阅读说明：本技术 防止过放电的设备 (Device for preventing over-discharge ) 是由 金坰稷 孙荣洙 李镇贤 于 2019-03-06 设计创作，主要内容包括：一种防止过放电的设备,包括：第一开关,位于将电池单元和输出端子电连接的第一放电路径上；第二开关,位于第一放电路径上并且具有分别与第一开关的另一端和输出端子电连接的一端和另一端；限流电阻器,位于第二放电路径上,所述第二放电路径将位于第一开关与第二开关之间的第一节点和位于第二开关与输出端子之间的第二节点电连接,所述限流电阻器具有电连接至第一节点的一端；第三开关,位于第二放电路径上并且具有分别与限流电阻器的另一端和第二节点电连接的一端和另一端；和处理器,配置成利用电池单元的最小工作电压、限流电阻器引起的第一电压降和电池单元的内部电阻器引起的第二电压降中的至少一个设定基准电压,并且基于基准电压控制第一开关、第二开关和第三开关的工作状态。(An over-discharge prevention apparatus comprising: a first switch located on a first discharge path electrically connecting the battery cell and the output terminal; a second switch located on the first discharge path and having one end and the other end electrically connected to the other end of the first switch and the output terminal, respectively; a current limiting resistor on a second discharge path electrically connecting a first node between the first switch and the second switch and a second node between the second switch and the output terminal, the current limiting resistor having one end electrically connected to the first node; a third switch on the second discharge path and having one end and the other end electrically connected to the other end of the current limiting resistor and the second node, respectively; and a processor configured to set a reference voltage using at least one of a minimum operating voltage of the battery cell, a first voltage drop caused by the current limiting resistor, and a second voltage drop caused by an internal resistor of the battery cell, and to control operating states of the first switch, the second switch, and the third switch based on the reference voltage.)

1. An over-discharge prevention apparatus comprising:

a first switch on a first discharge path electrically connecting the battery cell and the output terminal;

a second switch located on the first discharge path and having one end and the other end electrically connected to the other end of the first switch and the output terminal, respectively;

a current limiting resistor on a second discharge path electrically connecting a first node between the first switch and the second switch and a second node between the second switch and the output terminal, the current limiting resistor having one end electrically connected to the first node;

a third switch located on the second discharge path and having one end and the other end electrically connected to the other end of the current limiting resistor and the second node, respectively; and

a processor configured to set a reference voltage using at least one of a minimum operating voltage of the battery cell, a first voltage drop caused by the current limiting resistor, and a second voltage drop caused by an internal resistor of the battery cell, and to control operating states of the first switch, the second switch, and the third switch based on the reference voltage.

2. The overdischarge prevention apparatus of claim 1,

wherein the processor is configured to calculate the first voltage drop using a temperature-based variable resistance of the current-limiting resistor and a discharge current of the battery cell.

3. The overdischarge prevention apparatus of claim 1,

wherein the processor is configured to calculate the second voltage drop using a temperature-based internal resistance of the battery cell and a discharge current of the battery cell.

4. The overdischarge prevention apparatus of claim 1,

wherein the processor is configured to calculate the reference voltage using the following equation:

< equation >

V_ref＝V_min+I_oR_v+I_oR_i

Wherein V_refIs said reference voltage, V_minIs the minimum operating voltage, I, of the battery cell_oIs the discharge current, R, of the battery cell_vIs a temperature-based variable resistance, R, of said current-limiting resistor_iIs the temperature-based internal resistance of the battery cell.

5. The overdischarge prevention apparatus of claim 1,

wherein when receiving an output request signal, the processor is configured to control the operating states of the first switch and the second switch to an on state and the third switch to an off state.

6. The overdischarge prevention apparatus of claim 5,

wherein the processor is configured to compare a cell voltage of the battery cell with the reference voltage and control operation states of the first switch, the second switch, and the third switch according to a comparison result.

7. The overdischarge prevention apparatus of claim 6,

wherein when the cell voltage of the battery cell is equal to or lower than the reference voltage, the processor is configured to control the operating states of the first switch and the third switch to an on state and the operating state of the second switch to an off state.

