schematic view of a cell having five tabs according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 48 is a schematic diagram of a battery cell with six tabs according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

Please refer to fig. 1, which is a circuit block diagram of a charging module 10 according to an embodiment of the present application.

As shown in fig. 1, the charging module 10 includes a first circuit board 11, a second circuit board 12, a third circuit board 13, and a battery module 100 including a battery cell 14 and a first battery protection board 15. The first circuit board 11, the second circuit board 12 and the third circuit board 13 cooperate to process the voltage and current received from the outside for charging into the voltage and current suitable for charging the battery module 100. The battery module 100 receives the processed voltage and current, charges the processed voltage and current to store electric energy, and simultaneously, the battery module 100 can release the stored electric energy to the third circuit board 13 to discharge the electric energy, so as to provide a driving power supply for the third circuit board 13 and other functional circuits (not shown).

Specifically, the first circuit board 11 is configured to receive a first charging voltage and a first charging current from the outside, and perform voltage conversion on the first charging voltage to convert the first charging voltage into a second charging voltage. The second circuit board 12 is electrically connected to the first circuit board 11 and the third circuit board 13, and is configured to provide a first charging voltage and a first charging current to the third circuit board 13. The third circuit board 13 is electrically connected to the first battery protection board 15, and the third circuit board 13 is configured to perform voltage conversion processing on the second charging voltage into a cell voltage and provide the cell voltage to the first battery protection board 15. Meanwhile, the first circuit board 11 and the third circuit board 13 also convert the first charging current into a cell current.

The first battery protection board 15 is electrically connected to the battery cell 14, and is configured to transmit a cell voltage and a cell current to the battery cell 14 through at least two conductive paths, so that the battery cell 14 performs electric energy storage charging; or the battery cell 14 transmits the cell voltage and the cell current to the first battery protection circuit 15 through at least two conductive paths, so that the battery cell 14 releases the stored electric energy to the third circuit board 13 to perform discharging.

In this embodiment, the cell voltage is smaller than the first charging voltage and the second charging voltage. The cell voltage is a rated voltage of the battery cell 14 for charging and discharging, for example, the cell voltage is 5 volts (V), and the first charging current is 12 amperes (a). In other embodiments of the present application, the first circuit board 11 may be directly electrically connected to the third circuit board 13 without the second circuit board 12 performing the connection, i.e. in another embodiment, the second circuit board 12 may not be present and the first circuit board 11 and the third circuit board 13 are directly electrically connected. Alternatively, in another embodiment, the first circuit board 11 and the third circuit board 13 may be implemented by the same circuit board, i.e., the first circuit board 11 and the third circuit board 13 are the same circuit board without the second circuit board 12.

It should be noted that the first circuit board 11, the second circuit board 12 and the third circuit board 13 are respectively provided with a plurality of functional circuits and conductive traces, so as to perform processing and transmission on the received voltage and current. More specifically, the first circuit board 11 includes a first transmission interface 111 and a first voltage conversion unit C1. The first transmission interface 111 is electrically connected to an external power supply system, and is configured to receive a first charging voltage and a first charging current. In this embodiment, the first transmission interface 111 may be, for example, a Mini USB interface, a Micro USB2.0 interface, or a Type-C interface, the first charging voltage is, for example, 12 volts (V), and the first charging current is, for example, 5 amperes (a).

The first voltage conversion unit C1 is electrically connected to the first transmission interface 111, and is configured to perform a conversion process on the first charging voltage into a second charging voltage, for example, the first charging voltage can be reduced. In this embodiment, the first voltage conversion unit C1 can output the input voltage after reducing 1/2 at most, that is, the second charging voltage (output voltage) may be 1/2 of the first charging voltage (input voltage) at the lowest. During the charging process, the first voltage conversion unit C1 determines the magnitude of the voltage reduction according to the actual situation. Of course, in other embodiments of the present application, the first voltage conversion unit C1 may have other voltage reduction capabilities (4:1, 3:1 or other ratios of voltage reduction), for example, the first voltage conversion unit C1 may be a 4:1 charging ic (charger ic) capable of reducing the output voltage to 1/4 of the input voltage. It is noted that in other embodiments, the conversion of the first charging voltage may not be required, e.g., the first charging voltage may not be required to be stepped down. For example: if the voltage value of the first charging voltage is lower, voltage reduction is not needed; at this time, the first circuit board 11 may not include the first voltage conversion unit C1, and the first circuit board 11 may directly transmit the first charging voltage to the third circuit board 13.

The second circuit board 12 includes a first connection interface 121 and a second connection interface 122, the first connection interface 121 is electrically connected to the first circuit board 11, and the second connection interface 122 is electrically connected to the third circuit board 13. In this embodiment, the first circuit board 11 and the third circuit board 13 are disposed at two opposite sides of the battery cell 14, so that the second circuit board 12 crosses two opposite sides of the battery cell 14 to electrically connect the first circuit board 11 and the third circuit board 13, so as to transmit the second charging voltage to the third circuit board 13. In this embodiment, the second circuit board 12 may be a flexible circuit board.

It should be noted that the embodiments of the present application do not limit the positions where the first circuit board 11, the second circuit board 12, and the third circuit board 13 are disposed. The structures in the embodiments and the drawings are merely exemplary in connection relationship, and do not limit the specific arrangement of the respective devices. For example: the second circuit board 12 in fig. 1 is located on the left side in the figure, and in an actual product, the second circuit board 12 may be provided at any suitable position. For example, the second circuit board 12 may be disposed at an intermediate position for balancing, i.e., the battery cell and the protection circuit may be symmetrical based on the second circuit board 12.

The third circuit board 13 includes a first conductive interface 131, a second conductive interface 132, and two second voltage converting units C2. In the specific implementation process, the third circuit board 13 may also include other circuit components to implement the charging and discharging functions of the electronic device. For example, the third circuit board 13 may further include a first sampling unit 133 and an electricity meter 134. The first sampling unit 133 is electrically connected to the first conductive interface 131 and the second conductive interface 132. The fuel gauge 134 is electrically connected to the first sampling unit 133. The first sampling unit 133 may be a sampling resistor, and is configured to perform sampling during current detection or electric quantity detection. A fuel gauge 134 (also called a coulomb meter) is used to measure the battery charge. The fuel gauge 134 may measure the battery charge through a sampling resistor.

The two second voltage conversion units C2 are respectively electrically connected to the second connection interface 122, and are respectively configured to receive a second charging voltage and a charging current, and perform conversion processing on the second charging voltage into a cell voltage, for example, the second charging voltage may be stepped down into the cell voltage. In this embodiment, the second voltage conversion unit C2 may be a 2:1 charging IC, and may output the input voltage after reducing 1/2 at most, that is, the cell voltage (output voltage) may be 1/2 of the second charging voltage (input voltage) at the lowest. During the charging process, the second voltage conversion unit C2 determines the magnitude of the voltage reduction according to the actual situation. In other embodiments of the present application, the second voltage converting unit C2 may have other voltage reducing capabilities (4:1, 3:1 or other ratios of voltage reduction), for example, the second voltage converting unit C2 may be a 4:1 charging ic (charger ic) capable of reducing the output voltage to 1/4 of the input voltage.

It should be noted that the voltages described in the embodiments of the present application are only examples, and the charging or discharging voltage may fluctuate during the actual charging process of the battery module 100. The maximum cell voltage of the current battery module 14 during charging cannot exceed 5V, and the maximum cell voltage is generally 4.22V or 4.45V.

The two second voltage conversion units C2 are electrically connected to the first conductive interface 131 and the second conductive interface 132 respectively, so as to provide the cell voltage and the cell current to the first conductive interface 131 and the second conductive interface 132 respectively. That is, the first conductive interface 131 receives the cell voltage and the cell current, and the second conductive interface 132 also receives the cell voltage and the cell current.

In an embodiment of the present application, the two second voltage converting units C2 may be, for example, charging ics (charge ics). The two charging ICs may be a main charging IC, or one of the main charging ICs, and the other one of the sub charging ICs. Besides performing voltage conversion, The main charging IC also supports other charging functions, such as BUCK-structured charging, USB OTG (USB On-The-Go) function, and The like. The sub-charging IC is mainly used for performing functions such as voltage conversion and increasing charging current.

Fig. 1 and fig. 2A are combined, and a schematic plan view of the battery cell 14 is shown.

As shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2A, the battery cell 14 includes a cell body 140, and a first side 141 and a second side 142 opposite to each other. The first circuit board 11 is disposed on one side of the first side 141 of the battery cell 14, and the third circuit board 13 and the first battery protection board 15 are disposed on one side of the second side 142 of the battery cell. The second circuit board 12 spans the first side 141 and the second side 142 of the battery cell 14 and is electrically connected to the first circuit board 11 and the third circuit board 13, respectively.

In this embodiment, the first side 141 of the cell body 140 is provided with a tab 14a, a tab 14b, and a tab 14c, where the tab 14a is a polarity 1, and the tab 14b and the tab 14c are a polarity 2. Wherein polarity 1 and polarity 2 are opposite. Polarity 1 is positive polarity and polarity 2 is negative polarity. Alternatively, polarity 1 is negative polarity and polarity 2 is positive polarity.

The tab 14b and the tab 14a form the positive and negative poles of a conductive loop, and the tab 14c and the tab 14a form the positive and negative poles of a conductive loop. Thereby inputting (charging) voltage and current to the cell body 140 or outputting (discharging) voltage and current from the cell body 140 through the two conductive loops, respectively.

In this embodiment, the tab 14b and the tab 14c may be directly electrically connected, that is, the voltage (potential) of the tab b and the tab c is the same.

Therefore, the battery cell 14 includes two charging or discharging conductive loops, so that the charging efficiency of the battery cell 14 can be improved and the charging time can be reduced without increasing the charging current transmitted by each tab. It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the positions of the tabs in the battery cell are not limited, and the solution of this embodiment can be implemented as long as the electrical connection relationships are the same. The positions of the tabs in the battery cells are described in detail in the following specific structural embodiments of the battery cells.

Referring to fig. 3A in conjunction with fig. 1, fig. 3A is a circuit block diagram of the first battery protection board 15 shown in fig. 1.

As shown in fig. 3A, the first battery protection board 15 includes a first battery interface 151, a second battery interface 152, and a first protection circuit 153 and a second protection circuit 154.

The first battery interface 151 is electrically connected to the first conductive interface 131 (fig. 1). The second battery interface 152 is electrically connected to the second conductive interface 132 (fig. 1).

The first protection circuit 153 is electrically connected between the tab 14a, the tab 14b, the tab 14c and the first battery interface 151, and meanwhile, the first protection circuit 153 is also electrically connected between the tab 14a, the tab 14b, the tab 14c and the second battery interface 152. The first protection circuit 153 is configured to disconnect the conductive paths between the

tabs

14a, 14b, and 14c and the first and

second battery interfaces

151 and 152 when the voltages and currents between the

tabs

14a, 14b, and 14c and the second and

first battery interfaces

151 and 152 exceed threshold ranges during the charging or discharging of the battery cell 14, so as to prevent the battery cell 14 from being damaged.

