KR20140143625A - High voltage interlock loop monitoring apparatus capable of detecting connection failure, method thereof and battery module using the same - Google Patents

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KR20140143625A
KR20140143625A KR20130065448A KR20130065448A KR20140143625A KR 20140143625 A KR20140143625 A KR 20140143625A KR 20130065448 A KR20130065448 A KR 20130065448A KR 20130065448 A KR20130065448 A KR 20130065448A KR 20140143625 A KR20140143625 A KR 20140143625A
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A high-voltage interlock loop monitoring apparatus capable of detecting a connection failure according to the present invention includes: at least one connection unit capable of electrically connecting to at least one connection object, respectively; One or more resistors connected in parallel to the respective connection objects when the respective connection objects and the respective connection parts are connected; And a control circuit for calculating a sum of resistance values across each of the resistors and determining whether to connect each of the connection targets to each of the connections based on a sum of the calculated resistance values. According to the present invention, it is possible to accurately detect whether or not the connection is established based on the sum of the resistance values between both ends of the resistors connected in parallel after connecting the resistors in parallel to the object to be connected, It is possible to detect the position of the connection portion where the connection occurs and the number of connection portions where the connection failure occurs, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced because the wiring is not complicated in actual designing.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a high voltage interlock loop monitoring apparatus and method, and a battery module using the same,

The present invention relates to a high voltage interlock loop monitoring apparatus, a method, and a battery module, and more particularly, to a high voltage interlock loop monitoring apparatus and method capable of detecting connection failure and a battery module using the same.

Conventional automobiles using fossil fuels have the disadvantage of seriously polluting the environment due to the exhaust gas that is ejected when the fossil fuel is burned in the internal combustion engine. In addition, since the reserves of fossil fuels are limited, next generation vehicles using alternative energy instead of fossil fuels are being developed as a countermeasure before fossil fuels are depleted.

Among electric vehicles using alternative energy, electric vehicles accumulate electric power stored in the battery and move the electric motor by rotating the electric motor, which is also called EV (Electric Vehicle). Electric vehicles usually refer to both hybrid and plug-in hybrid cars, not purely electric cars. The electric vehicle is a next-generation eco-friendly automobile that significantly reduces harmful gas emissions compared to vehicles using conventional internal combustion engines.

An electric vehicle is a pure electric vehicle (BEV), which is driven only by a battery without the aid of an internal combustion engine, a plug-in hybrid with a small internal combustion engine that uses only electricity stored in the battery as a power source, Hybrid EVs (PHEVs), hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) that maximize fuel efficiency by selectively operating electric motors and internal combustion engines according to driving conditions using internal combustion engines and electric motors.

The electric vehicle includes a battery pack including a battery management system (BMS), a driving electric motor, an inverter / converter, a vehicle controller, and an auxiliary device.

In an electric vehicle, the battery pack may be used as a power source for supplying a high voltage (HV), and may be provided with a connector for driving electric motors, inverters, converters, auxiliary devices, etc., Provide high voltage through the cable.

Therefore, the battery pack in the electric vehicle and the driving electric motor, inverter, converter, and auxiliary equipment that require high voltage are electrically connected to each other by a cable having a connector.

However, when a battery pack or a device requiring high voltage is brought into a connection failure or a connection failure state in which a connector is disconnected due to various factors such as a severe vibration or a collision of a car, a high voltage of the battery pack is not supplied to the electric devices Because the electric device does not work properly, the car may stop operating in severe cases.

Therefore, in an electric vehicle using a high voltage supplied from a battery pack as a main power source or an auxiliary power source, a high voltage interlock loop (HVIL: High Voltage Interlock Loop) is configured to check whether or not specific parts such as a connector are connected.

 The high-voltage interlock loop refers to the function of monitoring and configuring separate closed circuits between parts to check whether or not the specific parts are connected. In the case of a battery pack in an electric vehicle, connectors for connecting the battery pack and electric devices requiring high voltage, fuses and the like are connected by a high-voltage interlock loop so that connection can be monitored.

1A to 1D are diagrams illustrating a conventional high-voltage interlock loop provided in a battery pack.

1A includes a first connector terminal 130a and 130b, a second connector terminal 140a and 140b and a control circuit 120. The first connector terminal 130a and 130b Are connected to the terminals 140a of the second connector terminals 140a and 140b by the conductive wiring 150. [ The second connector 110 includes terminals 110a and 110b connected to the second connector terminals 140a and 140b provided in the battery pack when the second connector 110 is connected. The terminals 110a and 110b are connected by a conductive wiring 111. [

Fig. 1E is a detailed view of the terminals of the second connector 110 and the high-voltage interlock loop shown in Fig. 1A.

1E, the second connector 110 further includes terminals 110c and 110d, which are not shown for convenience of description in FIGS. 1A through 1D, And further includes terminals 140c and 140d which are not shown for convenience.

