WO2022007523A1

WO2022007523A1 - Battery protection circuit

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Publication number: WO2022007523A1
Application number: PCT/CN2021/095640
Authority: WO
Inventors: 李�杰; 白青刚; 杨小华
Original assignee: 深圳市创芯微微电子有限公司
Priority date: 2020-07-09
Filing date: 2021-05-25
Publication date: 2022-01-13
Also published as: CN111564825A; CN111564825B

Abstract

The present application provides a battery protection circuit, comprising a reference and bias circuit connected to a battery voltage sampling point, a voltage protection circuit, a current protection circuit, an enable generation circuit, a delay circuit, an oscillator, and a power tube control circuit; a first output end of the oscillator is connected to the enable generation circuit, and a second output end thereof is connected to the delay circuit; a first output end of the enable generation circuit is connected to a first input end of the voltage protection circuit, and a second output end thereof is connected to a first input end of the current protection circuit; a second input end of the voltage protection circuit is connected to the battery voltage sampling point, and an output end thereof is connected to the delay circuit; a second input end of the current protection circuit is connected to a loop current sampling point, and an output end thereof is connected to the delay circuit; and an output end of the delay circuit is connected to the power tube control circuit. The present application solves the problem of high current and high power consumption of existing battery protection circuits during normal operation.

Description

A battery protection circuit

This application claims the priority of the Chinese patent application with the application number 202010655845.X and the invention title "A Battery Protection Circuit", which was filed with the China Patent Office on July 9, 2020, the entire contents of which are incorporated into this application by reference .

technical field

The present application relates to the field of electronic technology, and in particular, to a battery protection circuit.

Background technique

The existing battery protection chip includes an overdischarge protection circuit and an overcharge protection circuit for detecting the battery voltage, and a discharge overcurrent protection circuit, a charging overcurrent protection and a short circuit protection circuit for detecting the loop current. When the battery protection chip is working normally, the above-mentioned over-discharge protection circuit, over-charge protection circuit, discharge over-current protection circuit, charging over-current protection and short-circuit protection circuit are all continuously enabled, resulting in a higher operating current of the battery protection chip. It increases the power consumption of the battery protection chip and is not conducive to prolonging the standby time of the battery.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present application provides a battery protection circuit to solve the problems of large current and high power consumption in the normal operation of the existing battery protection circuit.

The present application is implemented in this way, a battery protection circuit, comprising:

Reference and bias circuit, voltage protection circuit, current protection circuit, enable generation circuit, delay circuit, oscillator, power tube control circuit;

The first output end of the oscillator is connected with the enabling generating circuit, and the second output end is connected with the delay circuit;

The first output terminal of the enable generation circuit is connected to the first input terminal of the voltage protection circuit, and the second output terminal is connected to the first input terminal of the current protection circuit;

The second input end of the voltage protection circuit is connected to the battery voltage sampling point, and the output end is connected to the delay circuit;

The second input end of the current protection circuit is connected to the loop current sampling point, and the output end is connected to the delay circuit;

The output end of the delay circuit is connected with the power tube control circuit;

the reference and bias circuits are connected to the battery voltage sampling point;

The reference and bias circuit is used to generate the bias voltage required by the voltage protection circuit and the bias current required by the current protection circuit; the oscillator is used to generate a clock signal; The clock signal generates an enable signal of the voltage protection circuit and the current protection circuit, wherein the enable signal of the voltage protection circuit and the current protection circuit is an asynchronous signal; the voltage protection circuit is used for according to the enable signal Detecting the battery voltage, and generating a detection inversion signal when the battery voltage is abnormal; the current protection circuit is used to detect the charging current and the discharging current according to the enabling signal, and generate detection when the charging current and the discharging current are abnormal an inversion signal; the delay circuit is used to perform delay processing on the detected inversion signal; the power tube control circuit is used to generate a control signal according to the output signal of the delay circuit, and send the control signal to the power tube , to control the startup or shutdown of the power tube; wherein, the power tube is connected in series in the charging and discharging circuit between the battery and the charging power source or the load.

Optionally, the voltage protection circuit includes a first resistor, a second resistor, a third resistor, an overdischarge protection circuit, and an overcharge protection circuit;

The first input end of the over-discharge protection circuit is connected to the common contact between the first resistor and the second resistor, the second input end is connected to the first output end of the enable generating circuit, and the output end is connected to the the delay circuit connection;

The first input end of the overcharge protection circuit is connected to the common contact between the second resistor and the third resistor, the second input end is connected to the first output end of the enable generating circuit, and the output end is connected to the the delay circuit connection;

The other end of the first resistor is connected to the battery voltage sampling point; the other end of the third resistor is connected to the floating output;

Wherein, the over-discharge protection circuit is used to start according to the enable signal of the enable generation circuit, obtain the battery voltage from the battery voltage sampling point, and send a detection inversion signal to the delay when the battery voltage is less than the first voltage threshold. time circuit; the overcharge protection circuit is used to start according to the enable signal of the enable generation circuit, obtain the battery voltage from the battery voltage sampling point, and send a detection inversion signal to the said battery voltage when the battery voltage is greater than the second voltage threshold delay circuit.