8. A battery pack comprising the overdischarge prevention apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 7.

9. An electronic device comprising the overdischarge prevention apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7.

Technical Field

This application claims priority to korean patent application No. 10-2018-0028619, filed in korea on 12.3.2018, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.

The present disclosure relates to an over-discharge preventing apparatus, and more particularly, to an over-discharge preventing apparatus by gradually reducing an output of a battery.

Background

Recently, demands for portable electronic products such as notebook computers, video cameras, and portable phones have sharply increased, and electric vehicles, energy storage batteries, robots, satellites, and the like have been actively developed. Therefore, high-performance secondary batteries that allow repeated charging and discharging are being actively studied.

Currently commercially available secondary batteries include nickel cadmium batteries, nickel hydrogen batteries, nickel zinc batteries, lithium secondary batteries, and the like. Among these batteries, lithium secondary batteries are receiving much attention because of having little memory effect compared to nickel-based secondary batteries and also having a very low self-discharge rate and high energy density.

In addition, the secondary battery may be used as a single secondary battery, but in order to be used as a high-voltage and/or large-capacity power storage system, a plurality of secondary batteries are connected in series and/or parallel, or in the form of a battery pack including a battery management system for controlling the overall charge/discharge operation of the secondary batteries included therein.

A battery management system used in a battery pack monitors the state of a battery using a temperature sensor, a current sensor, a voltage sensor, etc., and estimates SOC and SOH using the monitoring results, balances the voltage between battery cells, or protects the battery from overcharge, overdischarge, high voltage, overcurrent, low temperature, and high temperature.

In particular, the battery management system may include a protection circuit to prevent the battery from being over-discharged to have a voltage lower than a minimum operating voltage. For example, the battery management system has a switch on a discharge path of the battery, and when the voltage of the battery falls below a preset minimum operating voltage, the battery management system turns off the switch to cut off the discharge of the battery, thereby preventing the overdischarge of the battery.

In the over-discharge prevention technique of the conventional battery management system, the output of the battery is cut off when the voltage of the battery falls below the minimum operating voltage, and thus the system powered by the battery is suddenly shut down.

Disclosure of Invention

Technical problem

The present disclosure is directed to providing an over-discharge prevention apparatus for preventing over-discharge of a battery cell by setting a reference voltage using a minimum operating voltage and a voltage drop of a current limiting resistor whose resistance varies according to its own temperature and an internal resistor of the battery cell and then controlling electrical connection of the current limiting resistor based on a comparison result of a cell voltage of the battery cell and the reference voltage.

Objects of the present disclosure are not limited to the above objects, and other objects and advantages of the present disclosure may be understood from the following detailed description and will become more apparent from exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure. Further, it will be readily understood that the objects and advantages of the present disclosure may be realized by the means set forth in the appended claims and combinations thereof.

Technical scheme

In an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an over-discharge prevention apparatus including: a first switch on a first discharge path electrically connecting the battery cell and the output terminal; a second switch located on the first discharge path and having one end and the other end electrically connected to the other end of the first switch and the output terminal, respectively; a current limiting resistor on a second discharge path electrically connecting a first node between the first switch and the second switch and a second node between the second switch and the output terminal, the current limiting resistor having one end electrically connected to the first node; a third switch located on the second discharge path and having one end and the other end electrically connected to the other end of the current limiting resistor and the second node, respectively; and a processor configured to set a reference voltage using at least one of a minimum operating voltage of the battery cell, a first voltage drop caused by the current limiting resistor, and a second voltage drop caused by an internal resistor of the battery cell, and to control operating states of the first switch, the second switch, and the third switch based on the reference voltage.

Preferably, the processor may be configured to calculate the first voltage drop using a temperature-based variable resistance of the current limiting resistor and a discharge current of the battery cell.

Preferably, the processor may be configured to calculate the second voltage drop using a temperature-based internal resistance of the battery cell and a discharge current of the battery cell.