The terminals 110c and 110d of the second connector 110 are electrically connected to the terminals 140c and 140d of the high voltage interlock loop respectively at the time of connection and the high voltage HV + The high voltage HV + having the positive polarity and the high voltage HV- having the negative polarity can be transmitted to the high voltage HV apparatus when the high voltage HV- having the negative polarity is applied to the terminals 140d and 140d.

The terminals 110a and 110b of the second connector 110 are electrically connected to each other by the conductive wiring 111. This constitutes a closed circuit together with the high voltage interlock loop at the time of connection so that the connector is connected to the high- It is determined whether or not it is connected to the loop. The first connector 100 has the same structure as that of the second connector 110.

Referring back to FIG. 1A, the control circuit 120 in the high voltage interlock loop is for monitoring whether or not the connector is connected, and in the case of a battery pack, a battery management system (BMS) can perform this function.

In the high voltage interlock loop constructed as described above, the first connector 100 is connected to the high voltage interlock loop at the first point 130 and the second connector 110 is connected to the high voltage interlock loop at the second point 140. [ If the second connector 110 is in a connection failure state, the control circuit 120 senses this because the closed loop is not formed in the high-voltage interlock loop and no current flows, It is possible to detect that the connector 100 or the second connector 110 is in the connection failure state.

Similarly, as in the case of Figs. 1B and 1C, when one connector deviates from the high-voltage interlock loop, since no closed circuit is formed and no current flows, the control circuit 120 determines that at least one of the connectors It can detect that it is in a failure state.

1D shows a state in which both the first connector 100 and the second connector 110 are connected to the high-voltage interlock loop. In this case, since the closed circuit is formed in the high-voltage interlock loop, Can sense that all connectors 100, 110 are connected to a high voltage interlock loop.

However, the conventional high-voltage interlock loop as described above has a problem in that the circuit configuration is simple, but the position of the point where the connector is not connected can not be known and the number of points where the connector is not connected can not be grasped.

Figures 2a and 2b show another high voltage interlock loop according to the prior art.

In other conventional high-voltage interlock loops shown in Figs. 2A and 2B, since a high-voltage interlock loop is formed in such a manner as to form one loop for each connection object, Can be grasped to the position of the point where the "

For example, in the high voltage interlock loop shown in FIG. 2A, the first connector 200 is connected to the first point 230 and the second connector 210 is connected to the second point 240 at the second point 240 It is in a state of occurrence.

Since the first connector 200 is connected at the first point 230, the current flows through the closed circuit, so that the control circuit 220 determines that the first connector 200 is connected at the first point 230 Since the second connector 210 is in the connection failure state at the second point 240 and therefore does not form a closed circuit and no current flows, the control circuit 220 controls the second connector 210 It is possible to detect that a connection failure has occurred at the second point 240.

2B, the first connector 200 is connected to the first point 230 and the second connector 210 is connected to the second point 240. In the high voltage interlock loop shown in FIG.

Since the first connector 200 is connected at the first point 230, the current flows through the closed circuit, so that the control circuit 220 determines that the first connector 200 is connected at the first point 230 The control circuit 220 determines that the second connector 210 is connected to the second point 240 because the second connector 210 is also connected at the second point 240 so that the current flows through the closed circuit, 240 are connected to each other.

Thus, other conventional high voltage interlock loops shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B can detect that some points are in a connection failure state at some point.

However, since the conventional high-voltage interlock loop shown in Figs. 2A and 2B forms a high-voltage interlock loop in such a manner that one loop is formed for each connection object, the more the object to be sensed becomes, 220 has a problem in that the process of sensing is complicated and the wiring connection becomes complicated during actual design.

Therefore, there is a need for a high voltage interlock loop monitoring method and apparatus that can detect the position of the connection failure point and the number of the point where the connection failure occurs, and can reduce manufacturing cost because the wiring is not complicated in actual design.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the problems of the conventional art described above, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for detecting a position of a connection failure point, Voltage interlock loop monitoring apparatus capable of detecting a connection failure, which is not complicated and can reduce manufacturing cost.

Another problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an apparatus and a method for detecting a connection failure, which can detect a position where a connection failure occurs and a number of points where a connection failure occurs, Voltage interlock loop monitoring method capable of detecting a high-voltage interlock loop.

Another problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an apparatus and a method for detecting a connection failure, which can detect a position where a connection failure occurs and a number of points where a connection failure occurs, Voltage interlock loop monitoring that can detect a high-voltage interlock loop.

A high-voltage interlock loop monitoring apparatus capable of detecting a connection failure according to an embodiment of the present invention includes:

One or more connections each capable of connecting with one or more connection objects;

One or more resistors connected in parallel to the respective connection objects when the respective connection objects and the respective connection parts are connected; And

A control circuit for calculating a sum of resistance values across each of the resistors and for determining whether to connect each of the connection targets to each of the connections based on a sum of the calculated resistance values,

The connections, the resistors and the control circuit form a closed circuit.