Optionally, the current protection circuit includes a discharge overcurrent protection circuit, a short circuit protection circuit, and a charging overcurrent protection circuit;

The first input terminals of the discharge overcurrent protection circuit, the short circuit protection circuit and the charging overcurrent protection circuit are respectively connected to the loop current sampling point;

The second input terminals of the discharge overcurrent protection circuit, the short-circuit protection circuit and the charging overcurrent protection circuit are respectively connected with the enabling generating circuit;

The output ends of the discharge overcurrent protection circuit, the short circuit protection circuit and the charging overcurrent protection circuit are respectively connected with the delay circuit;

The discharge overcurrent protection circuit is used to start according to the enable signal of the enable generation circuit, obtain the discharge current from the loop current sampling point, and send a detection inversion signal to the delay when the discharge current is greater than the first current threshold circuit; the charging overcurrent protection circuit is used to start according to the enable signal of the enable generating circuit, obtain the charging current from the loop current sampling point, and send a detection inversion signal to the said charging current when the charging current is greater than the second current threshold Delay circuit; the short-circuit protection circuit is used to start according to the enable signal of the enable generating circuit, obtain the short-circuit voltage from the loop current sampling point, and send a detection inversion signal when the short-circuit voltage is greater than the short-circuit protection voltage threshold the delay circuit.

Optionally, the enable generation circuit includes at least one delay circuit;

When there are multiple delay circuits, the delay circuits are connected in series with each other, and the input terminal of the first delay circuit is connected to the first output terminal of the oscillator.

Optionally, the enable generation circuit includes four delay circuits, which are a first delay circuit, a second delay circuit, a third delay circuit, and a fourth delay circuit;

the common contact between the input end of the first delay circuit and the first output end of the oscillator, the common contact point between the output end of the first delay circuit and the input end of the second delay circuit, the common contact between the output end of the second delay circuit and the input end of the third delay circuit, the common contact point between the output end of the third delay circuit and the input end of the fourth delay circuit, The output terminals of the fourth delay circuit are all used as enable signal output terminals, which are used to connect the second input terminal of the overdischarge protection circuit, the second input terminal of the overcharge protection circuit, and the discharge overcurrent protection circuit. One of the second input terminal of the circuit, the second input terminal of the short circuit protection circuit, the second input terminal of the charging overcurrent protection circuit, or any combination thereof.

Optionally, the power tube control circuit further includes:

Logic circuit, charge pump voltage regulator circuit, level shift circuit;

The input end of the logic circuit is connected with the output end of the delay circuit, and the output end is connected with the first input end of the level shift circuit;

The input end of the charge pump voltage regulator circuit is connected to the third output end of the oscillator, and the output end is connected to the second input end of the level shift circuit;

The first output end of the level shift circuit is connected to the discharge switch, and the second output end is connected to the charge switch;

The charge pump voltage regulator circuit is used to generate a constant voltage signal according to the clock signal of the oscillator, and provide the voltage signal to the level shift circuit; the logic circuit is used to logically process the output signal of the delay circuit , output the control signal; the level shift circuit is used to level shift the control signal, so that the level-shifted control signal satisfies the output voltage domain of the charge pump voltage regulator circuit, and the level-shifted control signal It is sent to the power tube to control the startup or shutdown of the power tube.

Optionally, the power tube control circuit includes:

Logic circuits, power transistors, substrate switching circuits, gate control circuits;

The input end of the logic circuit is connected with the output end of the delay circuit, the first output end is connected with the input end of the substrate switching circuit, and the second output end is connected with the gate control circuit;

The output end of the substrate switching circuit is connected to the substrate of the power transistor;

The output end of the gate control circuit is connected to the gate of the power tube;

The source and drain of the power tube are connected in series in the charging and discharging loop between the battery and the charging power source or the load;

The logic circuit is used to perform logic processing on the output signal of the delay circuit, generate a substrate switching signal, send the substrate switching signal to the substrate switching circuit, generate a control signal, and send the control signal to the substrate switching circuit. A signal is sent to the gate control circuit; the substrate switching circuit is used for switching the substrate polarity of the power transistor according to the substrate switching signal; the gate control circuit is used for outputting according to the control signal The gate control signal is sent to the power tube to control the startup or shutdown of the gate of the power tube.

Optionally, the power tube control circuit further includes a charge pump voltage regulator circuit and a level shift circuit;

The output terminal of the gate control circuit is connected to the first input terminal of the level shift circuit;

The output end of the level shift circuit is connected to the grid of the power tube;

The charge pump voltage regulator circuit is used for generating a constant voltage signal according to the clock signal of the oscillator, and the voltage signal is provided to the level shift circuit; the gate control circuit is used for generating a gate according to the control signal control signal, and send the gate control signal to the level shift circuit, where the level shift circuit is used for level shifting the gate control signal, so that the level-shifted gate control signal To satisfy the output voltage domain of the charge pump voltage regulator circuit, the level-shifted gate control signal is sent to the power tube to control the start-up or shutdown of the power tube.

In the battery protection circuit provided by the present application, an enable generation circuit is added to the existing battery protection circuit, and the enable generation circuit generates an asynchronous enable signal according to the preset timing according to the clock signal of the oscillator, so that the The voltage protection circuit and the current protection circuit enter the enabling state asynchronously according to the enabling signal, and work alternately in turn, thereby effectively reducing the operating current of the battery protection chip and reducing the power consumption of the battery protection chip, It is beneficial to prolong the standby time of the battery.