Preferably, the processor may be configured to calculate the reference voltage using the following equation:

< equation >

V_ref＝V_min+I_oR_v+I_oR_i

Wherein V_refIs said reference voltage, V_minIs the minimum operating voltage, I, of the battery cell_oIs the discharge current, R, of the battery cell_vIs a temperature-based variable resistance, R, of said current-limiting resistor_iIs the temperature-based internal resistance of the battery cell.

Preferably, when receiving an output request signal, the processor may be configured to control the operating states of the first switch and the second switch to an on state and the operating state of the third switch to an off state.

Preferably, the processor may be configured to compare a cell voltage of the battery cell with the reference voltage and control the operation states of the first switch, the second switch, and the third switch according to a comparison result.

Preferably, when the cell voltage of the battery cell is equal to or lower than the reference voltage, the processor may be configured to control the operation states of the first switch and the third switch to an on state and the operation state of the second switch to an off state.

A battery management system according to the present disclosure may include the over-discharge prevention apparatus.

The battery pack according to the present disclosure may include the over-discharge prevention apparatus.

An electronic device according to the present disclosure may include the over-discharge prevention apparatus.

Advantageous effects

According to the present disclosure, a reference voltage is set using a minimum operating voltage and a voltage drop of a current limiting resistor whose resistance varies according to its own temperature and an internal resistor of a battery cell, and then a flow of current flowing through the current limiting resistor is controlled based on a comparison result of a cell voltage of the battery cell and the reference voltage, thereby preventing over-discharge of the battery cell. As a result, since the output of the battery cell gradually decreases, the power supplied to the load can be prevented from being suddenly cut off.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an over-discharge prevention apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating a connection configuration of an over-discharge prevention apparatus, a battery pack, and a load according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of switching control when a processor of an over-discharge prevention apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure receives an output request signal.

Fig. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of switching control performed by a processor of the over-discharge prevention apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

The accompanying drawings illustrate preferred embodiments of the present disclosure and together with the foregoing disclosure serve to provide a further understanding of the technical features of the present disclosure, and therefore the present disclosure should not be construed as being limited to the accompanying drawings.

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Before the description, it should be understood that the terms used in the specification and the appended claims should not be construed as limited to general and dictionary meanings, but interpreted based on the meanings and concepts corresponding to technical aspects of the present disclosure on the basis of the principle that the inventor is allowed to define terms appropriately for the best explanation.

Accordingly, the description made herein is just a preferred example for the purpose of illustration only, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure, so it should be understood that other equivalents and modifications may be made to the present disclosure without departing from the scope thereof.

In addition, in describing the present disclosure, a detailed description of related known elements or functions will be omitted herein when it is considered that the detailed description makes the subject matter of the present disclosure unclear.

Terms including ordinal numbers such as "first," "second," etc., may be used to distinguish one element from another element, but are not intended to limit the elements.

Throughout this application, when a portion is referred to as "comprising" or "includes" any element, it means that the portion may further include other elements without excluding other elements, unless specifically stated otherwise. Further, the term "processor" described in the present application refers to a unit that processes at least one function or work, which may be implemented by hardware, software, or a combination of hardware and software.

Further, throughout the application, when it is said that one portion is "connected" to another portion, it is not limited to the case where they are "directly connected", but also includes the case where other elements are interposed "indirectly connected".

Fig. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an over-discharge prevention apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, and fig. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating a connection configuration of the over-discharge prevention apparatus, a battery pack, and a load according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

First, referring to fig. 1 and 2, an overdischarge prevention apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is included in an electronic device having a battery pack and is connected to a battery cell B provided in the battery pack to prevent overdischarge of the battery cell B.

In addition, the over-discharge prevention apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may be included in a Battery Management System (BMS) provided in a battery pack.

The over-discharge prevention apparatus 100 may include a first switch SW1, a second switch SW2, a current limiting resistor Rptc, a third switch SW3, a sensing unit 110, a storage unit 120, a processor 130, and a notification unit 140.

The battery pack includes a plurality of battery cells B electrically connected in series and/or parallel, the battery cells B being the smallest unit cells that diagnose a change in the electrode in response to a resistance. Here, the scope of the present disclosure also includes a case in which the battery pack includes only one unit cell.