The second protection circuit 154 is electrically connected between the tab 14a, the tab 14b, the tab 14c and the first battery interface 151, and meanwhile, the second protection circuit 154 is also electrically connected between the tab 14a, the tab 14b, the tab 14c and the second battery interface 152. The second protection circuit 153 is configured to disconnect the conductive paths between the

tabs

14a, 14b, and 14c and the first and

second battery interfaces

151 and 152 when the voltages and currents between the

tabs

14a, 14b, and 14c and the second and

first battery interfaces

151 and 152 exceed threshold ranges during the charging or discharging of the battery cell 14, so as to protect the battery cell 14 from being damaged.

The first protection circuit 153 and the second protection circuit 154 simultaneously protect the battery cells 14, and when any one of them fails, the other can protect the battery cells 14. That is, the first protection circuit 153 and the second protection circuit 154 can be backed up with each other. When the first protection control unit 1531 fails, the second protection control unit 1541 performs voltage and current protection. Alternatively, when the second protection control unit 1541 fails, the first protection control unit 1531 performs voltage and current protection.

The input and output voltage and current threshold ranges for the battery cells 14 corresponding to the first protection circuit 153 may be the same as or different from the input and output voltage and current threshold ranges for the battery cells 14 corresponding to the second protection circuit 154. When the corresponding ranges of the two are different, the protection circuit which reaches the threshold range firstly executes the action of opening the passage. When the ranges corresponding to the first protection circuit 153 and the second protection circuit 154 are the same, the protection circuit that detects in advance that the voltage or the current exceeds the corresponding threshold range performs the protection operation. More specifically, the first battery interface 151, the tab 14b, the cell body, the tab 14a, and the first protection circuit 153 form a first conductive loop, and the first conductive loop transmits the cell voltage and the cell current.

In this embodiment, the first conductive loop includes a first conductive path P1 and a third conductive path P3, the first conductive path P1 is located between the first battery interface 151 and the tab 14b, and the third conductive path P3 is located between the first battery interface 151 and the tab 14 a.

The second battery interface 152, the tab 14c, the cell body, the tab 14a, and the first protection circuit 153 form a second conductive loop, and the second conductive loop transmits the cell voltage and the cell current.

In this embodiment, the second conductive loop includes a second conductive path P2 and a fourth conductive path P4, the second conductive path P2 is located between the second battery interface 152 and the tab 14c, and the fourth conductive path P4 is located between the second battery interface 152 and the tab 14 a.

Optionally, the third conductive path P3 and the fourth conductive path P4 are directly electrically connected by a conductive circuit, so that the voltage and the current flowing through the third conductive path P3 and the fourth conductive path P4 are substantially the same.

The first protection circuit 153 is used for detecting the voltage and the current of the first conductive loop and the second conductive loop. When the voltage exceeds a first voltage threshold range, the first protection circuit 153 disconnects the first conductive loop and the second conductive loop, so as to prevent over-voltage charging or under-voltage discharging of the battery cell 14. When the current exceeds a first current threshold, the first protection circuit 153 disconnects the two conductive loops, so as to prevent the battery cell 14 from being over-charged or over-discharged.

Similarly, the second protection circuit 154 is also used to detect the voltage and current of the first conductive loop and the second conductive loop. When the voltage exceeds the second voltage threshold range, the second protection circuit 154 disconnects the two conductive loops, so as to prevent the over-voltage charging or the under-voltage discharging of the battery cell 14. When the current exceeds the second current threshold, the second protection circuit 154 disconnects the two conductive loops, so as to prevent the battery cell 14 from being over-charged or over-discharged.

In this embodiment, the first voltage threshold range may be composed of an undervoltage threshold 1 to an overvoltage threshold 1, where the undervoltage threshold 1 is smaller than the overvoltage threshold 1. The second voltage threshold range may be comprised of an undervoltage threshold 2 to an overvoltage threshold 2, where the undervoltage threshold 2 is less than the overvoltage threshold 2.

When the first voltage threshold range is the same as the second voltage threshold range, the undervoltage threshold 1 is equal to the undervoltage threshold 2, and the overvoltage threshold 1 is equal to the overvoltage threshold 2.

When the first voltage threshold range is different from the second voltage threshold range, the undervoltage threshold 1 is not equal to the undervoltage threshold 2, or the overvoltage threshold 1 is not equal to the overvoltage threshold 2. In one embodiment, the under-voltage threshold 2 is smaller than the under-voltage threshold 1, and the over-voltage threshold 2 is greater than the over-voltage threshold 1; alternatively, the under-voltage threshold 2 is greater than the under-voltage threshold 1 and the over-voltage threshold 2 is greater than the over-voltage threshold 1.

For example, the first voltage threshold range may be, for example, 2.4V to 4.422V, the second voltage threshold range may be, for example, 2.2V to 4.45V, that is, the over-voltage threshold 1 is 4.422V, and the under-voltage threshold 1 is 2.4V; the overvoltage threshold 2 is 4.45V and the undervoltage threshold 2 is 2.2V. Alternatively, the first voltage threshold range may be, for example, 2.2V to 4.422V, and the second voltage threshold range may be, for example, 2.4V to 4.45V. Wherein, the voltage exceeding the voltage threshold range means: the voltage is less than the under-voltage threshold or the voltage is greater than the over-voltage threshold.

In this embodiment, the first current threshold or the second current threshold is a specific value. The first current threshold and the second current threshold may be the same or different. The current exceeding the current threshold means that the current is greater than or equal to the current threshold.

Referring to fig. 4A in conjunction with fig. 1, fig. 4A is a circuit block diagram of the first protection circuit 153 and the second protection circuit 154 shown in fig. 1.

As shown in fig. 4A, the first protection circuit 153 includes a first protection control unit 1531, a first voltage sampling unit 1532, a first current sampling unit 1534, and a first switch unit 1533.

The first protection control unit 1531 is electrically connected to the first conductive loop and the second conductive loop, respectively. The first protection control unit 1531 detects the voltage and the current in the first conductive loop and the second conductive loop, and determines whether the detected voltage and current exceed the corresponding threshold ranges. When the voltage and the current exceed the corresponding threshold ranges, the first protection control unit 1531 outputs a protection signal to the first switch unit 1533, and the first switch unit 1533 disconnects the first conductive loop and the second conductive loop according to the protection signal, so as to protect the battery cell 14 and prevent the battery cell 14 from being damaged due to overvoltage, overcurrent, or undervoltage.

The first voltage sampling unit 1532 is electrically connected to the tab 14b, the tab 14c and the first protection control unit 1531, and configured to detect a cell voltage and transmit the detected cell voltage to the first protection control unit 1531. The first voltage sampling unit 1532 may be, for example, a sampling resistor. Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the voltage sampling unit may not be provided, and the protection control unit may directly detect the voltage of the conductive loop.

The first current sampling unit 1534 is electrically connected to the tab 14a, the first protection control unit 1531 and the first switch unit 1533, and is configured to detect the currents of the first conductive loop and the second conductive loop and transmit the currents to the first protection control unit 1531. The first current sampling unit 1534 may be, for example, a sampling resistor.

The first switch unit 1533 is electrically connected to the first protection control unit 1531, the first current sampling unit 1534, the first battery interface 151 and the second battery interface 152, respectively. And the first switching unit 1533 is located in the third conductive path P3 in the first conductive loop and the fourth conductive path P4 in the second conductive loop.

In this embodiment, the first switch unit 1533 may include a first switch S1 and a second switch S2.

The first switch S1 is electrically connected to the first current sampling unit 1534, the first protection control unit 1531, and the third switch S3 of the second protection circuit 154, respectively. The first switch S1 is in an on state or an off state according to the protection signal provided by the first protection control unit 1531.

The second switch S2 is electrically connected to the first current sampling unit 1534, the first protection control unit 1531, and the fourth switch S4 of the second protection circuit 154, respectively. The second switch S2 is in an on or off state according to the protection signal provided by the first protection control unit 1531.

In this embodiment, the first switch S1 and the second switch S2 are turned on synchronously or turned off synchronously, and the first switch S1 and the second switch S2 may be implemented by the same type of transistors MOS, such as transistors of both N-type or transistors of both P-type. Of course, the first switch S1 and the second switch S2 may be implemented by different types of transistors or other elements.

As shown in fig. 4A, the embodiment of the present application may further include a second protection circuit 154. The second protection circuit 154 includes a second protection control unit 1541, a second voltage sampling unit 1542 and a second switching unit 1543.

The second protection control unit 1541 is electrically connected to the first conductive loop and the second conductive loop, respectively. The second protection control unit 1541 detects a voltage and a current in the first conductive loop and the second conductive loop, and determines whether the voltage exceeds a second voltage threshold range, and determines whether the current exceeds a corresponding current threshold. When the voltage and the current exceed the corresponding threshold ranges, the second protection control unit 1541 outputs a protection signal to the second switch unit 1543, and the second switch unit 1543 disconnects the first conductive loop and the second conductive loop according to the protection signal.

The second voltage sampling unit 1542 is electrically connected to the tab 14b, the tab 14c and the second protection control unit 1541, respectively, and is configured to detect a voltage and transmit the detected voltage to the second protection control unit 1541. In this embodiment, the circuit structures of the first voltage sampling unit 1532 and the second voltage sampling unit 1542 may be the same. Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the voltage sampling unit may not be provided, and the protection control unit may directly detect the voltage of the conductive loop.

In this embodiment, the first battery interface 151 and the second battery interface 152 may be directly electrically connected through a conductive wire, that is, the third conductive path P3 and the fourth conductive path P4 are shorted with each other, so that the currents flowing through the third conductive path P3 and the fourth conductive path P4 are substantially the same.

The second switch unit 1543 is electrically connected to the second protection control unit 1541, the first switch unit 1533, the first battery interface 151, and the second battery interface 152, respectively. And a second switch unit 1543 is located in the third conductive path P3 in the first conductive loop and the fourth conductive path P4 in the second conductive loop.

In this embodiment, the second switch unit 1543 includes a third switch S3 and a fourth switch S4.

The third switch S3 is electrically connected to the first switch S1, the second protection control unit 1541 and the first battery interface 151, respectively. The third switch S3 is in an on or off state according to the protection signal provided by the second protection control unit 1541.

When the third switch S3 and the first switch S1 are both in the on state, the first conductive loop is turned on, and the first conductive path P1 and the third conductive path P3 are electrically turned on. When the third switch S3 or the first switch S1 is in the open state, the first conductive loop is open, and the first conductive path P1 and the third conductive path P3 are electrically disconnected.

The fourth switch S4 is electrically connected to the second switch S2, the second protection control unit 1541 and the second battery interface 152, respectively. The fourth switch S4 is in an on or off state according to the protection signal provided by the first protection control unit 1541.