Description of drawings

In order to illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application more clearly, the following briefly introduces the accompanying drawings that need to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only for the present application. In some embodiments, for those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings can also be obtained according to these drawings without any creative effort.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a battery protection circuit provided by an embodiment of the present application;

2 is a schematic diagram of a battery protection circuit provided by another embodiment of the present application;

3 is a schematic diagram of an enable generation circuit provided by an embodiment of the present application;

4 is a timing diagram of each enable signal of an enable generation circuit provided by an embodiment of the present application;

5 is a schematic diagram of an application of a battery protection circuit provided by an embodiment of the present application;

6 is an application schematic diagram of a battery protection circuit provided by another embodiment of the present application;

7 is an application schematic diagram of a battery protection circuit provided by another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is an application schematic diagram of a battery protection circuit provided by another embodiment of the present application.

detailed description

In order to make the purpose, technical solutions and advantages of the present application more clearly understood, the present application will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the present application, but not to limit the present application.

The application provides a battery protection circuit. By adding an enable generation circuit to the existing battery protection circuit, the enable generation circuit generates an asynchronous enable signal according to the clock signal of the oscillator according to the preset timing, and the voltage The protection circuit detects the battery voltage according to the enable signal and the current protection circuit detects the loop current according to the enable signal, so that the voltage protection circuit and the current protection circuit enter the enable signal asynchronously according to the enable signal. It can work alternately in turn, thereby effectively reducing the working current of the battery protection chip, reducing the power consumption of the battery protection chip, and helping to prolong the standby time of the battery.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a battery protection circuit provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 1 , the battery protection circuit 1 includes a reference and bias circuit 10 , a voltage protection circuit 20 , a current protection circuit 30 , an enable generation circuit 40 , a delay circuit 50 , an oscillator 60 , and a power tube control circuit 70 ;

The first output terminal of the oscillator 60 is connected to the enable generating circuit 40, and the second output terminal is connected to the delay circuit 50;

The first output terminal of the enable generation circuit 40 is connected to the first input terminal of the voltage protection circuit 20 , and the second output terminal is connected to the first input terminal of the current protection circuit 30 ;

The second input terminal of the voltage protection circuit 20 is connected to the battery voltage sampling point, and the output terminal is connected to the delay circuit 50;

The second input end of the current protection circuit 30 is connected to the loop current sampling point, and the output end is connected to the delay circuit 50;

The output end of the delay circuit 50 is connected to the power tube control circuit 70;

the reference and bias circuit 10 is connected to the battery voltage sampling point;

The reference and bias circuit 10 is used to generate the bias voltage required by the voltage protection circuit 20 and the bias current required by the current protection circuit 30; the oscillator 60 is used to generate a clock signal; the enable generation circuit 40 is used to generate enable signals of the voltage protection circuit 20 and the current protection circuit 30 according to the clock signal, wherein the enable signals of the voltage protection circuit 20 and the current protection circuit 30 are asynchronous signals; the voltage protection The circuit 20 is used to detect the battery voltage according to the enable signal, and generate a detection reversal signal when the battery voltage is abnormal; the current protection circuit 30 is used to detect the charging current and the discharge current according to the enable signal, and The detection inversion signal is generated when the charging current and the discharge current are abnormal; the delay circuit 50 is used for delaying the detection inversion signal; the power tube control circuit 70 is used for according to the output signal of the delay circuit 50 A control signal is generated, and the control signal is sent to the power tube to control the startup or shutdown of the power tube; wherein, the power tube is connected in series in a charge-discharge loop between the battery and the charging power source or load.

Here, the reference and bias circuit 10 is connected to the battery voltage sampling point. Applied to the battery protection chip, the battery voltage sampling point is the voltage sampling point of the positive electrode of the battery, such as VDD as shown in Figure 1, and the loop current sampling point is the charging and discharging loop between the battery and the charging power supply or load. Current sampling point, VM shown in Figure 1. The reference and bias circuit 10 obtains a voltage sample value of the positive electrode of the battery from the battery voltage sample point, and then generates a bias voltage and a bias current according to the voltage sample value. The bias voltage is the detection threshold of the voltage protection circuit, and the bias current is the detection threshold of the current protection current.

When the battery protection circuit works normally, the oscillator 60 generates a clock signal and provides the clock signal to the delay circuit 50 and the enable generating circuit 40 . The enable generation circuit 40 sequentially generates enable signals for enabling the voltage protection circuit 20 and the current protection circuit 30 to operate in an asynchronous manner according to the clock signal. Wherein, when the voltage protection circuit 20 receives the enable signal, it detects the battery voltage according to the enable signal, and compares the battery voltage with the bias voltage to determine whether the battery is over-discharged or over-charged When the abnormality of the battery voltage occurs, a detection inversion signal is generated. When the current protection circuit 30 receives the enable signal, it detects the charging current and the discharging current according to the enabling signal, and compares the charging current and the discharging current with the corresponding bias current to judge whether the circuit is overheated or not. Discharge, overcharge or short-circuit abnormality, and generate a detection inversion signal when the charging current and discharging current are abnormal. The delay circuit 50 performs delay processing on the detection inversion signal sent by the voltage protection circuit 20 or the current protection circuit 30 , and outputs the delayed detection inversion signal to the power tube control circuit 70 . The power tube control circuit 70 performs logical processing on the output signal of the delay circuit 50 to generate a control signal for the power tube. Wherein, the control signal is a switch signal of the power tube, so as to control the power tube to be turned on or off.

In this embodiment, the power tube is connected in series in the charging and discharging circuit between the battery and the charging power source or the load, and by controlling the startup or shutdown of the power tube, the overcharge or overdischarge of the voltage, and the overdischarge or overdischarge of the circuit are realized. Charging or short-circuit protection, and since the voltage protection circuit 20 and the current protection circuit 30 work in an asynchronous manner, for example, the voltage protection circuit 20 and the current protection circuit 30 work alternately in sequence, compared to the prior art The voltage protection circuit 20 and the current protection circuit 30 are always in the enabled state, which effectively reduces the working current of the battery protection chip, reduces the power consumption of the battery protection chip, and is beneficial to prolong the standby time of the battery.