When each of the connection targets and each of the connection units is connected, each of the connection targets may include a short-circuit means for short-circuiting between the ends of each of the one or more resistors.

When each of the connection objects and each of the connection units is connected, each of the connection objects may further include means for transmitting an electric signal or a power output output from the connected connection unit.

The power output output from the connection unit may include a high voltage output from the battery pack of the electric vehicle.

The power output output from the connection unit may include a high voltage output from the battery pack of the energy storage system.

The connection objects may include a connector or a fuse.

The control circuit comprising:

A power source for applying a voltage to a first one of the connection units;

A sense resistor having one end connected to the last one of the connection portions and the other end connected to the power supply; And

Calculating a voltage value across the sense resistor and calculating a sum of the resistance values across each of the one or more resistors connected in parallel to the respective connection object based on the calculated voltage value, And a controller for determining whether or not to connect each of the connection objects.

The resistance values of one or more resistors connected in parallel for each connection object may be the same.

The control circuit calculates the sum of the resistance values across each of the resistors and determines whether or not each of the connection targets for each of the connections is connected and the number of connection objects that are not connected based on the sum of the calculated resistance values You can decide.

Wherein at least one of the resistors connected in parallel to each connection object has different resistance values from each other, each of the resistors having an n-th power of 2, and the n may include an integer equal to or greater than zero.

Wherein the control circuit calculates a sum of resistance values between both ends of each of the resistors, converts the sum of the resistance values into a binary number, and determines whether connection of each of the connection targets to each of the connection units based on the binary number And the position of the connection portion to which the connection object is not connected.

One or more resistors connected in parallel to each of the connection objects have different resistance values from each other, each having resistance values of an n-th power of an integer of 3 or more, and n may include an integer of 0 or more.

Wherein the control circuit calculates the sum of the resistance values across each of the resistors, converts the sum of the resistance values to three or more decimal numbers, and then connects each of the connection targets to each of the connection units based on the ternary number And the position of the connection part to which the connection object is not connected.

A high-voltage interlock loop monitoring apparatus capable of detecting connection failure according to another embodiment of the present invention includes:

A plurality of connections each capable of connecting to a plurality of connection objects, each of the connections comprising: a plurality of connections including a first terminal and a second terminal;

A plurality of resistors connected in series between the first terminal and the second terminal of each of the connection portions;

And a control circuit for calculating a sum of resistance values across each of the resistors and for determining whether to connect each of the connection targets to each of the connections based on the calculated resistance values,

A second terminal of one of the two neighboring connection portions is connected to a first terminal of the other connection portion, and each of the connection objects includes a first terminal and a second terminal, And the second terminal are connected to each other.

The control circuit comprising:

A power source for applying a voltage to a first one of the connection units;

A sense resistor having one end connected to the last connection of the connection portions and the other end connected to the power supply; And

Calculating a sum of the resistance values between the first terminal and the second terminal of each of the connection units based on the calculated voltage value and calculating a sum of the resistance values of the connection targets And a control unit for determining whether or not the received signal is transmitted.

When each of the connection objects and each of the connection units is connected, each of the connection objects may further include means for transmitting an electric signal or a power output output from the connected connection unit.

The power output output from the connection unit may include a high voltage output from the battery pack of the electric vehicle.

The power output output from the connection unit may include a high voltage output from the battery pack of the energy storage system.

The connection objects may include a connector or a fuse.

The resistance values of the resistors connected between the first terminal and the second terminal of the respective connection portions may be the same.

The control circuit calculates the sum of the resistance values across each of the resistors and determines whether to connect each of the connection targets to each of the connections based on the sum of the calculated resistance values, The number can be determined.

The resistors connected between the first terminal and the second terminal of the respective connection portions have different resistance values from each other, each having resistance values of n square powers of 2, and n may include an integer of 0 or more.

Wherein the control circuit calculates a sum of resistance values between both ends of each of the resistors, converts the sum of the resistance values into a binary number, and determines whether connection of each of the connection targets to each of the connection units based on the binary number And the location of the disconnected connection.

Resistors connected between the first terminal and the second terminal of each of the connections have different resistance values from each other, each having resistance values of an n-th power of an integer of 3 or more, and n may include an integer of 0 or more.

Wherein the control circuit calculates the sum of the resistance values across each of the resistors, converts the sum of the resistance values to three or more decimal numbers, and then converts the sum of the resistance values of each of the connection objects It is possible to determine the connection status and the position of the connection section to which the connection object is not connected.

A high-voltage interlock loop monitoring method capable of detecting a connection failure according to an embodiment of the present invention includes:

(A) connecting one or more connection objects to one or more connection parts, respectively, and connecting a resistor for each connection part to which the connection objects are connected so as to be connected in parallel with the respective connection objects;

(B) calculating a sum of resistance values across each of the resistors; And

(C) determining whether to connect each of the connection objects to each of the connections based on the sum of the resistance values.