When the fourth switch S4 and the second switch S2 are both in the on state, the second conductive loop is turned on, and the second conductive path P2 and the fourth conductive path P4 are electrically turned on, that is, the cell current and the cell voltage can be transmitted between the second battery interface 152 and the tab 14 a. When the fourth switch S4 or the second switch S2 is in the off state, the second conductive loop is opened, and the second conductive path P2 and the fourth conductive path P4 are electrically disconnected.

In this embodiment, the third switch S3 and the fourth switch S4 are turned on or off synchronously, and the third switch S3 and the fourth switch S4 may be implemented by the same type of transistors MOS, such as transistors of both N-type or transistors of both P-type. Of course, the third switch S3 and the fourth switch S4 may be implemented by different types of transistors or other elements.

In another embodiment, the tab 14a may be divided into two tabs, which cooperate to function as the tab 14 a. As shown in fig. 2B, the tab 14a may be two tabs (also referred to as sub-tabs) with the same polarity. One of the two tabs and the tab 14b form a positive electrode and a negative electrode of a conductive loop, and voltage and current can be input into the cell body or can be output from the cell body; the other of the two tabs and the tab 14c form the positive and negative poles of another conductive loop, and voltage and current can be input to the cell body or output from the cell body. These two conductive loops are similar to the two conductive loops in fig. 2A. Accordingly, when the tab 14a is divided into two tabs having the same polarity, a circuit diagram of the corresponding first battery protection plate 15 is shown in fig. 3B, and a circuit diagram of the corresponding first protection circuit 153 and the second protection circuit 154 is shown in fig. 4B. Fig. 3B is different from fig. 3A in that the tab 14a is divided into two tabs of the same polarity. Fig. 4B is different from fig. 4A in that the tab 14A is divided into two tabs of the same polarity.

Please refer to fig. 5, which is a schematic circuit diagram of the first protection plate 15 in the battery module 100 shown in fig. 5.

The first voltage sampling unit 1532 includes a first voltage detection resistor RV1 and a second voltage detection resistor RV 2. The first voltage sampling resistor RV1 is electrically connected to the tab 14b of the first conductive path P1, and the second sampling resistor RV2 is electrically connected to the tab 14c of the second conductive loop P2. The first voltage sampling resistor RV1 and the second sampling resistor RV2 are respectively used for collecting the voltage on the first conduction path P1 and the voltage on the second conduction path P2.

In this embodiment, the two

tabs

14b and 14c are directly electrically connected, so that the first voltage sampling resistor RV1 and the second voltage sampling resistor RV2 are connected in parallel. Thus, the first voltage sampling unit 1532 can acquire an average voltage value of the two conductive paths, i.e., the first conductive path P1 and the second conductive path P2, and provide the average voltage value to the first protection control unit 1531.

In other embodiments of the present application, the first voltage sampling unit 1532 may only be provided with the first voltage detection resistor RV1, so that the first voltage detection resistor RV1 detects the voltage of the first conductive path P1 as the voltage of the battery cell 14 during charging or discharging. Alternatively, the first voltage sampling unit 1532 may only provide the second voltage detection resistor RV2 such that the second voltage detection resistor RV2 detects the voltage of the second conduction path P2 as the voltage at the time of charging or discharging of the battery cell 14.

The first current detecting unit 1534 includes a first current detecting resistor RI1 and a second current detecting resistor RI 2. The first current sampling resistor RI1 is electrically connected between the tab 14a and the first battery interface 151, and the second sampling resistor RV2 is electrically connected between the tab 14a and the second battery interface 152. The first current sampling resistor RI1 and the second current sampling resistor RI2 are respectively used for collecting the current on the third conducting path P3 and the current on the fourth conducting path P3.

In this embodiment, since the first battery interface 151 and the second battery interface 152 are directly electrically connected through the conductive wire, that is, the third conductive path P3 and the fourth conductive path P4 are shorted with each other, so that the currents flowing through the third conductive path P3 and the fourth conductive path P4 are substantially the same.

The second voltage sampling unit 1542 includes a third voltage detection resistor RV3 and a fourth voltage detection resistor RV 4. The third voltage sampling resistor RV3 is electrically connected to the tab 14b of the first conductive path P1, and the fourth sampling resistor RV4 is electrically connected to the tab 14c of the second conductive loop P2. The third voltage sampling resistor RV3 and the fourth sampling resistor RV4 are respectively used for collecting the voltage on the first conduction path P1 and the voltage on the second conduction path P2.

In this embodiment, the tab 14b and the tab 14c of the two second tabs are directly electrically connected, so that the third voltage sampling resistor RV3 and the fourth voltage sampling resistor RV4 are connected in parallel. Thus, the second voltage sampling unit 1542 may collect an average voltage value of the two conductive paths, i.e., the first conductive path P1 and the second conductive path P2, and provide the average voltage value to the first protection control unit 1531.

In other embodiments of the present application, the second voltage sampling unit 1542 may only provide the third voltage detection resistor RV3, so that the third voltage detection resistor RV3 detects the voltage of the first conductive path P1 as the voltage of the battery cell 14 during charging or discharging. Alternatively, the second voltage sampling unit 1542 may provide only the fourth voltage detection resistor RV4 such that the fourth voltage detection resistor RV4 detects the voltage of the second conduction path P2 as the voltage at the time of charging or discharging of the battery cell 14.

As shown in fig. 5, the first protection control unit 1531 includes a first voltage detection terminal PV1, a first current detection terminal PI1, a first charge control terminal CO1, and a first discharge control terminal DO 1.

Specifically, the first voltage detection terminal PV1 is electrically connected to the first voltage detection resistor RV1 and the second voltage detection resistor RV2 for detecting voltage.

The first current detection terminal PI1 is electrically connected to the first current detection resistor RI1 and the second current detection resistor RI2 for detecting current.

The first charging control terminal CO1 and the first discharging control terminal DO1 are electrically connected to the first switch S1, and are configured to output a protection signal to control the first switch S1 to be in an on state or an off state.

The first protection control unit 1531 determines whether the voltage and the current obtained from the first voltage detection terminal PV1 and the first current detection terminal PI1 exceed a threshold range, and outputs a protection signal from the first charging control terminal CO1 and the first discharging control terminal DO1 when the voltage or the current exceeds the threshold range.

In this embodiment, the first switch S1 of the first switch unit 1533 includes a first control terminal SC1, a second control terminal SC2, a first conductive terminal SD1, and a second conductive terminal SD 2.

The first control terminal SC1 is electrically connected to the first discharge control terminal DO1, the second control terminal SC2 is electrically connected to the first charge control terminal CO1, the first conductive terminal SD1 is electrically connected to the tab 14a, and the second conductive terminal SD2 is electrically connected to the first battery interface 151 through the second switch unit 1543.

The first protection control unit 1531 controls the on/off of the first switch S1 through the protection signals output from the first charging control terminal CO1 and the first discharging control terminal DO1 via the first control terminal SC1 and the second control terminal SC 2. When the first switch S1 is turned on under the control of the protection signal, the first conductive terminal SD1 and the second conductive terminal SD2 are electrically connected; when the first switch S1 is turned off under the control of the protection signal, the first conductive terminal SD1 is electrically disconnected from the second conductive terminal SD 2.

In this embodiment, the first switch S1 can be bidirectionally conductive. That is, for the third conductive path P3 in the first conductive loop, when the current flows from the first tab 14a to the first battery interface 151 during charging of the battery cell 14, the first switch S1 may be turned on or off. When the current flows from the first battery interface 151 to the first tab 14a when the battery cell 14 is discharged, the first switch S1 may be turned on or off.

Meanwhile, the first charging control terminal CO1 and the first discharging control terminal DO1 are both electrically connected to the second switch S2, and are configured to output a protection signal to control the second switch S2 to be in an on state or an off state.

The second switch S2 of the first switch unit 1533 includes a third control terminal SC3, a fourth control terminal SC4, a third conductive terminal SD3, and a fourth conductive terminal SD 4.

The third control terminal SC3 is electrically connected to the first discharge control terminal DO1, the fourth control terminal SC4 is electrically connected to the first charge control terminal CO1, the third conductive terminal SD3 is electrically connected to the tab 14a, and the fourth conductive terminal SD4 is electrically connected to the second battery interface 152 through the second switch unit 1543.

The first protection control unit 1531 controls the on/off of the second switch S2 through the protection signals output from the first charging control terminal CO1 and the first discharging control terminal DO1 via the third control terminal SC3 and the fourth control terminal SC 4. When the second switch S2 is turned on under the control of the protection signal, the third conductive terminal SD3 and the fourth conductive terminal SD4 are electrically connected; when the second switch S2 is turned off under the control of the protection signal, the third conductive terminal SD3 and the fourth conductive terminal SD4 are electrically disconnected.

In this embodiment, the second switch S2 can be bidirectionally conductive. That is, with respect to the fourth conductive path P4 in the first conductive loop, when the current flows from the first tab 14a to the second battery interface 152 when the battery cell 14 is charged, the second switch S2 can perform on or off. When a current flows from the second battery interface 152 to the first tab 14a when the battery cell 14 is discharged, the first switch S1 can be turned on or off.

The second protection control unit 1541 includes a second voltage detection terminal PV2, a second current detection terminal PI2, a second charge control terminal CO2, and a second discharge control terminal DO 2.

Specifically, the second voltage detection terminal PV2 is electrically connected to the third voltage detection resistor RV3 and the fourth voltage detection resistor RV4 for detecting voltage.

The second current detecting terminal PI2 is electrically connected to the first current detecting resistor RI1 and the second current detecting resistor RI2 for detecting current.

The second protection control unit 1541 determines whether the voltage and the current detected from the second voltage detection terminal PV2 and the second current detection terminal PI2 exceed a threshold range. When the voltage or current exceeds the threshold range, a protection signal is outputted from the second charging control terminal CO2 and the second discharging control terminal DO 2.

The second charging control terminal CO2 and the second discharging control terminal DO2 are electrically connected to the third switch S3, and are configured to output a protection signal to control the third switch S3 to be in an on state or an off state.

In this embodiment, the third switch S3 of the second switch unit 1543 includes a fifth control terminal SC5, a sixth control terminal SC6, a fifth conductive terminal SD5 and a sixth conductive terminal SD 6.

The fifth control terminal SC5 is electrically connected to the second discharge control terminal DO2, the sixth control terminal SC6 is electrically connected to the second charge control terminal CO2, the fifth conductive terminal SD5 is electrically connected to the second conductive terminal SD2 of the first switch S1, and the sixth conductive terminal SD5 is electrically connected to the first battery interface 151.

The second protection control unit 1541 outputs a protection signal from the second charging control terminal CO2 and the second discharging control terminal DO2, and controls the third switch S3 to be turned on and off through the fifth control terminal SC5 and the sixth control terminal SC 6. When the third switch S3 is turned on under the control of the protection signal, the fifth conductive terminal SD5 and the sixth conductive terminal SD6 are electrically connected; when the third switch S3 is turned off under the control of the protection signal, the fifth conductive terminal SD5 and the sixth conductive terminal SD6 are electrically disconnected.