Specifically, as an implementation manner, as shown in FIG. 2 , the voltage protection circuit 20 includes a first resistor R1, a second resistor R2, a third resistor R3, an overdischarge protection circuit 21, and an overcharge protection circuit 22;

The first input terminal of the over-discharge protection circuit 21 is connected to the common contact between the first resistor R1 and the second resistor R2, and the second input terminal is connected to the first output terminal of the enable generating circuit 40, The output end is connected to the delay circuit 50;

The first input terminal of the overcharge protection circuit 22 is connected to the common point between the second resistor R2 and the third resistor R3, and the second input terminal is connected to the first output terminal of the enable generating circuit 40, The output end is connected to the delay circuit 50;

The other end of the first resistor R1 is connected to the battery voltage sampling point; the other end of the third resistor R3 is connected to the floating output;

Wherein, the over-discharge protection circuit 21 is used to start according to the enable signal of the enable generation circuit 40, obtain the battery voltage from the battery voltage sampling point, and send a detection inversion signal to the The delay circuit 50; the overcharge protection circuit 22 is used to start according to the enable signal of the enable generation circuit 40, obtain the battery voltage from the battery voltage sampling point, and send out detection when the battery voltage is greater than the second voltage threshold Invert the signal to the delay circuit 50 .

Here, the first voltage threshold is a discharge protection voltage threshold, which is a criterion for judging whether the battery is over-discharged. The second voltage threshold is a charging protection voltage threshold, which is a criterion for judging whether the battery is overcharged. The overdischarge protection circuit 21 and the overcharge protection circuit 22 are respectively connected to the enable generation circuit 40 . The enable generation circuit 40 generates enable signals corresponding to the overdischarge protection circuit 21 and the overcharge protection circuit 22 in an asynchronous manner according to a preset timing sequence.

When the over-discharge protection circuit 21 receives the enable signal, it detects the battery voltage according to the enable signal, and compares the battery voltage with the first voltage threshold to determine whether the battery is over-discharged. When the battery voltage is lower than the first voltage threshold, it is considered that the battery is over-discharged, and a detection inversion signal is generated and sent to the delay circuit 50 .

When the overcharge protection circuit 22 receives the enable signal, it detects the battery voltage according to the enable signal, and compares the battery voltage with the second voltage threshold to determine whether the battery is overcharged. When the battery voltage is greater than the second voltage threshold, it is considered that the battery is over-discharged, and a detection inversion signal is generated and sent to the delay circuit 50 .

Specifically, as an embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2 , the current protection circuit 30 includes a discharge overcurrent protection circuit 31 , a short circuit protection circuit 32 , and a charge overcurrent protection circuit 33 ;

The first input terminals of the discharge overcurrent protection circuit 31, the short circuit protection circuit 32, and the charging overcurrent protection circuit 33 are respectively connected to the loop current sampling point;

The second input terminals of the discharge overcurrent protection circuit 31, the short circuit protection circuit 32, and the charging overcurrent protection circuit 33 are respectively connected to the enable generation circuit 40;

The output ends of the discharge overcurrent protection circuit 31 , the short circuit protection circuit 32 and the charging overcurrent protection circuit 33 are respectively connected to the delay circuit 50 ;

The discharge overcurrent protection circuit 31 is used to start according to the enable signal of the enable generation circuit 40, obtain the discharge current from the loop current sampling point, and send a detection inversion signal to the said discharge current when the discharge current is greater than the first current threshold. Delay circuit 50; the charging overcurrent protection circuit 33 is used to start according to the enable signal of the enable generating circuit 40, obtain the charging current from the loop current sampling point, and send out detection when the charging current is greater than the second current threshold Invert the signal to the delay circuit 50; the short-circuit protection circuit 32 is used to start according to the enable signal of the enable generation circuit 40, obtain the short-circuit voltage from the loop current sampling point, and when the short-circuit voltage is greater than the short-circuit protection When the voltage threshold is reached, a detection inversion signal is sent to the delay circuit 50 .

Here, the first current threshold is the discharge protection current threshold, which is a criterion for judging whether the loop current is too large during the battery discharge process. The second current threshold is the charging protection current threshold, which is a criterion for judging whether the loop current is too large during the discharging process of the battery. The short-circuit protection voltage threshold is a criterion for judging whether a short-circuit occurs during the charging and discharging process of the battery. The discharge overcurrent protection circuit 31 , the short circuit protection circuit 32 , and the charge overcurrent protection circuit 33 are respectively connected to the enable generation circuit 40 . The enable generation circuit 40 generates enable signals corresponding to the discharge overcurrent protection circuit 31 , the short circuit protection circuit 32 , and the charge overcurrent protection circuit 33 in an asynchronous manner according to a preset timing sequence.

When the discharge overcurrent protection circuit 31 receives the enable signal, the loop current is detected according to the enable signal. In practical applications, the first current threshold value can be converted into the first protection voltage, and then the voltage value of the loop current sampling point VM can be obtained through the current detection resistor, and the voltage value can be compared with the first protection voltage. When the value is greater than the first protection voltage, it is considered that the loop current is greater than the first current threshold, and the loop current is too large during battery discharge, and a detection inversion signal is generated and sent to the delay circuit 50 .