When each of the connection objects and each of the connection portions is connected, each of the connection objects may include a short-circuit means for short-circuiting between the ends of each of the resistors.

When each of the connection objects and each of the connection units is connected, each of the connection objects may further include means for transmitting an electric signal or a power output output from the connected connection unit.

The power output output from the connection unit may include a high voltage output from the battery pack of the electric vehicle.

The power output output from the connection unit may include a high voltage output from the battery pack of the energy storage system.

The connection objects may include a connector or a fuse.

The resistance values of the resistors connected in parallel to each connection object may be the same.

Wherein the step (C) comprises: calculating a sum of resistance values across each of the resistors and determining whether to connect each of the connection targets to each of the connections based on a sum of the calculated resistance values, And determining the number of connection objects.

Resistors connected in parallel to the respective connection objects have different resistance values from each other, each having resistance values of n square powers of 2, and n may include an integer of 0 or more.

Wherein the step (C) comprises the steps of: calculating a sum of resistance values between the two ends of each of the resistors, converting the sum of the resistance values into a binary number, And determining the position of the connection portion to which the connection object is not connected.

Resistors connected in parallel to each of the connection objects have different resistance values from each other, each having resistance values of an n-th power of an integer of 3 or more, and n may include an integer of 0 or more.

Wherein the step (C) comprises the steps of: calculating a sum of resistance values between each of the resistors, converting a sum of the resistance values into three or more decimal numbers, And the position of the connection point to which the connection object is not connected.

According to the present invention, it is possible to accurately detect whether or not the connection is established based on the sum of the resistance values between both ends of the resistors connected in parallel after connecting the resistors in parallel to the object to be connected, It is possible to detect the position of the connection portion where the connection occurs and the number of connection portions where the connection failure occurs, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced because the wiring is not complicated in actual designing.

Figures 1A-1D illustrate a conventional high voltage interlock loop.
FIG. 1E is a detailed view of the terminals of the second connector and the high voltage interlock loop shown in FIG. 1A.
Figures 2a and 2b show another conventional high voltage interlock loop.
Fig. 3 is a diagram showing an equivalent circuit of the conventional high-voltage interlock loop shown in Fig. 1A.
4 is a diagram illustrating a high-voltage interlock loop monitoring apparatus capable of detecting a connection failure according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating an equivalent circuit of a high-voltage interlock loop monitoring apparatus capable of detecting a connection failure according to an embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG.
FIG. 6 is a detailed view of the first connector shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 and the terminal of the corresponding high-voltage interlock loop.
7 is a flowchart of a high-voltage interlock loop monitoring method capable of detecting a connection failure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The objectives, specific advantages and novel features of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: FIG. It should be noted that, in the present specification, the reference numerals are added to the constituent elements of the drawings, and the same constituent elements are assigned the same number as much as possible even if they are displayed on different drawings. Also, terms such as " first, "" second," and the like are used to distinguish one element from another element, and the element is not limited thereto. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In the following description of the present invention, detailed description of related arts which may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention will be omitted.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a high-voltage interlock loop monitoring apparatus capable of detecting a connection failure according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a high-voltage interlock loop monitoring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a high-voltage interlock loop monitoring method capable of detecting a connection failure according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

A high-voltage interlock loop monitoring apparatus and method capable of detecting a connection failure according to an embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to FIGS. 4 through 7. FIG.

4, a high-voltage interlock loop monitoring apparatus capable of detecting connection failure according to an embodiment of the present invention includes first to third connectors 400, 410 and 420 connected at three connection points, The first to third connecting portions 440, 450 and 460 are electrically connected to the first and second terminals 440a and 440b and 450a and 460b respectively, The first to third connection portions 440, 450 and 460 including the first and second connection portions 440 and 450 and 460b and 460a and 460b and the first and second connection portions 440a and 440b R2, and R3 connected to the first to third resistors R1, R2, and R3, respectively, one by one between the first to third resistors R1, R2, and R3, And a control circuit 430 for calculating the sum and detecting whether the first to third connectors 400, 410, 420 are connected or not.

The control circuit 430 monitors whether connectors or parts are connected. In the case of a battery pack, a battery management system (BMS) can perform such a function.

The first and second terminals 440b and 450a, 450b and 460a of the two neighboring connection portions 440 and 450, 450 and 460 of the connection portions 440, 450 and 460 are electrically connected to the conductive wiring 470 and 471, respectively.

5, the control circuit 430 includes a power supply 480 for applying a voltage to the first connection unit 440 of the first to third connection units 440, 450, and 460, The sense resistor R4 connected to the third connection part 460 of the first to third connection parts 440, 450 and 460 and the voltage value caught by the sense resistor R4 are calculated and based on the calculated voltage value, R2 and R3 connected between the first terminals of the first to fourth resistors 440, 450 and 460 and the second terminals 440a and 440b, 450a and 450b, 460a and 460b, And a controller 490 for calculating the sum and detecting whether the first to third connectors 400, 410, 420 are connected.