In this embodiment, the third switch S3 can be bidirectionally conductive. That is, with the third conductive path P3 in the first conductive loop, the third switch S3 can perform on or off at the time of charging or discharging the battery cell 14.

Meanwhile, the second charging control terminal CO2 and the second discharging control terminal DO2 are both electrically connected to the fourth switch S4, and are configured to output a protection signal to control the fourth switch S4 to be in an on state or an off state.

The fourth switch S4 in the second switch unit 1543 includes a seventh control terminal SC7, an eighth control terminal SC8, a seventh conductive terminal SD7 and an eighth conductive terminal SD 8.

The seventh control terminal SC7 is electrically connected to the second discharge control terminal DO2, the eighth control terminal SC8 is electrically connected to the second charge control terminal CO2, the seventh conductive terminal SD7 is electrically connected to the fourth conductive terminal SD4 of the second switch S2, and the eighth conductive terminal SD8 is electrically connected to the second battery interface 152.

The second protection control unit 1541 outputs a protection signal from the second charging control terminal CO2 and the second discharging control terminal DO2, and controls the fourth switch S3 to be turned on and off through the seventh control terminal SC7 and the eighth control terminal SC 8. When the fourth switch S4 is turned on under the control of the protection signal, the seventh conductive terminal SD7 and the eighth conductive terminal SD8 are electrically connected; when the fourth switch S4 is turned off under the control of the protection signal, the seventh conductive terminal SD7 is electrically disconnected from the eighth conductive terminal SD 8.

In this embodiment, the fourth switch S4 can be turned on bidirectionally.

In this embodiment, the first battery protection board 15 may further include an anti-counterfeiting unit 155, where the anti-counterfeiting unit 155 is electrically connected to the second conductive path P2, and is configured to detect a cell voltage and a cell current that the battery cell 14 can bear, so as to prevent the battery cell 14 from being damaged due to mismatch between the battery cell 14 and the cell voltage or the cell current.

Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 5, the operation process of the first protection plate 15 in the battery module 100 performing charging (performing electric energy storage) and discharging (performing electric energy release) on the battery cell 14 will be specifically described.

The battery cell 14 performs the charging process:

the cell voltage and the cell current output by the third circuit board 13 from the first conductive interface 131 and the second conductive interface 132 are transmitted to the first battery interface 151 and the second battery interface 152 of the first battery protection board 14.

For the first conductive loop corresponding to the first battery interface 151, the cell voltage and the cell current are transmitted from the first battery interface 151 to the tab 14b through the first conductive path P1.

The cell voltage is charged to the first capacitor C1 through the first voltage detection resistor RV1, and when the charging voltage of the first capacitor C1 reaches the turn-on threshold voltage Vth of the first switch S1, the first protection control unit 1531 outputs a turn-on signal to the first charging control terminal CO1, so as to control the first switch S1 to be in a turn-on state.

The cell voltage charges the second capacitor C2 through the third voltage detection resistor RV3, and when the charging voltage of the second capacitor C2 reaches the turn-on threshold voltage Vth of the third switch S3, the second protection control unit 1541 outputs a turn-on signal to the second charging control terminal CO2, so as to control the third switch S3 to be in a turn-on state.

Inside the battery cell 14, the cell current is transmitted from the tab 14b to the tab 14a, and is transmitted from the tab 14a to the first conductive terminal SD1 of the first switch S1 through the first current detection resistor RI1, and then is transmitted to the second conductive terminal SD 2.

Since the third switch S3 is also in the on state, and the fifth conductive terminal SD5 of the third switch S3 is electrically connected to the second conductive terminal SD2, the cell current is transmitted to the first battery interface 151 through the second conductive terminal SD2, the fifth conductive terminal SD5 and the sixth conductive terminal SD6, so as to charge the cell 14 in the first conductive loop.

Similarly, for the second conductive loop corresponding to the second battery interface 152, the cell voltage and the cell current are transmitted from the second battery interface 152 to the tab 14c through the second conductive path P2.

The cell voltage is charged to the first capacitor C1 through the second voltage detection resistor RV2, and when the charging voltage of the first capacitor C1 reaches the turn-on threshold voltage Vth of the second switch S2, the first protection control unit 1531 outputs a turn-on signal to the first charging control terminal CO1, and further controls the second switch S2 to be in a turn-on state.

The cell voltage is charged to the second capacitor C2 through the fourth voltage detection resistor RV4, and when the charging voltage of the second capacitor C2 reaches the turn-on threshold voltage Vth of the fourth switch S4, the second protection control unit 1541 outputs a turn-on signal to the second charging control terminal CO2, so as to control the fourth switch S4 to be in a turn-on state.

Inside the battery cell 14, the cell current is transmitted from the tab 14c to the tab 14a, and is transmitted from the tab 14a to the third conductive terminal SD3 of the second switch S2 through the second current detection resistor RI2, and then is transmitted to the fourth conductive terminal SD 4.

Since the fourth switch S4 is also in a conducting state, and the seventh conductive terminal SD7 of the fourth switch S4 is electrically connected to the third conductive terminal SD3, the cell current is transmitted to the second battery interface 152 through the third conductive terminal SD3, the seventh conductive terminal SD7, and the eighth conductive terminal SD8, so as to charge the battery cell 14 in the second conductive loop.

During the charging process, the voltage and the current on the first conductive path P1 or the second conductive path P2 exceed the corresponding threshold ranges, that is, the voltage is over-voltage or under-voltage, and when the current is over-current, the first protection control unit 1531 and the second protection control unit 1541 perform protection on the battery cell 14. The following values are taken here as examples: the undervoltage threshold corresponding to the first protection control unit 1531 is 2.4V, and the overvoltage threshold is 4.422V; the under-voltage threshold corresponding to the second protection control unit 1541 is 2.2V, and the over-voltage threshold is 4.45V.

Specifically, when the voltage on the first conductive path P1 or the second conductive path P1 is under-voltage, for example, the voltage of the battery cell 14 is less than 2.4V, the first protection control unit 1531 outputs a protection signal to the first charging control terminal CO1, and controls the first switch S1 and the second switch S2 to be in an off state (i.e., an off state), so as to disconnect the first conductive loop and the second conductive loop.

When the voltage on the first conductive path P1 or the second conductive path P1 is overvoltage, for example, the voltage of the battery cell 14 is greater than 4.422V, the first protection control unit 1531 outputs a protection signal to the first charging control terminal CO1, and controls the first switch S1 and the second switch S2 to be in an off state, so as to disconnect the first conductive loop and the second conductive loop.

If the first protection control unit 1531 fails, that is, the first protection unit 1531 cannot timely and accurately disconnect the first conductive loop or the second conductive loop when the battery cell 14 is under voltage or overvoltage, the second protection control voltage 1541 may timely and accurately disconnect the first conductive loop or the second conductive loop when the battery cell 14 is under voltage or overvoltage.

For example, if the first protection unit 1531 fails, when the voltage of the battery cell 14 is less than 2.2V, the second protection control unit 1541 outputs a protection signal to the second charging control terminal CO2, and controls the third switch S3 and the fourth switch S4 to be in an off state, so as to disconnect the first conductive loop and the second conductive loop.

If the first protection unit 1531 fails, when the voltage of the battery cell 14 is greater than 4.45V, the second protection control unit 1541 outputs a protection signal to the second charging control terminal CO2, and controls the third switch S3 and the fourth switch S4 to be in an off state, so as to disconnect the first conductive loop and the second conductive loop.

Similarly, when the third conductive path P3 or the fourth conductive path P4 is overcurrent or undercurrent, the working principle of the first protection control unit 1531 and the second protection control voltage 1541 is the same as the working principle of the over-voltage or under-voltage of the battery cell, and is not described herein again.

The battery cell 14 performs a discharging process:

inside the battery 14, a cell voltage and a cell current flow from the tab 14a to the tab 14b and the tab 14c, respectively.

For the first conductive loop corresponding to the first battery interface 151, the cell voltage and the cell current are transmitted from the tab 14b to the first battery interface 151 through the first conductive path P1, and then transmitted from the first battery interface 151 to the first tab 14a through the third switch S3 and the first switch S1, so that the cell 14 discharges to the first battery interface 151 in the first conductive loop.

Similarly, for the second conductive loop corresponding to the second battery interface 152, the cell voltage and the cell current are transmitted from the tab 14c to the first battery interface 152 through the second conductive path P2, and then are transmitted from the second battery interface 152 to the first tab 14a through the fourth switch S4 and the second switch S2, so that the cell 14 discharges to the second battery interface 152 in the second conductive loop.

In the discharging process, when the voltage and the current on the first conductive path P1, the second conductive path P2, the third conductive path P3, or the fourth conductive path P4 exceed the corresponding threshold ranges, that is, the cell voltage is over-voltage or under-voltage, and the cell current is over-current or under-current, the first protection control unit 1531 and the second protection control unit 1541 perform protection on the battery cell 14. The protection process is similar to the charging process, and is not described herein again.

With respect to the circuit of the battery cells in the rechargeable battery module 10 shown in fig. 1 to 5, for one battery cell 14, it can include at least two conductive loops to perform charging and discharging simultaneously, so that the charging efficiency is improved. Compared with a battery cell of a conductive loop, the charging time is reduced by at least half, and simultaneously, the current borne by each electrode lug is relatively reduced, so that the heat productivity on each electrode lug is effectively reduced. Namely, the heat generation amount on each tab can be controlled while the charging efficiency is high.

For example, when the battery cell has only two tabs, for example, when 12A current charging is performed, taking the protection plate impedance as 20mOHM as an example, the heat generation amount of the tabs and the protection plate is P ^ I2R ^ 144 ^ 20 ^ 2.88W.

However, for the battery cell 14 of the present embodiment, since the battery cell 14 includes three tabs and at least two conductive loops, after each conductive loop is shunted, each conductive loop has a current of 6A. Taking the protection plate impedance 20 mhom as an example, the heat generation amount of the tab and the protection plate is 2 × I ^2R ═ 2 × 36 ^ 20 ═ 1.44W. It can be seen that the overall heating value is reduced by half (from 2.88W to 1.44W).

Please refer to fig. 6, which is a circuit block diagram of a battery module 100 according to another embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 6, it has substantially the same structure as the battery module 100 shown in fig. 4A except that the first battery protection plate 15 includes only the first protection circuit 153 and does not include the second protection circuit 154. As described above, the second protection circuit is for backing up the first protection circuit, and if the first protection circuit fails, the second protection circuit may perform voltage and current protection on the battery cell. Thus, only one protection circuit may implement the solution of the embodiments of the present application. Optionally, in order to further increase the reliability of protection, the number of protection circuits may also be increased. For example: the battery module 100 may include three, four, or more protection circuits. The added protection circuit can refer to the structure and layout of the first protection circuit and the second protection circuit.

Please refer to fig. 7, which is a circuit block diagram of a charging module 30 according to another embodiment of the present application.

