Battery Management System Tutorial Intersil（电池管理系统教程英特锡尔）.pdfVIP

Battery Management System Tutorial Today’s electronic devices have higher mobility and are greener than ever before. Battery advancements are fueling this progression in a wide range of products from portable power tools to plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and wireless speakers. In recent years, the efficiency of a battery in terms of how much power it can output with respect to size and weight has dramatically improved. Think about how heavy and bulky a car battery is. Its main purpose is to start the car. With recent advancements, you can purchase a lithium-ion battery to jump start your car, and it only weighs a couple pounds and is the size of your hand. The ongoing transformation of battery technology has prompted many newcomers to learn about designing battery management systems. This article provides a beginner’s guide to the battery management system (BMS) architecture, discusses the major functional blocks, and explains the importance of each block to the battery management system. Figure 1. A Simplified Diagram of the Building Blocks of a Battery Management System 1 Intersil Building Blocks of a Battery Management System A battery management system can be comprised of many functional blocks including: cutoff FETs, a fuel gauge monitor, cell voltage monitor, cell voltage balance, real time clock (RTC), temperature monitors and a state machine. There are many types of battery management ICs available. The grouping of the functional blocks varies widely from a simple analog front end that offers balancing and monitor ing and requires a microcontroller (MCU), to a standalone, highly integrated solution that runs autonomously. Now let’s take a look at the purpose and the technology behind each block, as well as the pros and cons of the technology. Cutoff FETs and FET Driver A FET driver functional block is responsible for the connection and isolation of the battery pack between the