4 and 5, the connectors are shown as the connection objects 400, 410, and 420, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and the connection objects may include fuses or electronic components.

In the high-voltage interlock loop monitoring apparatus capable of detecting a connection failure according to an embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the first connector 400 includes a first connection unit 440 of an interlock loop, And terminals 400a and 400b connected to the terminals 440a and 440b provided in the first connector 400. The terminals 400a and 400b provided in the first connector 400 are connected to the conductive wires 401 Lt; / RTI > In addition, the second and third connectors 410 and 420 are formed in the same configuration as the first connector 400.

The terminals 400a and 400b provided in the first connector 400 are connected to each other by the conductive wiring 401 because the first connector 400 is provided in the first connection part 440 of the interlock loop The conductive wire 401 is connected to the first resistor R1 in parallel to short-circuit the first resistor R1 when the conductive wire 401 is connected to the terminals 440a and 440b. If the first connector 400 is connected to the terminals 440a and 440b provided in the first connection part 440 of the interlock loop so that the first resistor R1 is shorted by the conductive wiring 401, The control circuit 430 calculates the sum of the resistance values between the first resistor R1 and the third resistor R3 so that the resistance value between both ends of the resistor R1 is close to zero, The resistance value of the first connector 400 can be compared with the resistance values stored in advance.

4 and 5, since the first connector 400 is not connected to the terminals 440a and 440b provided in the first connection part 440 of the interlock loop, The resistance value between the both ends of the first resistor R1 has a unique resistance value of the first resistor R1 so that the control circuit 430 can prevent the first resistor R1 from being short- R1) to the third resistor R3 and compares the calculated resistance values with previously stored resistance values to determine that the first connector 400 is not connected. A detailed description of how the control circuit 430 determines whether or not the first to third connectors 400, 410, 420 are connected will be described later.

6 is a view showing in detail the first connector 400 shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 and the terminal of the corresponding high-voltage interlock loop.

As shown in Fig. 6, the first connector 400 further includes terminals 400c and 400d (not shown) for convenience of explanation in Figs. 4 and 5, and in an embodiment of the present invention The first connection unit 440 further includes terminals 440c and 440d (not shown) for convenience of explanation. The remaining connections 450 and 460 are also formed in the same configuration.

The terminals 400c and 400d of the first connector 400 are electrically connected to the terminals 440c and 440d of the high voltage interlock loop at the time of connection and the high voltage HV + (HV +) having a positive polarity and a high voltage (HV-) having a negative polarity when a high voltage (HV-) having a negative polarity is applied to a high voltage (HV) using apparatus.

The terminals 400a and 400b of the first connector 400 are electrically connected to each other by the conductive wiring 401. This constitutes a closed circuit together with the high voltage interlock loop at the time of connection so that the first connector 400 ) Is connected to the high-voltage interlock loop. The second connector 410 and the third connector 420 also include the conductive wirings 402 and 403 and have the same structure as the first connector 400.

First, before describing a high-voltage interlock loop monitoring apparatus and method capable of detecting a connection failure according to an embodiment of the present invention, reference is made to an equivalent circuit of the conventional high-voltage interlock loop of FIG. .

In the conventional high voltage interlock loop, when the first connector 100 is connected to the high voltage interlock loop and the second connector 110 is disconnected from the high voltage interlock loop, that is, when the second connector 110 is connected In the case of being put into a failure state, since a closed circuit is not formed in the high voltage interlock loop, no current flows from the power supply 160 to the resistor R, and the voltage is changed to the voltage applied to the resistor R to generate an interrupt signal. Accordingly, the control circuit 120 detects this and determines that the first connector 100 or the second connector 110 is in the connection failure state.

In contrast, a high-voltage interlock loop monitoring apparatus capable of detecting a connection failure according to an embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 is configured such that the first to third connectors 400, 410, The first to third connectors 400, 410, and 420 are connected to the first to third connectors 400, 410, and 420, respectively, (440, 450, 460) (Step S700).

The controller 490 measures the voltage across both ends of the sense resistor R4 having a known resistance value and calculates the sum of the resistance values of both ends of the first to third resistors R1 to R3 connected in parallel (S710).

Since the first connector 400 and the third connector 420 are not connected to the high voltage interlock loop, the resistance value between the both ends of each of the first resistor R1 and the third resistor R3 is equal to the resistance value of the first resistor R1, The second connector 410 is connected to the high-voltage interlock loop. Therefore, the second connector 410 is connected to the high-voltage interlock loop by the conductive wiring 402 of the second connector 410, Both ends of the two resistors R2 are short-circuited and the resistance value between both ends of the second resistor R2 becomes a value close to zero.

Since the control unit 490 has already learned the resistance value of the sense resistor R4 and the voltage value of the power supply 480, the voltage across both ends of the sense resistor R4 is measured and the first to third resistors R1, R2, and R3, respectively.