In this embodiment, the charging module 30 is substantially the same as the charging module 10 shown in fig. 1, except that the first circuit board 11 is not provided with the first voltage conversion unit C1, the third circuit board 13 is provided with the second voltage conversion unit C2, and the second voltage conversion unit C2 directly converts the first charging voltage into a cell voltage and provides the cell voltage to the first battery interface 151 and the second battery interface 152, respectively. The second voltage conversion unit C2 in this embodiment has higher voltage conversion efficiency than the voltage conversion units C1 and C2 in the charging module 10, for example, the conversion efficiency can be doubled. For example: if the voltage converting units C1 and C2 in the charging module 10 are both 2:1 charge ICs, the second voltage converting unit C2 in this embodiment may be 4:1 charge ICs.

Please refer to fig. 8, which is a block diagram of a battery module 400 of the charging module 40 according to another embodiment of the present application.

As shown in fig. 8, the battery module 400 is substantially the same as the circuit of the battery module 100 shown in fig. 1 and 2A, except that the tab 14a has a positive polarity and the tab 14b and the tab 14c have a negative polarity in the battery cell 14.

Please refer to fig. 9, which is a block diagram of a charging module 50 according to another embodiment of the present application.

As shown in fig. 9, a circuit block diagram of the battery module 500 in the charging module 50 is similar to that of the battery module 100 in the charging module 10 shown in fig. 1, except that the battery cell 14 in the battery module 500 includes four tabs and two first battery protection plates 15, and the first battery interface 151 and the second battery interface 152 are respectively disposed on two opposite sides of the battery cell 14.

Specifically, the four tabs are respectively a tab 14a, a tab 14b, a tab 14c and a tab 14 d. The

tabs

14a and 14b are disposed on a first side 141 of the battery cell 14, and the

tabs

14c and 14d are disposed on a second side 142 of the battery cell 14. The tab 14a and the tab 14c have a first polarity, and the tab 14b and the tab 14d have a second polarity. In this embodiment, the first polarity is a negative polarity, and the second polarity is a positive polarity.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the first circuit board 11 is not provided with the first voltage converting unit C1, and the third circuit board 13 is provided with one second voltage converting unit C2. The second voltage conversion unit C2 directly converts the first charging voltage into a cell voltage, and provides the cell voltage to the first battery interface 151 and the second battery interface 152, respectively. For example: the second voltage conversion unit C2 may be a 4:1 charge IC.

Referring to fig. 10, fig. 10 is a circuit block diagram of the charging module 50. As shown in fig. 10, two first battery protection plates 15 are respectively disposed on the first side 141 and the second side 142 of the battery cell 14. That is, one first battery protection plate 15 electrically connects the tab 14a and the tab 14b, and the other first battery protection plate 15 electrically connects the tab 14c and the tab 14 d.

More specifically, referring to fig. 11 and 12 together, fig. 11 is a circuit structure diagram of the battery module 500, and fig. 12 is a circuit structure diagram of one of the first battery protection plates 15.

As shown in fig. 11 and fig. 12, the first battery protection plate 15 located on the second side 142 of the battery cell 14 and the first battery interface 151 electrically connect the tab 14a and the tab 14b, and form a first conductive loop; the first battery protection plate 15 and the second battery interface 152 on the first side 141 of the battery cell 14 electrically connect the tab 14c and the tab 14d, and form a second conductive loop.

As shown in fig. 12, the first battery protection board 15 includes two

protection circuits

153 and 154 thereon. The

protection circuits

153 and 154 perform voltage and current protection on the conductive loop. See the description of the foregoing embodiments for specific principles. In the embodiment shown in fig. 12, two

protection circuits

153 and 154 are electrically connected to the first battery interface 151. In the other battery protection board, both protection circuits are electrically connected to the second battery interface 151. It is understood that the two

protection circuits

153 and 154 are backup functions with each other, and thus, only one protection circuit may be provided on one battery protection board, or more protection circuits may be provided.

Please refer to fig. 13, which is a block diagram of a charging module 60 according to another embodiment of the present application.

As shown in fig. 13, the battery module 600 included in the charging module 60 is similar in circuit to the battery module 100 shown in the charging module 10 shown in fig. 1, except that the battery cell 14 in the battery module 600 includes six tabs, two battery protection plates, and four battery interfaces. That is, the battery module 600 has three more tabs, one more battery protection plate, and two more battery interfaces than the battery module 100. It is understood that the battery module 600 may correspond to a battery with two three tabs, but only one cell body.

Specifically, the battery module 600 included in the charging module 60 includes more components than the battery module 100 shown in fig. 1 to 2A. On the basis of the battery module 100, as shown in fig. 13, the battery module 600 further includes a second battery protection plate 16 disposed on the first side 141 of the battery cell 14, a third battery interface 156, and a fourth battery interface 157. The circuit structure, the connection mode and the operation principle of the second battery protection plate 16 are completely the same as those of the first battery protection plate 15.

In addition, the charging module 60 has one more voltage conversion unit C3 than the circuit board of the charging module 10. As shown in fig. 13, the first circuit board 11 includes a third voltage conversion unit C3. The third battery interface 156 and the fourth battery interface 157 are electrically connected to the third voltage conversion unit C3 in the first circuit board 11, respectively, so as to transmit voltage and current to the battery cells 14. Wherein the third voltage converting unit C3 may be the same as the second voltage converting unit C2 on the third circuit board. It should be noted that, in other embodiments, the third voltage conversion unit C3 or the second voltage conversion unit C2 may be replaced by two or more conversion units with low conversion efficiency. For example: a4: 1 charge IC (C3 or C2) may be replaced by two or three 2:1 charge ICs. For example, the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 uses three 2:1 charge ICs to achieve two voltage drops. Whereas the embodiment shown in fig. 7 uses a 4:1 charge IC to achieve the voltage reduction. In the charging module 60, the external voltage and current are received through the first transmission interface 111, and then are shunted and transmitted to the third voltage converting unit C3 in the first circuit board 11 and the second voltage converting unit C2 in the third circuit board 13, respectively. The subsequent process flow can be referred to the description of the three-tab embodiment (the embodiment shown in fig. 1-8).

Fig. 14A is a schematic structural diagram of a battery module 600 in the charging module 60 shown in fig. 13. As shown in fig. 14A, the battery cell 14 includes, in addition to the tab 14A, the tab 14b, and the tab 14c disposed on the second side 142, a tab 14d, a tab 14e, and a tab 14f disposed on the first side 141. The polarity of the tab 14d, the polarity of the tab 14f, the polarity of the tab 14b and the polarity of the tab 14c are the same, the polarity of the tab 14e and the polarity of the tab 14a are the same, and the tab 14e and the tab 14f are arranged on the left side and the right side of the tab 14d at a preset interval. The structure and layout of the

tabs

14d, 14e and 14f can be referred to the

tabs

14a, 14b and 14c in the previous embodiments.

Please refer to fig. 15, which is a schematic circuit diagram of the battery module 600 in the charging module 60 shown in fig. 13. As shown in fig. 15, the second battery protection plate 16 is disposed at the first side 141 of the battery cell 14, and is configured to receive the cell voltage and the cell current from the first circuit board 11, and is electrically connected to the

tabs

14d, 14e, and 14f through the third battery interface 156 and the fourth battery interface 157. Since the circuit structure, the connection mode, and the operation principle of the second battery protection board 16 are the same as those of the first battery protection board 15, the detailed connection mode is not repeated in this embodiment.

It should be noted that, in the four-pole tab or six-pole tab embodiment, the upper end and the lower end of the battery cell may be used for charging when charging, that is, four tabs or six tabs are used for charging. And when discharging, the electrode lug and the circuit at one end of the battery core can be used for discharging. For example, in a four-pole tab discharge, only two tabs (e.g., a positive tab and a negative tab associated with the third circuit board) may be used to discharge. The six-pole lug discharge is that the discharge can be carried out by only adopting a loop formed by partial lugs. Of course, all the tabs may be used for discharging.

As shown in fig. 14B, another embodiment of the present application also provides a battery module having five tabs (which may be referred to as a five-tab battery module). In contrast to the six-lug battery module shown in fig. 14A, the five-lug battery module also includes two battery protection plates and four battery ports; the difference lies in, one side of the electric core of five utmost point ear battery module includes three utmost point ears, and the opposite side includes two utmost point ears. The structure of the three tabs and the corresponding circuit structure can be referred to the description of the embodiment shown in fig. 1 to 8; the structure of the two tabs and the corresponding circuit structure can be seen from the description of the four-tab structure shown in fig. 9-12. It is understood that a battery module having six tabs may correspond to a battery having two three tabs, but only one cell body. The battery module with four tabs can be equivalent to a battery with two tabs, but only one cell body. The battery module having five tabs may correspond to a three-tab battery and a two-tab battery, but only one cell body is required.

In the five-lug battery module, three lugs can be arranged on one side of the battery cell body, and the other two lugs are arranged on the other side of the battery cell body. The two sides may be opposite sides, adjacent sides, or spaced sides.

In another embodiment of the present application, on the basis of the four-tab battery module of the embodiment shown in fig. 9-12, the battery module may further include two tabs, i.e., another six-tab battery module is provided. This six utmost point ear battery module can include a electricity core body, six utmost point ears, three battery protection shield and six battery interface, is equivalent to three two utmost point ear battery module promptly. The positions of the six tabs are not limited, and every two tabs can be located on one side of the cell body, namely the tabs are arranged on three sides of the cell body, and two tabs with different polarities are arranged on each side. Of the six tabs, three tabs have a first polarity and the other three tabs have a second polarity. Wherein, three tabs with the same polarity are arranged on the same tab.

The following is to current two utmost point ear electricity core structures to and the test data when the module that charges that this application each embodiment provided charges.

The charging module test case for a cell comprising only two tabs (prior art) is as follows:

charging current (A)	Efficiency of charging	Total Power consumption (W)
			8	0.964	5.195
7	0.97	4.026
			6	0.974	3.062
5	0.975	2.337
			4	0.975	1.746
3	0.975	1.262

The test conditions for the charging module 100 (three tabs) in the embodiment shown in fig. 1 are as follows:

the test conditions for the charging module 500 (four tabs) in the embodiment shown in fig. 9 are as follows:

charging current (A)	Efficiency of charging	Total Power consumption (W)
			16	0.98	6.430
14	0.98	5.180
			12	0.98	4.073
10	0.98	3.111
			8	0.98	2.292
6	0.98	1.618

The test conditions for the charging module 600 (six tabs) in the embodiment shown in fig. 13 are as follows:

charging current (A)	Efficiency of charging	Total Power consumption (W)
			24	0.98	8.105
20	0.98	6.054
			16	0.98	4.313
14	0.98	3.559
			12	0.98	2.883
10	0.98	2.284

From the above tests it can be seen that:

when the first charging current (externally input charging current) is 8A, the overall power consumption of the conventional battery cell with only two tabs is 5.195W. And the power consumption of the charging module comprising three tabs in the embodiment of the application is only 2.615W, and the power consumption of the charging module comprising four tabs in the embodiment of the application is only 2.292W.