The battery cell B is not particularly limited to any kind as long as it allows repeated charge and discharge. For example, the battery cell B may be a pouch-type lithium polymer battery.

The battery cell B may be electrically connected to various electronic devices through the output terminals Pack +, Pack-. The electronic device may be an electrically driven operating device. For example, the electronic device may be an electric vehicle, a hybrid electric vehicle, an unmanned aerial vehicle such as a drone, an Energy Storage System (ESS) included in an electrical grid, or a mobile device.

Thus, the battery unit B can output power to the output terminals Pack +, Pack-, and supply power to the load L provided in the electronic device.

For example, when the electronic device connected to the battery unit B is an unmanned aerial vehicle, the battery unit B can supply power to a motor as a load L provided in the unmanned aerial vehicle by outputting power to the output terminals Pack +, Pack-.

In addition, a first switch SW1 may be located on a first discharge path L1 that electrically connects battery cell B and output terminals Pack +, Pack-.

The first switch SW1 may output power from the battery cell B to the output terminal Pack +, Pack-, or cut off the output power.

The second switch SW2 is located on the first discharge path L1, and one end and the other end of the second switch SW2 may be electrically connected to the other end of the first switch SW1 and the output terminals Pack +, Pack-, respectively.

That is, on the first discharge path L1 electrically connecting the battery cell B and the output terminal Pack +, Pack-, the first switch SW1 may be disposed closer to the battery cell B than the second switch SW2, and the second switch SW2 may be disposed closer to the output terminal Pack +, Pack-than the first switch SW 1.

In addition, a current limiting resistor Rptc is located on the second discharge path L2, the second discharge path L2 electrically connects a first node N1 located between the first switch SW1 and the second switch SW2 and a second node N2 located between the second switch SW2 and the output terminals Pack +, Pack-, one end of the current limiting resistor Rptc may be electrically connected to the first node N1.

The third switch SW3 is located on the second discharge path L2, and one end and the other end of the third switch SW3 may be electrically connected to the other end of the current limiting resistor Rptc and the second node N2, respectively.

That is, on the second discharge path L2 electrically connecting the first node N1 and the second node N2, the current limiting resistor Rptc may be disposed closer to the first node N1 than the third switch SW3, and the third switch SW3 may be disposed closer to the second node N2 than the current limiting resistor Rptc.

Therefore, when the operating state of the first switch SW1 is controlled to the off state, the electric power output from the battery cell B to the output terminals Pack +, Pack-can be cut off regardless of the operating states of the second switch SW2 and the third switch SW 3.

When the operation state of the first switch SW1 is controlled to an on state, the operation state of the second switch SW2 is controlled to an off state, and the operation state of the third switch SW3 is controlled to an on state, the power output from the battery cell B may be output to the output terminal Pack +, Pack-through the second discharge path L2.

When the operation state of the first switch SW1 is controlled to the on state and the operation state of the second switch SW2 is controlled to the on state, the power output from the battery cell B may be output to the output terminal Pack +, Pack-through the first discharge path L1 regardless of the operation state of the third switch SW 3.

In addition, the current limiting resistor Rptc may be a Positive Temperature Coefficient (PTC) device whose variable resistance rapidly increases when a threshold Temperature is reached. Therefore, when a current flows through the current limiting resistor Rptc until a threshold temperature is reached, the current flowing through the second discharge path L2 may be cut off. That is, when a current flows through the current limiting resistor Rptc for a predetermined time, the power output from the battery cell B through the second discharge path L2 may be cut off.

The sensing unit 110 may measure data to be used by the processor 130 when setting the reference voltage, which is described later.

To this end, the sensing unit 110 may provide the processor 130 with measurement signals representing a cell voltage applied to both ends of the battery cell B for a preset period of time, a discharge current of the battery cell B flowing from the battery cell B to the first discharge path L1, a temperature of the battery cell B, and an ambient temperature of the current limiting resistor Rptc.

The sensing unit 110 may include a voltage sensor configured to measure a battery voltage applied to both ends of the battery cell B. In addition, the sensing unit 110 further includes a current sensor configured to measure a discharge current of the battery cell B flowing from the battery cell B to the first discharge path L1. In addition, the sensing unit 110 further includes a temperature sensor configured to measure the temperature of the battery cell B and the ambient temperature of the current limiting resistor Rptc.