The controller 490 controls the first to fourth connectors 400 to 420 based on the sum of the resistance values at both ends of each of the first to third resistors R1 to R3, 1 to the third connection units 440, 450, and 460 (S720).

When the resistors having the same resistance values are used as the first to third resistors R1 to R3, if the control section 490 measures the voltage across the sense resistor R4 that already knows the resistance value, The connector 490 can calculate the sum of the resistance values across the first resistor R1 to the third resistor R3 so that some of the connectors 400, 410, 420 are connected to the high voltage interlock loop It is possible to know whether or not it is connected to the connection portion. However, in this case, the number of connectors not connected to the connection units can be known, and it is impossible to know which connector is connected to which connection unit and which connector is not connected to which connection unit. That is, the number of connection objects that are not connected to the connection unit can be detected, but it is not possible to detect which connection unit (connection position) the connection objects are not connected to. However, when a large number of connection objects to be connected or a simple connection failure detection method are required, resistors having the same resistance values as the first to third resistors (R1 to R3) A lock loop monitoring device can be configured.

On the other hand, when resistors having different resistance values R1 = 1Kohm, R2 = 2Kohm and R3 = 4Kohm are used as the first resistor R1 to the third resistor R3, that is, As the resistances R1 to R3, resistors having resistance values of 1, 2, and 4 are used, respectively. If the number of connectors is N, the case where the n-th power of 2 is used as the first to N-th resistors, respectively. Here, N is an integer of 1 or more, and n is 0 to N-1. That is, since a large unit value of resistance can be omitted, resistors having resistance values in which a relation of being a multiple of 2 is formed between connected resistances (first resistor to third resistor) are connected in parallel As resistors.

4 and 5, both ends of the second resistor R2 are short-circuited by the conductive wiring 402, and the resistance value becomes a value close to zero, so that the controller 490 controls the first to third resistors R1, R2 + R3 = 1 + 0 + 4 = 5 as the sum of the resistance values at both ends of each of the resistors R1, R2, R3. The control unit 490 obtains '101' by converting 5, which is the sum of the calculated resistance values, into binary numbers. The control unit 490 can determine that only the second resistor R2 is connected to the high voltage interlock loop and the first resistor R1 and the third resistor R3 are in the connection failure state based on the obtained ' have.

Since 1 is a binary number '1', 2 is a binary number '10', and '4' is a binary number '100', it indicates a position where its position is 1, . Therefore, the sum of the resistance values can be converted into a binary number so that the location of the connection failure, that is, the location of the connection failure, can be grasped.

In Table 1, when the sum of the resistance values is converted into binary, when the leftmost bit of the converted binary number is regarded as the first bit, each bit of the converted binary number and the connection position It is a table showing the relationship.

First bit Second bit Third bit Connection at R3 Connection at R2 Connection at R1

If the control unit 490 measures the voltage applied to the sense resistor R4 having a known resistance value and calculates the sum of the resistance values across the first to the third resistors R1 to R3, The control unit 490 can acquire '111' by converting it into a binary number and the control unit 490 is able to acquire '111' at every point of the first connection unit 440, the second connection unit 450 and the third connection unit 460 It is possible to detect that a connection failure has occurred.

When the resistors having the resistance values of the n-th power of 2 are used as the resistors connected in parallel to the connection targets in connection, the controller 490 calculates the sum of the resistance values across the resistors, So as to determine the position of the connection unit in the connection failure state and the number of the connection units or connection objects where the connection failure occurred. In the above, n is an integer of 0 or more.

Of course, it is also possible to use different resistance values having an n-square power of an integer of 3 or more, as well as resistance values of n-square powers of 2 as resistance values of the resistors. In this case, the control unit 390 calculates the sum of the resistance values between the both ends of each of the resistors, converts the sum of the resistance values into three or more decimal numbers, It is possible to determine the respective connection states and the positions of the connection sections to which the connection object is not connected.

If the resistance values of the resistors are not different from each other, the resistances of the resistors are different from each other. In this case, It is difficult to accurately detect the position of the connection failure point and whether or not the connection failure has occurred. Therefore, it is preferable that the resistance values of the resistors have different resistance values with an n-th power of an integer of 2 or more.

For example, if a resistor value is used as a resistance value, such as binary, ternary, or the like, each resistance value should not overlap. If 1Kohm, 2Kohm, 4Kohm, 4Kohm are used as the resistance values of the resistors, if one of the 4Kohm resistors is short-circuited, it is impossible to determine which one of the two resistors having the resistance value of 4Kohm is short- It is impossible to accurately grasp the position of the point where the " Therefore, when a value of the form of a decimal value such as binary or ternary is used as the resistance value of the resistors, the resistance values should not overlap with each other.