When the charging overcurrent protection circuit 33 receives the enable signal, the loop current is detected according to the enable signal. In practical applications, the second current threshold value can be converted into the second protection voltage, and then the voltage value of the loop current sampling point VM can be obtained through the current detection resistor, and the voltage value can be compared with the second protection voltage. When the value is less than the second protection voltage, it is considered that the loop current is greater than the second current threshold, and the loop current is too large during battery charging, and a detection inversion signal is generated and sent to the delay circuit 50 .

When the short-circuit protection circuit 32 receives the enable signal, it detects whether the battery is short-circuited according to the enable signal. In practical applications, the short-circuit protection voltage threshold is preset, the voltage value of the loop current sampling point VM is obtained, and the voltage value is compared with the short-circuit protection voltage threshold. If the voltage value is smaller than the short-circuit protection voltage threshold, Then, it is considered that the battery is short-circuited, and a detection inversion signal is generated and sent to the delay circuit 50 .

As mentioned above, the enable generation circuit 40 is configured to generate the enable signals of the voltage protection circuit 20 and the current protection circuit 30 according to the clock signal, wherein the voltage protection circuit 20 and the current protection circuit 30 enable the The energy signal is an asynchronous signal. Since the enable signals of the voltage protection circuit 20 and the current protection circuit 30 are both high-level signals, in this embodiment, a delay circuit is used to output an asynchronous enable signal. As a preferred example of the present application, the enable generation circuit 40 includes at least one delay circuit; when there are multiple delay circuits, the delay circuits are connected in series, and the input end of the first delay circuit is connected to the oscillator The first output end of the 60 is connected to receive the clock signal output by the oscillator 60, and each subsequent delay circuit delays the output of the preceding delay circuit, thereby generating an asynchronous enable signal.

Optionally, a preferred example of the present application is proposed based on the embodiment in FIG. 2 . As shown in FIG. 3 , the enable generation circuit 40 includes four delay circuits, which are a first delay circuit 41 , a second delay circuit 42 , a The third delay circuit 43, the fourth delay circuit 44;

The common contact between the input end of the first delay circuit 41 and the first output end of the oscillator 60 , between the output end of the first delay circuit 41 and the input end of the second delay circuit 42 , the common contact between the output end of the second delay circuit 42 and the input end of the third delay circuit 43 , the output end of the third delay circuit 43 and the fourth delay circuit 44 The common contact between the input terminals and the output terminal of the fourth delay circuit 44 are used as the output terminal of the enable signal, which are used to connect the second input terminal of the overdischarge protection circuit 21 and the output terminal of the overcharge protection circuit 22 . One of the second input terminal, the second input terminal of the discharge overcurrent protection circuit 31 , the second input terminal of the short circuit protection circuit 32 , the second input terminal of the charging overcurrent protection circuit 33 , or any of them combination.

Optionally, as a preferred example of the present application, the common point between the input end of the first delay circuit 41 and the first output end of the oscillator 60 is connected to the second input of the overdischarge protection circuit 21 . end;

The common contact between the output end of the first delay circuit 41 and the input end of the second delay circuit 42 is connected to the second input end of the overcharge protection circuit 22;

The common contact between the output end of the second delay circuit 42 and the input end of the third delay circuit 43 is connected to the second input end of the discharge overcurrent protection circuit 31;

The common contact between the output end of the third delay circuit 43 and the input end of the fourth delay circuit 44 is connected to the second input end of the short circuit protection circuit 32;

The output terminal of the fourth delay circuit 44 is connected to the second input terminal of the charging overcurrent protection circuit 33;

The oscillator 60 is used to generate a clock signal according to a preset duty cycle, and send the clock signal to the enable generation circuit 40; the enable generation circuit 40 is used to use the clock signal as an over-discharge The enable signal of the protection circuit is provided to the over-discharge protection circuit 21 , and then the clock signal is delayed once by the first delay circuit 41 , and the clock signal after one delay is provided as the enable signal of the over-charge protection circuit 22 to the overcharge protection circuit 22 ; the second delay circuit 42 performs a second delay on the clock signal after the first delay, and provides the clock signal after the second delay as an enable signal of the discharge overcurrent protection circuit 31 to The discharge overcurrent protection circuit 31; the clock signal after the second delay is delayed three times by the third delay circuit 43, and the clock signal after the third delay is used as the enable signal of the short circuit protection circuit 32 to provide the short circuit The protection circuit 32 ; delays the clock signal after the three delays four times through the fourth delay circuit 44 , and provides the clock signal after the four delays as the enable signal of the charging overcurrent protection circuit 33 to the charging overcurrent Protection circuit 33 .