When the first charging current is 12A, the overall power consumption of the charging module including three tabs in the embodiment of the present application is 4.799W, the overall power consumption of the charging module including four tabs in the embodiment of the present application is 4.073W, and the overall power consumption of the charging module including six tabs in the embodiment of the present application is 2.883W.

Compare in prior art, the consumption of the module that charges in this application each embodiment obtains greatly reducing, and charge rate effectively improves simultaneously. Therefore, under the condition that the requirement of power consumption is met, the charging module provided by the embodiment of the application can be used for rapidly charging with high power. For example: if the power consumption requirement of the whole machine is about 5W-6W, the three-pole scheme of the embodiment of the present application can support a current of about 12-13A, that is, can support a charging power (charging voltage of 5V) of about 60-65W (12A × 5V ═ 60W, 13A × 5V ═ 65W); the four-tab solution is capable of supporting about 14-16A of current, i.e., capable of supporting about 70-90W of charging power; the six-tab solution is capable of supporting a current of about 20A, i.e., capable of supporting a charging power of about 100W. In the scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, the power consumption of the scheme with six lugs is lower than that of the scheme with four lugs, and the power consumption of the scheme with four lugs is lower than that of the scheme with three lugs. That is, the hexa-pole ear scheme can support more powerful charging than the quadr-pole ear scheme, and the quadr-pole ear scheme can support more powerful charging than the tripolar scheme.

The structure of the battery cell 14 in the embodiment of the present application is described below.

The cell may include two pole pieces. Each pole piece includes an Active Area (AA), and further, may also include a peripheral Area (i.e., a Non-Active Area, NA). The active area AA is coated with a conductive material. The conductive materials coated in the active areas of the two pole pieces cooperate to perform the storage and release of electrical energy. The two pole pieces have different polarities. Each pole piece has one or more tabs. The two pole pieces are wound together to form a cell. The electrode lug on the pole piece is the electrode lug of the battery cell. And arranging a corresponding number of lugs on the pole piece according to the quantity of the lugs required by the battery cell.

Fig. 16A is a schematic exploded view of a battery cell 14 with three tabs according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 16A, the battery cell 14 includes two pole pieces with different polarities, a pole piece 144 and a pole piece 145. For example: pole piece 144 has a first polarity and pole piece 145 has a second polarity; alternatively, pole piece 144 has a second polarity and pole piece 145 has a first polarity.

The pole piece 144 includes a first effective area AA1 and two first peripheral areas NA 1.

The first active area AA1 is coated with a first conductive material M1. The two first peripheral areas NA1 are located on two opposite sides of the first effective area AA 1. One tab, shown as

tabs

14b and 14c in fig. 16A, is disposed in each first peripheral area NA 1.

The pole piece 145 includes a second effective area AA2 and two second peripheral areas NA 2. Alternatively, in other embodiments, pole piece 145 may include only one peripheral area NA2 (not shown).

The second active area AA2 is coated with a second conductive material M2. The two second peripheral areas NA2 are located on two opposite sides of the second effective area AA 1. One of the second peripheral areas NA2 provides a tab, such as tab 14 a.

The first conductive material M1 and the second conductive material M2 cooperate to store and release electrical energy.

Fig. 17 is a top view of the battery cell 14 shown in fig. 16A. As shown in fig. 17, pole piece 144 and pole piece 145 are wound together, wherein tab 14a is disposed adjacent to tab 14c within the wound structure, and tab 14c is disposed at the outer edge of the wound structure as pole piece 144 and pole piece 145 are wound.

Fig. 18 is a schematic diagram of a front structure of the battery cell 14 shown in fig. 16A. Two

tabs

14b and 14c are located on the left and right sides of the tab 14 a.

In the embodiments of the present application, the tab 14b and the tab 14c are identical. Wherein the

tabs

14b and 14c are only identified for distinction. That is, in the embodiments of the present application, the tab 14b and the tab 14c may be interchanged in position.

Fig. 16A and 17 are merely schematic illustrations of a structure of three tab cells. In other embodiments, the three tab cells may also have other configurations. Wherein the two tabs in the pole piece 144 can be located at other different positions.

For example, the tabs may be located in the peripheral areas of both ends of the pole piece 144, as shown in fig. 16A.

Alternatively, the tabs may be located one at the peripheral region of one end of the pole piece 144 and the other in the active area AA of the pole piece 144. As shown in fig. 19, the tab 14c is located in one peripheral area NA1 of the pole piece 144 (the left or right end of the pole piece 144), and the tab 14c is located in a first effective area AA1 of the pole piece 144.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 16B, both tabs 14B and 14c may be located in the first active area of the pole piece 144. When the two tabs are both located in the active area of the pole piece, the two tabs may or may not be connected. As shown in fig. 16C, one end of the tab 14b provided on the pole piece is connected to one end of the tab 14C provided on the pole piece. The two tabs are separated from each other in appearance, but may be connected inside the pole piece.

Wherein, the tab can be arranged in the effective area AA of the pole piece 144 in the following two ways. One is as follows: after the conductive material is applied to the active area AA1, a portion of the conductive material may be removed at a predetermined location, and then a tab may be electrically disposed at the predetermined location, for example, the tab may be welded to the plate. The other is as follows: the pole lugs are electrically connected with the pole pieces, and then conductive materials are coated on the pole lugs except the positions of the pole lugs.

Fig. 20 is a top view of the cell 14 shown in fig. 19. As shown in fig. 20, the pole piece 144 and the pole piece 145 are wound together, wherein the tab 14a and the tab 14c are disposed adjacent to each other in the winding structure, and the other second tab 14b is located at another position in the winding structure along with the winding of the pole piece 144 and the pole piece 145. Fig. 18 can be referred to for the front structure of the battery cell 14 shown in fig. 19 and 20.

Alternatively, the tab 14b and the tab 14c may be located in the effective area AA. Tab 14b and tab 14c are both located in the active area AA1 of the pole piece 144.

Alternatively, the pole tab 14a in the pole piece 145 and the pole tab 14c in the pole tab 144 may be located in the active area AA. As shown in fig. 21, tab 14a is located in the active area AA2 of pole piece 145 and tab 14c is located in the active area AA1 of pole piece 144.

In other embodiments, the tabs in the pole piece 145 may be located at different positions on the pole piece. Tabs may be located in the peripheral regions at either end of the pole piece 145 as shown in fig. 16A. Alternatively, the tab may be located in the active area of the pole piece 145, as shown in fig. 21, with tab 14a located in the second active area AA2 of the pole piece 145.

Fig. 22 is a top view of the cell 14 shown in fig. 21. As shown in fig. 22, pole piece 144 and pole piece 145 are wound together, wherein tab 14a is disposed adjacent to tab 14c in the wound structure, and tab 14b is disposed at another position in the wound structure as pole piece 144 and pole piece 145 are wound. Fig. 18 can be referred to as a front structure of the battery cell 14 shown in fig. 21 and 22.

In the embodiment of the application, in order to form a battery cell with three tabs, one tab may be arbitrarily arranged on one tab, and two tabs may be arranged on the other tab. As shown in fig. 23, a tab 14a may be provided on pole piece 144, and a tab 14b and a tab 14c may be provided on pole piece 145.

Optionally, a plurality of tabs disposed on the pole piece may face in different directions. In each of the embodiments shown in fig. 16A-22 described above, the

tabs

14a, 14b and 14c are all oriented in the same direction, as shown, both oriented upward. While in other embodiments the three tabs may be oriented in any different direction.

For example: any two of the three tabs may be oriented in the same direction and the other oriented in a different direction. As shown in fig. 23, the tab 14b and one tab 14a face the same direction, i.e., upward as shown in the drawing, and the tab 14c faces a direction different from that of the tab 14b, i.e., downward as shown in the drawing. It is understood that both the tab 14b and the tab 14a may be directed downward and the tab 14c may be directed upward. Fig. 24 is a top view of the cell 14 shown in fig. 23. Fig. 25 is a schematic front view of the battery cell 14 shown in fig. 24.

In the embodiments shown in fig. 16A to fig. 25, the tabs on the pole piece correspond to the tabs of the battery cell one to one. That is, the cell has three tabs, and then there are three tabs on two pole pieces altogether. In other embodiments, the plurality of tabs on the pole piece may correspond to one tab of the battery cell. As shown in fig. 26, the pole piece 144 may include a plurality of tabs 14-1 (also called sub-tabs) and a plurality of tabs 14-2. After the pole piece 144 and the pole piece 145 are wound together, the plurality of tabs 14-1 are overlapped and electrically connected to form one tab 14b of the battery cell, and the plurality of tabs 14-2 are overlapped to form one tab 14c of the battery cell. Optionally, the pole piece 145 may also include a plurality of tabs 14-3. After the pole piece 144 and the pole piece 145 are wound together, the plurality of tabs 14-3 are overlapped and electrically connected to form one tab 14a of the battery cell. The number and the positions of the pole lugs (sub-pole lugs) in the pole pieces are not limited, and the pole lugs in the required number and the required positions can be formed only by ensuring that the two pole pieces are wound. The number and location of the tabs may be set by one skilled in the art depending on circuit design and layout. When the pole piece includes a plurality of tabs, the tabs may be disposed in an effective area of the pole piece, may also be disposed in a peripheral area of the pole piece, or may also be partially disposed in the effective area and partially disposed in the peripheral area. Fig. 27 is a schematic perspective view of the battery cell 14 shown in fig. 26. Fig. 28 is a left side view of the cell 14 shown in fig. 27. The front views of the cells shown in fig. 26-28 can be seen in fig. 18.

In the foregoing embodiment, the battery cell has a winding structure, and includes two pole pieces wound together. Optionally, the internal structure of the battery cell may further include other pole piece structures, such as a laminated structure. For example, the cell may include a plurality of pole pieces 144 having a first polarity and a plurality of pole pieces 145 having a second polarity. These

pole pieces

144 and 145 are stacked together to form a cell. When the pole pieces 144 and the pole pieces 145 are stacked, the pole pieces 144 and the pole pieces 145 may be arranged at intervals, that is, one pole piece 145 is stacked between the two pole pieces 144, and one pole piece 144 is stacked between the two pole pieces 145.

In the embodiment of the application, in order to form an electric core with three tabs, two tabs can be arranged on any side of one pole piece, and one tab is arranged on any side of the other pole piece. As shown in fig. 29, which is a schematic view of an exploded structure of the battery cell 14 in an embodiment of the present application, two sub-tabs 14b-1 and a tab 14c-1 may be disposed on a first side of each pole piece 144, and a tab 14a-1 is disposed on each pole piece 145. All the pole pieces 144 and all the pole pieces 145 are stacked together, the sub-tabs 14b-1 on all the pole pieces 144 are electrically connected (for example, welded together) to form the tabs 14b on the cell, the sub-tabs 14c-1 on all the pole pieces 144 are electrically connected to form the tabs 14c on the cell, and the sub-tabs 14a-1 on all the pole pieces 145 are electrically connected to form the tabs 14a on the cell.