The high-voltage interlock loop monitoring apparatus and method capable of detecting a connection failure according to an embodiment of the present invention can be applied to a battery pack, a battery module or a battery system of an electric vehicle or an energy storage system, And may be applied to any type of devices that distribute to devices requiring high voltage using connectors or the like. In addition, although the high-voltage interlock loop is described in the present invention, the present invention can be applied not only to a high-voltage interlock loop but also to an interlock loop for detecting whether a general electric signal is connected or not.

The methods discussed herein may be implemented using various means, depending on the application. For example, these methods may be implemented in the form of hardware, firmware, software, or any combination thereof. In an implementation involving hardware, the control circuitry or control portion may comprise one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), processors, , Microprocessors, electronic devices, other electronic units designed to perform the functions discussed herein, or a combination thereof.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, the same is by way of illustration and example only and is not to be construed as limiting the present invention. It is obvious that the modification or improvement is possible.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

400: first connector 400a: first terminal of the first connector
400b: second terminal of the first connector 401: conductive wiring of the first connector
410: second connector 420: third connector
430: control circuit 440: first connection
440a: first terminal of the first connecting part 440b: second terminal of the first connecting part
450: second connection part 450a: first terminal of the second connection part
450b: second terminal of second connection part 460: third connection part
460a: first terminal of the third connection part 460b: second terminal of the third connection part
470: Conductive wiring between the first connection part and the second connection part
471: Conductive wiring between the second connection part and the third connection part
R1: first resistance R2: second resistance
R3: Third resistor R4: Sense resistor