When the battery protection circuit works normally, the clock signal output by the oscillator 60 is used as the input signal of the enable generating circuit 40 , such as a pulse signal with a duty cycle of 20%. The enable generation circuit 40 outputs five pulse signals en_od, en_oc, en_di, en_si, en_ci according to the clock signal, and controls the overdischarge protection circuit 21 , the overcharge protection circuit 22 , the discharge overcurrent protection circuit 31 , and the short circuit protection circuit 32 respectively. and enable the charging overcurrent protection circuit 33. FIG. 4 is a timing diagram of each enable signal of the enable generation circuit 40 provided based on the embodiment of FIG. 3 . The over-discharge protection circuit 21 is enabled when en_od is at a high level, the over-charge protection circuit 22 is enabled when en_oc is at a high level, the discharge over-current protection circuit 31 is enabled when en_di is at a high level, and when en_si is at a high level The short circuit protection circuit 32 is enabled, and the charging overcurrent protection circuit 33 is enabled when en_ci is at a high level. Therefore, it can be seen from the output waveform of FIG. 4 that after the battery protection circuit of the present application is adopted, the overdischarge protection circuit 21 , the overcharge protection circuit 22 , the discharge overcurrent protection circuit 31 , the short circuit protection circuit 32 and the charge overcurrent protection circuit 33 are used in turn in turn. Yes, only one protection circuit is enabled at any time, and the above-mentioned protection circuits of the existing battery protection circuit are continuously enabled at the same time. The power consumption of the battery protection circuit is 5Iq, and the power consumption of the battery protection circuit provided by the embodiment of the present application is only Iq, which significantly reduces the power consumption of the protection chip during normal operation and prolongs the standby time of the battery.

The structure of the enable generation circuit 40 shown in FIG. 3 above is only a preferred example of the present application, and in some other embodiments, flexible adjustments can also be made according to actual needs, such as setting one or several protection circuits to be constantly enabled. , the remaining protection circuits are time-sharing cycle enabled. In order to facilitate understanding, specific examples are given below. Due to the high safety level of short-circuit protection, the short-circuit protection circuit 32 can be set to be enabled all the time or the enable signal of the discharge overcurrent protection circuit 31 can be used as the enable of the short-circuit protection circuit 32 Signal, over-discharge protection circuit 21, over-charge protection circuit 22, discharge over-current protection circuit 31 and charge over-current protection circuit 33 are enabled in turn in turn, which can also significantly reduce the power consumption of the protection chip during normal operation and prolong the battery life. Standby time.

In some embodiments, the battery protection circuit may use two external power tubes, which are used as a discharge switch and a charge switch, respectively, and the power tube control circuit 70 is connected to the control terminals of the discharge switch DO and the charge switch CO, respectively, such as shown in Figure 5.

Optionally, a preferred example of the present application is proposed based on the embodiment in FIG. 5 . As shown in FIG. 6 , the power tube control circuit 70 further includes:

Logic circuit 71, charge pump voltage regulator circuit 72, level shift circuit 73;

The input end of the logic circuit 71 is connected to the output end of the delay circuit 50, and the output end is connected to the first input end of the level shift circuit 73;

The input terminal of the charge pump voltage regulator circuit 72 is connected to the third output terminal of the oscillator 60, and the output terminal is connected to the second input terminal of the level shift circuit 73;

The first output end of the level shift circuit 73 is connected to the discharge switch, and the second output end is connected to the charge switch;

The charge pump voltage regulator circuit 72 is used to generate a constant voltage signal according to the clock signal of the oscillator 60, and provide the voltage signal to the level shift circuit 73; the logic circuit 71 is used to The output signal is logically processed, and a control signal is output; the level shift circuit 73 is used to level shift the control signal, so that the level-shifted control signal satisfies the output voltage domain of the charge pump voltage regulator circuit 72, and the The level-shifted control signal is sent to the power tube to control the power tube to be turned on or off.

Here, in this embodiment, the charge pump voltage regulator circuit 72 generates a constant voltage signal, such as a 5V voltage signal, as the power supply of the level shift circuit 73 ; then the level shift circuit 73 controls the output of the logic circuit 71 The signal level is shifted to the output voltage domain of the charge pump voltage regulator circuit 72, and then the power tube is controlled to be turned on or off through the level-shifted control signal, so that the impedance of the power tube is constant and will not change with the battery voltage. changes, the thresholds of the above-mentioned discharge overcurrent protection circuit 31, short-circuit protection circuit 32, and charging overcurrent protection circuit 33 will not change with the change of the battery, which improves the consistency of the current protection thresholds, which is conducive to improving the use of the battery. safety. In addition, the impedance of the power tube is reduced to a minimum under the same area, which is also beneficial to reduce the heating of the battery protection circuit during charging and discharging, and improve the efficiency of charging and discharging of the battery.

In other embodiments, two external power transistors can also be integrated inside the battery protection circuit to become one power transistor. Charge and discharge protection. Optionally, as shown in FIG. 7 , the power tube control circuit 70 includes:

Logic circuit 71, power transistor 74, substrate switching circuit 75, gate control circuit 76;

The input terminal of the logic circuit 71 is connected to the output terminal of the delay circuit 50 , the first output terminal is connected to the input terminal of the substrate switching circuit 75 , and the second output terminal is connected to the gate control circuit 76 . ;

The output end of the substrate switching circuit 75 is connected to the substrate of the power transistor 74;

The output end of the gate control circuit 76 is connected to the gate of the power tube 74;

The source and drain of the power tube 74 are connected in series in the charging and discharging loop between the battery and the charging power source or load;

The logic circuit 71 is used to perform logic processing on the output signal of the delay circuit 50, generate a substrate switching signal, send the substrate switching signal to the substrate switching circuit 75, and generate a control signal, and send the substrate switching signal to the substrate switching circuit 75. The control signal is sent to the gate control circuit 76; the substrate switching circuit 75 is used to switch the substrate polarity of the power transistor 74 according to the substrate switching signal; the gate control circuit 76 uses The gate control signal is output to the power tube 74 according to the control signal, so as to control the activation or shutdown of the gate of the power tube 74 .