Optionally, the plurality of sub-tabs disposed on the pole piece may face different directions, as shown in fig. 29, and each of the sub-tabs 14b-1, 14c-1 and 14a-1 faces upward. While in other embodiments the three tabs may be oriented in any different direction. For example, the sub-tab 14a-1 may be oriented to the right or left.

Fig. 27 can be seen as a schematic diagram of a three-dimensional structure of a cell after the pole piece 144 and the pole piece 145 in fig. 29 are stacked.

Optionally, a plurality of sub-tabs disposed on the same pole piece may face different directions, for example, the sub-tab 14b-1 and the sub-tab 14c-1 in the pole piece 144 face different directions, respectively. As shown in fig. 30, the sub-tab 14b-1 and the sub-pole piece 14a-1 face upward, and the sub-tab 14c-1 faces leftward. Fig. 31 is a schematic perspective view of the battery cell 14 shown in fig. 30. Fig. 32 is a left side view of the cell 14 shown in fig. 31. Fig. 33 is a front view of the cell of fig. 31.

In an embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 34, when the battery cell has six tabs, a total of six tabs are also on two pole pieces. For example, as shown in fig. 34, four tabs of the same polarity are provided on the pole piece 144, and two tabs of the same polarity are provided on the pole piece 145. In other embodiments, the plurality of sub-tabs on the pole piece may correspond to one tab of the battery cell. As shown in fig. 35, the pole piece 144 may include a plurality of sub-tabs 14-1, a plurality of sub-tabs 14-2, a plurality of sub-tabs 14-3, and a plurality of sub-tabs 14-4. After the pole piece 144 and the pole piece 145 are wound together, the plurality of sub-tabs 14-1 are overlapped and electrically connected to form one tab 14b of the battery cell, the plurality of sub-tabs 14-2 are overlapped and electrically connected to form one tab 14c of the battery cell, the plurality of sub-tabs 14-3 are overlapped and electrically connected to form one tab 14e of the battery cell, and the plurality of sub-tabs 14-4 are overlapped to form one tab 14f of the battery cell.

Optionally, the pole piece 145 may also include a plurality of sub-tabs 14-5. After the pole piece 144 and the pole piece 145 are wound together, the plurality of sub-tabs 14-5 are overlapped and electrically connected to form one tab 14a of the battery cell, and the plurality of sub-tabs 14-6 are overlapped and electrically connected to form one tab 14d of the battery cell.

The number and the position of the pole lugs in the pole pieces are not limited, and the pole lugs in the required number and the required positions can be formed only by ensuring that the two pole pieces are wound. The number and location of the tabs may be set by one skilled in the art depending on circuit design and layout. When the pole piece includes a plurality of tabs, the tabs may be disposed in an effective area of the pole piece, may also be disposed in a peripheral area of the pole piece, or may also be partially disposed in the effective area and partially disposed in the peripheral area. Fig. 36 is a schematic front view of the cell 14 shown in fig. 35.

Optionally, in the battery cell 14, all the tabs with the same polarity are electrically connected to each other inside the battery cell body, so that the tabs with the same polarity have the same voltage. As shown in fig. 37, in the pole piece 144, two

tabs

14b and 14d disposed along different sides and in two opposite directions are directly electrically connected in the pole piece 144, or the two

tabs

14b and 14d are directly integrally formed in the pole piece 144. In the pole piece 145, two

tabs

14a and 14c disposed along different sides and in two opposite directions are directly electrically connected in the pole piece 145, or the two

tabs

14a and 14c are integrally formed in the pole piece 145. Fig. 38 is a schematic diagram of a front structure of the battery cell 14 shown in fig. 37, and fig. 37 and 38 are schematic diagrams of a quadrupole ear structure.

It should be noted that when the tab is located in the active area AA of the pole piece, the pole piece may be provided with no peripheral area, or with a peripheral area at only one end.

In each embodiment of the present application, the tab and the pole piece may be two components that are welded together. Alternatively, the tabs and pole pieces may be integral, with the tabs cut out of the pole pieces at the desired locations and quantities.

It should be noted that, in the multi-tab battery module provided in each embodiment of the present application, a plurality of tabs may be disposed at any position of the cell body. As shown in fig. 39, some possible three-tab battery module structures are provided for the embodiments of the present application. As shown in fig. 40, some possible four-tab battery module structures are provided for the embodiments of the present application. As shown in fig. 41, some possible configurations of five-tab battery modules are provided for the embodiments of the present application. As shown in fig. 42, some possible structures of six-tab battery modules are provided for the embodiments of the present application.

It should be noted that the battery module provided in each embodiment of the present application does not limit the structure of the cell body. The cell body may be of a conventional shape, such as a rectangular or square shape, or a rectangular or square-like shape. Alternatively, the cell body may also be shaped. For example: as shown in fig. 43, the cell body may be a non-penetrating type. Wherein, the non-penetrating type electric core body can be: the cell body or the edge is provided with an unpenetrated area A (the shape of the area is not limited); the aluminum plastic film of the battery at the corresponding position of the area A is not provided with through holes, but the positive electrode, the negative electrode and the diaphragm can be provided with through holes. When the battery module is installed in an electronic device, the components of the electronic device may extend into the region a, but may not penetrate through the cell body. Alternatively, as shown in fig. 44, the cell body may be of a penetration type. Wherein, the penetrating type electric core body can be: a through hole (area B) is arranged on the cell body or the edge; the aluminum plastic film, the positive electrode, the negative electrode and the diaphragm of the battery at the corresponding positions of the area B are all provided with through holes. When the battery module is mounted in an electronic device, the device of the electronic device may pass through the region B of the battery. The main materials of the battery comprise an aluminum plastic film, a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a diaphragm.

In addition, among the electronic module that this application each embodiment provided, do not restrict the shape of cell body, the cell body can be various shapes to have different utmost point ear distributions. As shown in fig. 45, some possible three-tab battery module structures are provided for the embodiments of the present application. As shown in fig. 46, some possible four-tab battery module structures are provided for the embodiments of the present application. As shown in fig. 47, some possible configurations of five-tab battery modules are provided for the embodiments of the present application. As shown in fig. 48, some possible structures of the six-tab battery module are provided for the embodiments of the present application.

The embodiment of the application also provides the electronic equipment. The electronic device comprises a functional circuit and the charging module in the embodiments. The charging module is used for providing a working power supply for the functional circuit. The electronic device may be a variety of portable devices that can be charged, such as: a mobile phone, a notebook computer, a wearable device (such as a smart watch, a bracelet, etc.), a tablet computer, etc. When the electronic equipment is a mobile phone, the charging module receives electric energy of an external power supply and stores the electric energy; the battery module supplies power for other parts of the mobile phone.

The above detailed description is provided for a circuit for performing charging according to an embodiment of the present application, and specific examples are applied herein to illustrate the principles and embodiments of the present application, and the above description of the embodiments is only provided to help understand the method and the core idea of the present application; meanwhile, for a person skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present application, there may be variations in the specific embodiments and the application scope, and in summary, the content of the present specification should not be construed as a limitation to the present application.

Claims

1. A battery module is characterized by comprising a battery core;

the battery cell comprises a battery cell body, a first lug, a second lug and a third lug; the first lug, the second lug and the third lug are electrically connected with the battery cell body respectively; the first tab and the third tab have a first polarity and the second tab has a second polarity;

the second tab and the first tab are matched to input voltage and current to the cell body or output voltage and current from the cell body;

the second tab and the third tab are matched to input voltage and current to the cell body or output voltage and current from the cell body;

the first polarity is a positive polarity and the second polarity is a negative polarity; or, the first polarity is a negative polarity, and the second polarity is a positive polarity.

2. The battery module as recited in claim 1, further comprising a first battery protection plate comprising a first protection circuit, a first battery interface, and a second battery interface; the first battery interface and the second battery interface are used for being electrically connected with elements outside the battery module;

the first battery interface is electrically connected with the second tab and the first tab through the first protection circuit respectively, and the first battery interface, the first tab, the battery cell body, the second tab and the first protection circuit form a first conductive loop;

the second battery interface is electrically connected with the second tab and the third tab through the first protection circuit respectively, and the second battery interface, the third tab, the battery cell body, the second tab and the first protection circuit form a second conductive loop;

3. The battery module according to claim 1 or 2,

the first lug, the second lug and the third lug are all arranged on the first side of the battery cell body; or

The first electrode lug and the second electrode lug are arranged on a first side of the battery cell body, and the third electrode lug is arranged on a second side of the battery cell body; or

The first tab and the third tab are arranged on a first side of the cell body, and the second tab is arranged on a second side of the cell body; or

The first pole lug is arranged on a first side of the battery cell body, the second pole lug is arranged on a second side of the battery cell body, and the third pole lug is arranged on a third side of the battery cell body.

4. The battery module according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first tab, the second tab and the third tab are disposed on a first side of the cell body, and the first tab and the third tab are disposed on two sides of the second tab respectively.

5. The battery module according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a fourth tab, a fifth tab and a sixth tab; the fourth tab, the fifth tab and the sixth tab are electrically connected with the cell body respectively; the fourth tab and the sixth tab have the first polarity and the fifth tab has the second polarity; or the fourth tab and the sixth tab have the second polarity, and the fifth tab has the first polarity;

6. The battery module as recited in claim 5, further comprising a second battery protection board comprising a second protection circuit, a third battery interface, and a fourth battery interface; the third battery interface and the fourth battery interface are used for being electrically connected with elements outside the battery module;

the third battery interface is electrically connected with the fifth lug and the fourth lug through the second protection circuit respectively, and the third battery interface, the fourth lug, the battery cell body, the fifth lug and the second protection circuit form a third conductive loop;

the fourth battery interface is electrically connected with the fifth tab and the sixth tab through the second protection circuit respectively, and the fourth battery interface, the sixth tab, the battery cell body, the fifth tab and the second protection circuit form a fourth conductive loop;

7. The battery module according to claim 6, wherein the first protection circuit and the second protection circuit have the same circuit structure.

8. The battery module according to any one of claims 5 to 7, wherein the first tab, the second tab, and the third tab are disposed on a first side of the cell body, and the fourth tab, the fifth tab, and the sixth tab are disposed on a second side of the cell body;

the first side of the cell body and the second side of the cell body are opposite sides of the cell body; or the first side of the battery cell body and the second side of the battery cell body are two adjacent sides of the battery cell body; or the first side of the battery cell body and the second side of the battery cell body are two sides of the battery cell body which are spaced from each other.

9. The battery module according to any one of claims 1-8, wherein the first protection circuit comprises a first protection control unit, a first sampling unit and a first switching unit;

the first protection control unit is electrically connected with the first conductive loop and the second conductive loop respectively, and detects voltages of the first conductive loop and the second conductive loop;

the first sampling unit is electrically connected with the second tab, the first protection control unit and the first switch unit respectively, and the first protection control unit detects the currents of the first conductive loop and the second conductive loop through the first sampling unit;

the first switch unit is electrically connected with the first protection control unit, the first sampling unit, the first battery interface and the second battery interface respectively;

the first protection control unit is used for controlling the switch unit to be switched off when judging that the voltage or the current of the first conductive loop or the second conductive loop exceeds a first threshold range so as to switch off the first conductive loop and the second conductive loop.