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One or more connections each capable of connecting with one or more connection objects;
One or more resistors connected in parallel to the respective connection objects when the respective connection objects and the respective connection parts are connected; And
A control circuit for calculating a sum of resistance values across each of the resistors and for determining whether to connect each of the connection targets to each of the connections based on a sum of the calculated resistance values,
Wherein said connections, said resistors and said control circuit form a closed circuit. ≪ Desc / Clms Page number 13 >
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein when each of the connection objects and each of the connection parts is connected, each of the connection objects includes a short-circuit means for short-circuiting between both ends of each of the one or more resistors. High-voltage interlock loop monitoring device. [3] The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein when each of the connection targets and each of the connection units is connected, each of the connection targets further includes means capable of transmitting an electric signal or a power output output from the connected connection unit A high-voltage interlock loop monitoring device capable of detecting a connection failure. The high-voltage interlock loop monitoring apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the power output output from the connection unit includes a high voltage output from the battery pack of the electric vehicle. The high-voltage interlock loop monitoring apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the power output output from the connection unit includes a high voltage output from a battery pack of the energy storage system. The high voltage interlock loop monitoring apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the connection objects include a connector or a fuse. The control circuit according to claim 2,
A power source for applying a voltage to a first one of the connection units;
A sense resistor having one end connected to the last one of the connection portions and the other end connected to the power supply; And
Calculating a voltage value across the sense resistor and calculating a sum of the resistance values across each of the one or more resistors connected in parallel to the respective connection object based on the calculated voltage value, And a controller for determining whether or not each of the connection targets is connected to the plurality of connection targets.
3. The high-voltage interlock loop monitoring apparatus according to claim 2, wherein resistance values of at least one of the resistors connected in parallel to each connection object are the same. 9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the control circuit calculates a sum of the resistance values across each of the resistors and determines whether to connect each of the connection targets to each of the connections based on the sum of the calculated resistance values, Wherein the number of connected objects is determined based on the number of connected objects. The method of claim 2, wherein the at least one resistor connected in parallel to each connection object has different resistance values from each other, each having resistance values of n square powers of 2, A high-voltage interlock loop monitoring device capable of detecting a connection failure. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein the control circuit calculates a sum of resistance values across each of the resistors, converts the sum of the resistance values to a binary number, And the position of the connection portion to which the connection object is not connected is determined. The method of claim 2, wherein the one or more resistors connected in parallel to each of the connection objects have different resistance values from each other, each having resistance values of an n-th power of an integer greater than or equal to 3, High-voltage interlock loop monitoring device capable of detecting connection failures. 13. The method of claim 12, wherein the control circuit is further configured to calculate a sum of the resistance values across each of the resistors, convert the sum of the resistances to three or more decimal numbers, Wherein the connection failure detecting unit determines whether or not each of the objects is connected and the position of the connection unit to which the connection object is not connected. A plurality of connections each capable of connecting to a plurality of connection objects, each of the connections comprising: a plurality of connections including a first terminal and a second terminal;
A plurality of resistors connected in series between the first terminal and the second terminal of each of the connection portions;
And a control circuit for calculating a sum of resistance values across each of the resistors and for determining whether to connect each of the connection targets to each of the connections based on the calculated resistance values,
A second terminal of one of the two neighboring connection portions is connected to a first terminal of the other connection portion, and each of the connection objects includes a first terminal and a second terminal, And the second terminal are connected to each other. A high-voltage interlock loop monitoring apparatus capable of detecting a connection failure.
15. The control circuit according to claim 14,
A power source for applying a voltage to a first one of the connection units;
A sense resistor having one end connected to the last connection of the connection portions and the other end connected to the power supply; And
Calculating a sum of the resistance values between the first terminal and the second terminal of each of the connection units based on the calculated voltage value and calculating a sum of the resistance values of the connection targets Wherein the high-voltage interlock loop monitoring apparatus includes a control section that determines whether or not the connection failure has occurred.
15. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein when each of the connection targets and each of the connection units is connected, each of the connection targets further comprises means capable of transmitting an electric signal or a power output output from the connected connection unit A high-voltage interlock loop monitoring device capable of detecting a connection failure. 15. The high-voltage interlock loop monitoring apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the power output output from the connection unit includes a high voltage output from the battery pack of the electric vehicle. The high-voltage interlock loop monitoring apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the power output output from the connection unit includes a high voltage output from a battery pack of the energy storage system. 15. The high-voltage interlock loop monitoring apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the connection objects include a connector or a fuse. 15. The high-voltage interlock loop monitoring apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the resistance values of the resistors connected between the first terminal and the second terminal of the respective connections are the same. 21. The method of claim 20, wherein the control circuit calculates a sum of resistance values across each of the resistors and determines whether to connect each of the connection targets to each of the connections based on a sum of the calculated resistance values, And the number of connection objects that are not connected to the external device is determined. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein the resistors coupled between the first terminal and the second terminal of each of the connections have different resistance values, each having resistance values of n squared, and wherein n comprises an integer greater than or equal to zero High-voltage interlock loop monitoring device capable of detecting connection failures. 23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the control circuit is further configured to: calculate a sum of resistance values across each of the resistors, convert the sum of the resistance values to a binary number, And the position of the unconnected connection portion is determined based on a result of the detection of the connection failure. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein the resistors connected between the first terminal and the second terminal of each of the connections have different resistance values, each having resistance values of n power multiplied by an integer greater than or equal to 3, Wherein the high-voltage interlock loop monitoring device is capable of detecting a connection failure. 25. The method of claim 24, wherein the control circuit is further configured to: calculate a sum of resistance values across each of the resistors, convert the sum of the resistances to three or more decimal numbers, Wherein the controller determines whether or not each of the connection objects is connected and the position of the connection section to which the connection object is not connected. (A) connecting one or more connection objects to one or more connection parts, respectively, and connecting a resistor for each connection part to which the connection objects are connected so as to be connected in parallel with the respective connection objects;
(B) calculating a sum of resistance values across each of the resistors; And
(C) determining whether to connect each of the connection objects to each of the connections based on the sum of the resistance values.
27. The method according to claim 26, wherein when each of the connection targets and each of the connection units is connected, each of the connection targets includes a short-circuit means for short-circuiting between both ends of each of the resistors High voltage interlock loop monitoring method that can be used. 27. The apparatus as claimed in claim 27, wherein when each of the connection targets and each of the connection units is connected, each of the connection targets further comprises means capable of transmitting an electric signal or a power output output from the connected connection unit High-voltage interlock loop monitoring method capable of detecting a connection failure. The high-voltage interlock loop monitoring method according to claim 28, wherein the power output output from the connection unit includes a high voltage output from the battery pack of the electric vehicle. 29. The method of claim 28, wherein the power output output from the connection includes a high voltage output from the battery pack of the energy storage system. 27. The method of claim 26, wherein the connection targets include a connector or a fuse. The high voltage interlock loop monitoring method according to claim 27, wherein the resistance values of the resistors connected in parallel to the respective connection targets are the same. 33. The method of claim 32, wherein step (C)
Calculates the sum of the resistance values across each of the resistors, and determines whether to connect each of the connection targets to each of the connections based on the sum of the calculated resistance values to determine the number of connection objects that are not connected Wherein the high-voltage interlock loop monitoring method comprises the steps of:
28. The method of claim 27, wherein the resistors connected in parallel to each connection object have different resistance values, each having resistance values of n power powers of 2, and wherein n comprises an integer greater than or equal to zero. A high voltage interlock loop monitoring method capable of detecting failures. 36. The method of claim 34, wherein the step (C)
Calculating a sum of resistance values between both ends of each of the resistors, converting the sum of the resistance values into binary numbers, determining whether or not each of the connection targets is connected to each of the connection units based on the binary number, And determining a position of a connection that is not connected to the high-voltage interlock loop.
27. The semiconductor device according to claim 27, wherein the resistors connected in parallel to each of the connection objects have resistance values different from each other, each having resistance values of an n-th power of an integer of 3 or more, and n is an integer of 0 or more High-voltage interlock loop monitoring method capable of detecting a connection failure. 37. The method of claim 36, wherein the step (C)
A sum of resistance values between both ends of each of the resistors, converting the sum of the resistance values into three or more decimal numbers, and determining whether or not each of the connection targets for each of the connection units is connected and connected And determining a location of an access point to which the object is not connected.
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