Here, after receiving the output signal of the delay circuit 50, the logic circuit 71 performs logic processing on the output signal, generates a substrate switching signal and sends it to the substrate switching circuit 75, and generates a control signal and sends it to the substrate switching circuit 75. Sent to the gate control circuit 76 . The substrate switching circuit 75 switches the substrate polarity of the power transistor 74 according to the substrate switching signal, so as to select the power transistor 75 as an N-type substrate or a P-type substrate. The gate control circuit 76 controls the activation or deactivation of the gate of the power tube 74 according to the control signal, so as to realize the protection of battery charging and discharging.

Specifically, a preferred example of the present application is proposed based on the embodiment of FIG. 7 . As shown in FIG. 8 , the power tube control circuit 70 further includes a charge pump voltage regulator circuit 72 and a level shift circuit 73 ;

The output terminal of the gate control circuit 76 is connected to the first input terminal of the level shift circuit 73;

The output end of the level shift circuit 73 is connected to the gate of the power tube 74;

The charge pump voltage regulator circuit 72 is used to generate a constant voltage signal according to the clock signal of the oscillator 60, and provide the voltage signal to the level shift circuit 73; the gate control circuit 76 is used to control the The signal generates a gate control signal, and sends the gate control signal to the level shift circuit 73, and the level shift circuit 73 is used to level shift the gate control signal, so that the level shift The latter gate control signal satisfies the output voltage domain of the charge pump voltage regulator circuit 72, and the level shifted gate control signal is sent to the power transistor to control the power transistor on or off.

Similarly, in this embodiment, the charge pump voltage regulator circuit 72 generates a constant voltage signal, such as a 5V voltage signal, as the power supply of the level shift circuit; The gate control signal is level-shifted to the output voltage domain of the charge pump voltage regulator circuit 72, and then the level-shifted gate control signal is output to the power tube to enable or disable the power tube, thereby making the impedance of the power tube It is constant and will not change with the change of the battery voltage, so that the thresholds of the above-mentioned discharge overcurrent protection circuit 31, short circuit protection circuit 32, and charging overcurrent protection circuit 33 will not change with the change of the battery, which improves the current protection threshold. Consistency is conducive to improving the safety of battery use. In addition, the impedance of the power tube is reduced to a minimum under the same area, which is also beneficial to reduce the heating of the battery protection circuit during charging and discharging, and improve the efficiency of charging and discharging of the battery.

The above-mentioned embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application, but not to limit them; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the above-mentioned embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art should understand that: it can still be used for the above-mentioned implementations. The technical solutions described in the examples are modified, or some technical features thereof are equivalently replaced; and these modifications or replacements do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions deviate from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions in the embodiments of the application, and should be included in the within the scope of protection of this application.

Claims

A battery protection circuit, comprising:

Reference and bias circuit, voltage protection circuit, current protection circuit, enable generation circuit, delay circuit, oscillator, power tube control circuit;

The first output end of the oscillator is connected with the enabling generating circuit, and the second output end is connected with the delay circuit;

The first output terminal of the enable generation circuit is connected to the first input terminal of the voltage protection circuit, and the second output terminal is connected to the first input terminal of the current protection circuit;

The second input end of the voltage protection circuit is connected to the battery voltage sampling point, and the output end is connected to the delay circuit;

The second input end of the current protection circuit is connected to the loop current sampling point, and the output end is connected to the delay circuit;

The output end of the delay circuit is connected with the power tube control circuit;

the reference and bias circuits are connected to the battery voltage sampling point;

The reference and bias circuit is used to generate the bias voltage required by the voltage protection circuit and the bias current required by the current protection circuit; the oscillator is used to generate a clock signal; The clock signal generates an enable signal of the voltage protection circuit and the current protection circuit, wherein the enable signal of the voltage protection circuit and the current protection circuit is an asynchronous signal; the voltage protection circuit is used for according to the enable signal Detecting the battery voltage, and generating a detection inversion signal when the battery voltage is abnormal; the current protection circuit is used to detect the charging current and the discharging current according to the enabling signal, and generate detection when the charging current and the discharging current are abnormal an inversion signal; the delay circuit is used to perform delay processing on the detected inversion signal; the power tube control circuit is used to generate a control signal according to the output signal of the delay circuit, and send the control signal to the power tube , to control the startup or shutdown of the power tube; wherein, the power tube is connected in series in the charging and discharging circuit between the battery and the charging power source or load;

the enable generation circuit includes at least one delay circuit;

When there are multiple delay circuits, the delay circuits are connected in series with each other, and the input terminal of the first delay circuit is connected to the first output terminal of the oscillator;

The common connection point between the input end of the first delay circuit and the first output end of the oscillator, and the series connection point of the delay circuit are used as the enable signal output end, and the enable signal output end is used to generate an enable signal. The enable signal is an asynchronous signal.
The battery protection circuit of claim 1, wherein the voltage protection circuit comprises a first resistor, a second resistor, a third resistor, an overdischarge protection circuit, and an overcharge protection circuit;

The first input end of the over-discharge protection circuit is connected to the common contact between the first resistor and the second resistor, the second input end is connected to the first output end of the enable generating circuit, and the output end is connected to the the delay circuit connection;

The first input end of the overcharge protection circuit is connected to the common contact between the second resistor and the third resistor, the second input end is connected to the first output end of the enable generating circuit, and the output end is connected to the the delay circuit connection;

The other end of the first resistor is connected to the battery voltage sampling point; the other end of the third resistor is connected to the floating output;