10. The battery module according to claim 9, wherein the first switching unit comprises a first switch and a second switch, the first switch is located in the first conductive loop, and the second switch is located in the second conductive loop.

11. The battery module according to claim 9, wherein the first protection circuit further comprises a second protection control unit and a second switching unit,

12. The battery module according to claim 11, wherein the first threshold range is the same as the second threshold range, or the first threshold range is smaller or larger than the second threshold range.

13. The battery module as recited in claim 11, wherein the second switching unit comprises a third switch and a fourth switch, the third switch being located in the first conductive loop, the fourth switch being located in the second conductive loop.

14. The battery module according to any one of claims 1-4, wherein the cells are in a coiled structure;

the cell comprises a first pole piece having the first polarity and a second pole piece having the second polarity;

the first tab and the third tab are disposed on the first pole piece, and the second tab is disposed on the second pole piece;

the first pole piece and the second pole piece are wound to form the battery cell with three pole lugs, and the first pole lug, the second pole lug and the third pole lug are located at different positions of the battery cell.

15. The battery module according to any one of claims 5-8, wherein the battery core is in a winding structure;

the first tab, the third tab, the fourth tab and the sixth tab are arranged on the first pole piece, and the second tab and the fifth tab are arranged on the second pole piece;

the first pole piece and the second pole piece are wound to form the battery cell with six pole lugs, and the first pole lug, the second pole lug, the third pole lug, the fourth pole lug, the fifth pole lug and the sixth pole lug are located at different positions of the battery cell.

16. The battery module according to any one of claims 1-4, wherein the cells are of a laminated structure;

the cell comprises at least two first pole pieces having the first polarity and at least two second pole pieces having the second polarity;

each first pole piece is provided with a first sub-pole lug and a third sub-pole lug, and each second pole piece is provided with a second sub-pole lug;

all the first pole pieces and all the second pole pieces are superposed to form the battery core, all the first sub-tabs are electrically connected to form the first tabs, all the second sub-tabs are electrically connected to form the second tabs, and all the third sub-tabs are electrically connected to form the third tabs; the first lug, the second lug and the third lug are located at different positions of the battery core.

17. The battery module according to any one of claims 5-8, wherein the cells are of a laminated structure;

each first pole piece is provided with a first sub-pole lug, a third sub-pole lug, a fourth sub-pole lug and a sixth sub-pole lug, and each second pole piece is provided with a second sub-pole lug and a fifth sub-pole lug;

all the first pole pieces and all the second pole pieces are superposed to form the battery core, all the first sub-pole lugs are electrically connected to form the first pole lug, all the second sub-pole lugs are electrically connected to form the second pole lug, all the third sub-pole lugs are electrically connected to form the third pole lug, all the fourth sub-pole lugs are electrically connected to form the fourth pole lug, all the fifth sub-pole lugs are electrically connected to form the fifth pole lug, and all the sixth sub-pole lugs are electrically connected to form the sixth pole lug; the first lug, the second lug, the third lug, the fourth lug, the fifth lug and the sixth lug are located at different positions of the battery core.

18. The battery module according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a fourth tab and a fifth tab having different polarities; the fourth tab and the fifth tab are electrically connected with the battery cell body respectively;

the fifth tab and the fourth tab are matched to input voltage and current to the battery cell body or output voltage and current from the battery cell body.

19. The battery module of claim 18, wherein the first tab, the second tab, and the third tab are disposed on a first side of the cell body, and the fourth tab and the fifth tab are disposed on a second side of the cell body;

20. The battery module as set forth in claim 14, wherein the end of the first tab disposed on the first pole piece is connected to the end of the third tab disposed on the first pole piece.

21. The battery module according to any one of claims 1 to 20, wherein:

the second pole lug comprises a first sub-pole lug and a second sub-pole lug which have the same polarity;

wherein the content of the first and second substances,

the first sub-tab is matched with the first tab, so that voltage and current can be input into the cell body or can be output from the cell body;

the second sub-tab and the third tab are matched to input voltage and current to the cell body or output voltage and current from the cell body.

22. The battery module according to any one of claims 1 to 21, wherein:

the shape of the battery cell body is rectangular, square or special-shaped; or

The part of the battery cell body is of a penetrating structure or a non-penetrating structure.

23. A battery module is characterized by comprising a battery core;

the battery cell comprises a battery cell body, a first lug, a second lug, a third lug and a fourth lug;

the first lug, the second lug, the third lug and the fourth lug are respectively electrically connected with the battery cell body; the first tab and the third tab have a first polarity, and the second tab and the fourth tab have a second polarity;

the fourth tab and the third tab are matched to input voltage and current to the cell body or output voltage and current from the cell body;

24. The battery module according to claim 23,

the first tab and the second tab are arranged on a first side of the cell body, and the third tab and the fourth tab are arranged on a second side of the cell body; or

The first pole lug is arranged on the first side of the battery cell body, and the second pole lug, the third pole lug and the fourth pole lug are arranged on the second side of the battery cell body.

25. The battery module according to claim 23 or 24, further comprising: a first battery protection plate and a second battery protection plate; the first battery protection board comprises a first protection circuit and a first battery interface, and the second battery protection board comprises a second protection circuit and a second battery interface;

the second battery interface is electrically connected with the third tab and the fourth tab through the second protection circuit respectively, and the second battery interface, the third tab, the battery cell body, the fourth tab and the second protection circuit form a second conductive loop;

the first protection circuit is used for detecting the voltage and the current of the first conductive loop, and when the voltage or the current exceeds a threshold range, the first protection circuit disconnects the first conductive loop;

the second protection circuit is used for detecting the voltage and the current of the second conductive loop, and when the voltage or the current exceeds a threshold range, the second protection circuit disconnects the second conductive loop.

26. The battery module according to any one of claims 23-25, wherein the cells are in a wound configuration;

the cell body comprises a first pole piece with the first polarity and a second pole piece with the second polarity;

the first tab and the third tab are disposed on the first tab;

the second tab and the fourth tab are disposed on the second tab;

the first pole piece and the second pole piece are wound to form the battery cell body with four pole lugs, and the first pole lug, the second pole lug, the third pole lug and the fourth pole lug are located at different positions of the battery cell body.

27. The battery module according to any one of claims 23 to 25, wherein the cell body is of a laminated structure;

the cell body comprises at least two first pole pieces with the first polarity and at least two second pole pieces with the second polarity;

each first pole piece is provided with a first sub-pole lug and a third sub-pole lug;

each second pole piece is provided with a second sub-pole lug and a fourth sub-pole lug;

all the first pole pieces and all the second pole pieces are superposed to form the battery cell body, all the first sub-tabs are electrically connected to form the first tabs, all the second sub-tabs are electrically connected to form the second tabs, all the third sub-tabs are electrically connected to form the third tabs, and all the fourth sub-tabs are electrically connected to form the fourth tabs;

the first lug, the second lug, the third lug and the fourth lug are located at different positions of the battery cell body.

28. The battery module according to any one of claims 23-27, wherein the cell further comprises: a fifth tab and a sixth tab;

the fifth lug and the sixth lug are electrically connected with the battery cell body respectively; the fifth tab and the first tab and the third tab have the same polarity, and the sixth tab and the second tab and the fourth tab have the same polarity;

29. The battery module of claim 28, wherein the fifth tab and the sixth tab are disposed on a third side of the cell body.

30. The battery module according to claim 28 or 29, further comprising: a third battery protection panel comprising a third protection circuit and a third battery interface;

the third battery interface is electrically connected with the fifth tab and the sixth tab through the third protection circuit respectively, and the third battery interface, the fifth tab, the battery cell body, the sixth tab and the third protection circuit form a third conductive loop;

the third protection circuit is used for detecting the voltage and the current of the third conductive loop, and when the voltage or the current exceeds a threshold range, the third protection circuit disconnects the third conductive loop.

31. The battery module of claim 30, wherein the cells are in a wound configuration;

the first tab, the third tab and the fifth tab are arranged on the first pole piece;

the second tab, the fourth tab and the sixth tab are arranged on the second pole piece;

the first pole piece and the second pole piece are wound to form the battery cell body with six pole lugs, and the first pole lug, the second pole lug, the third pole lug, the fourth pole lug, the fifth pole lug and the sixth pole lug are located at different positions of the battery cell body.

32. The battery module according to claim 31, wherein the cell body is of a laminated structure;

each first pole piece is provided with a first sub-pole lug, a third sub-pole lug and a fifth sub-pole lug;

each second pole piece is provided with a second sub-pole lug, a fourth sub-pole lug and a sixth sub-pole lug;

all the first pole pieces and all the second pole pieces are superposed to form the battery cell body, all the first sub-pole lugs are electrically connected to form the first pole lug, all the second sub-pole lugs are electrically connected to form the second pole lug, all the third sub-pole lugs are electrically connected to form the third pole lug, all the fourth sub-pole lugs are electrically connected to form the fourth pole lug, all the fifth sub-pole lugs are electrically connected to form the fifth pole lug, and all the sixth sub-pole lugs are electrically connected to form the sixth pole lug;

the first tab, the second tab, the third tab, the fourth tab, the fifth tab and the sixth tab are located at different positions of the cell body.

33. The battery module according to any one of claims 23 to 32, wherein:

the shape of the battery cell body is rectangular, square or special-shaped; or

34. A charging module comprising a circuit board and the battery module of any one of claims 1-33, the circuit board being electrically connected to the battery module;

the circuit board is electrically used for receiving a first charging voltage provided by the outside, reducing the first charging voltage to obtain a cell voltage, and outputting the cell voltage to the battery module.

35. The charging module of claim 34, wherein the circuit board comprises a first circuit board and a third circuit board;

the first circuit board comprises an interface for receiving the first charging voltage, the first circuit board converts the first charging voltage into a second charging voltage, and the first circuit board transmits the second charging voltage to the third circuit board;

the third circuit board is electrically connected to the battery module, and is configured to convert the second charging voltage into the cell voltage and output the cell voltage to the battery module.

36. The charging module of claim 34, wherein the circuit board comprises a first circuit board and a third circuit board;

the first circuit board comprises an interface for receiving the first charging voltage, and the first circuit board transmits the first charging voltage to the third circuit board;

the third circuit board is electrically connected to the battery module, and the third circuit board is used for converting the first charging voltage into the cell voltage and outputting the cell voltage to the battery module.

37. The charging module of claim 35 or 36, wherein the circuit board further includes a second circuit board, the first circuit board and the third circuit board are disposed on opposite sides of the battery module, and the second circuit board spans the cell body and is electrically connected to the first circuit board and the second circuit board, respectively.

38. An electronic device comprising a functional circuit and the charging module of any one of claims 34-37, wherein the charging module is configured to provide operating power to the functional circuit.