Wherein, the over-discharge protection circuit is used to start according to the enable signal of the enable generation circuit, obtain the battery voltage from the battery voltage sampling point, and send a detection inversion signal to the delay when the battery voltage is less than the first voltage threshold. time circuit; the overcharge protection circuit is used to start according to the enable signal of the enable generation circuit, obtain the battery voltage from the battery voltage sampling point, and send a detection inversion signal to the said battery voltage when the battery voltage is greater than the second voltage threshold delay circuit.
The battery protection circuit of claim 1, wherein the current protection circuit comprises a discharge overcurrent protection circuit, a short circuit protection circuit, and a charge overcurrent protection circuit;

The first input terminals of the discharge overcurrent protection circuit, the short circuit protection circuit and the charging overcurrent protection circuit are respectively connected to the loop current sampling point;

The second input terminals of the discharge overcurrent protection circuit, the short-circuit protection circuit and the charging overcurrent protection circuit are respectively connected with the enabling generating circuit;

The output ends of the discharge overcurrent protection circuit, the short circuit protection circuit and the charging overcurrent protection circuit are respectively connected with the delay circuit;

The discharge overcurrent protection circuit is used to start according to the enable signal of the enable generation circuit, obtain the discharge current from the loop current sampling point, and send a detection inversion signal to the delay when the discharge current is greater than the first current threshold circuit; the charging overcurrent protection circuit is used to start according to the enable signal of the enable generating circuit, obtain the charging current from the loop current sampling point, and send a detection inversion signal to the said charging current when the charging current is greater than the second current threshold Delay circuit; the short-circuit protection circuit is used to start according to the enable signal of the enable generating circuit, obtain the short-circuit voltage from the loop current sampling point, and send a detection inversion signal when the short-circuit voltage is greater than the short-circuit protection voltage threshold the delay circuit.
The battery protection circuit of claim 3, wherein the enable generating circuit comprises four delay circuits, which are a first delay circuit, a second delay circuit, a third delay circuit, and a fourth delay circuit;

the common contact between the input end of the first delay circuit and the first output end of the oscillator, the common contact point between the output end of the first delay circuit and the input end of the second delay circuit, the common contact between the output end of the second delay circuit and the input end of the third delay circuit, the common contact point between the output end of the third delay circuit and the input end of the fourth delay circuit, The output terminals of the fourth delay circuit are all used as enable signal output terminals, which are used to connect the second input terminal of the over-discharge protection circuit, the second input terminal of the over-charge protection circuit, and the second input terminal of the discharge and over-current protection circuit. , one of the second input terminal of the short-circuit protection circuit, the second input terminal of the charging overcurrent protection circuit, or any combination thereof.
The battery protection circuit according to any one of claims 1, 2, and 3, wherein the power tube control circuit further comprises:

Logic circuit, charge pump voltage regulator circuit, level shift circuit;

The input end of the logic circuit is connected with the output end of the delay circuit, and the output end is connected with the first input end of the level shift circuit;

The input end of the charge pump voltage regulator circuit is connected to the third output end of the oscillator, and the output end is connected to the second input end of the level shift circuit;

The first output end of the level shift circuit is connected to the discharge switch, and the second output end is connected to the charge switch;

The charge pump voltage regulator circuit is used to generate a constant voltage signal according to the clock signal of the oscillator, and provide the voltage signal to the level shift circuit; the logic circuit is used to logically process the output signal of the delay circuit , output the control signal; the level shift circuit is used to level shift the control signal, so that the level-shifted control signal satisfies the output voltage domain of the charge pump voltage regulator circuit, and the level-shifted control signal It is sent to the power tube to control the startup or shutdown of the power tube.
The battery protection circuit according to any one of claims 1, 2 and 3, wherein the power tube control circuit comprises:

Logic circuits, power transistors, substrate switching circuits, gate control circuits;

The input end of the logic circuit is connected with the output end of the delay circuit, the first output end is connected with the input end of the substrate switching circuit, and the second output end is connected with the gate control circuit;

The output end of the substrate switching circuit is connected to the substrate of the power transistor;

The output end of the gate control circuit is connected to the gate of the power tube;

The source and drain of the power tube are connected in series in the charging and discharging loop between the battery and the charging power source or the load;

The logic circuit is used to perform logic processing on the output signal of the delay circuit, generate a substrate switching signal, send the substrate switching signal to the substrate switching circuit, generate a control signal, and send the control signal to the substrate switching circuit. A signal is sent to the gate control circuit; the substrate switching circuit is used for switching the substrate polarity of the power transistor according to the substrate switching signal; the gate control circuit is used for outputting according to the control signal The gate control signal is sent to the power tube to control the startup or shutdown of the gate of the power tube.
The battery protection circuit of claim 6, wherein the power tube control circuit further comprises a charge pump voltage regulator circuit and a level shift circuit;

The output terminal of the gate control circuit is connected to the first input terminal of the level shift circuit;

The input end of the charge pump voltage regulator circuit is connected to the third output end of the oscillator, and the output end is connected to the second input end of the level shift circuit;

The output end of the level shift circuit is connected to the grid of the power tube;

The charge pump voltage regulator circuit is used for generating a constant voltage signal according to the clock signal of the oscillator, and the voltage signal is provided to the level shift circuit; the gate control circuit is used for generating a gate according to the control signal control signal, and send the gate control signal to the level shift circuit, the level shift circuit is used for level shifting the gate control signal, so that the level shifted gate control signal To satisfy the output voltage domain of the charge pump voltage regulator circuit, the gate control signal after the level shift is sent to the power tube to control the startup or shutdown of the power tube.