When the measurement signal is received from the sensing unit 110, the processor 130 may determine a digital value of each of the cell voltage, the discharge current, the temperature of the battery cell B, and the ambient temperature of the current limiting resistor Rptc by means of signal processing, and store the digital value in the storage unit 120.

The storage unit 120 is a semiconductor memory device that records, erases, and updates data generated by the processor 130, and stores a plurality of program codes for diagnosing whether the battery cell B is damaged. Further, the storage unit 120 may store preset values of various predetermined parameters used in implementing the present disclosure.

The memory cell 120 is not particularly limited as long as it is a semiconductor memory element known in the art capable of recording, erasing, and updating data. For example, the storage unit 120 may be DRAM, SDRAM, flash memory, ROM, EEPROM, registers, and the like. Furthermore, the storage unit 120 may further include a storage medium storing program code defining control logic of the processor 130. The storage medium includes a nonvolatile storage element such as a flash memory or a hard disk. The storage unit 120 may be physically separate from the processor 130 or may be integrated with the processor 130.

First, a case will be described in which the processor 130 receives an output request signal for outputting the power of the battery cell B to the load L of the electronic device.

Fig. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of switching control when a processor of an over-discharge prevention apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure receives an output request signal.

When receiving the output request signal, the processor 130 may control the operation states of the first switch SW1 and the second switch SW2 to an on state and the third switch SW3 to an off state.

Therefore, the electric power output from the battery cell B may be output to the load L through the first discharge path L1.

Thereafter, the processor 130 may set a reference voltage using at least one of a minimum operating voltage of the battery cell B, a first voltage drop caused by the current limiting resistor Rptc, and a second voltage drop caused by an internal resistor of the battery cell B, and control the operating states of the first switch SW1, the second switch SW2, and the third switch SW3 based on the reference voltage.

Here, the minimum operating voltage of the battery cell B may be a minimum voltage of the battery cell B that must be maintained so that the battery cell B is not deteriorated by overdischarge.

For example, the minimum operating voltage of the battery cell B may be "3V".

In addition, the processor 130 may calculate the first voltage drop using the temperature-based variable resistance of the current limiting resistor Rptc and the discharge current of the battery cell B. That is, assuming that the power output from the battery cell B flows into the second discharge path L2 where the current limiting resistor Rptc is located, the processor 130 may calculate a first voltage drop, which is a voltage drop caused by the current limiting resistor Rptc.

At this time, the processor 130 may calculate the first voltage drop using a first temperature-resistance lookup table in which the ambient temperature of the current limiting resistor Rptc measured by the sensing unit 110 is matched with the temperature-based variable resistance of the current limiting resistor Rptc. Here, the first temperature-resistance lookup table may be stored in the memory unit 120 in advance.

The processor 130 may read the variable resistance of the current limiting resistor Rptc corresponding to the ambient temperature of the current limiting resistor Rptc measured by the sensing unit 110 from the first temperature-resistance lookup table.

Thereafter, the processor 130 may calculate the first voltage drop by multiplying the read variable resistance of the current limiting resistor Rptc by the discharge current of the battery cell B.

In addition, the processor 130 may calculate the second voltage drop using the internal resistance of the battery cell B and the discharge current of the battery cell B. That is, the processor 130 may calculate a second voltage drop, which is a voltage drop caused by the internal resistance of the battery cell B varying based on the temperature, rather than a voltage drop caused by the resistance component of the circuit connected to the battery cell B.

At this time, the processor 130 may calculate the second voltage drop using a second temperature-resistance lookup table in which the temperature of the battery cell B measured by the sensing unit 110 is matched with the temperature-based internal resistance of the battery cell B.

The processor 130 may read the internal resistance of the battery cell B corresponding to the temperature of the battery cell B measured by the sensing unit 110 from the second temperature-resistance lookup table. Here, the second temperature-resistance lookup table may be stored in the memory unit 120 in advance.

Thereafter, the processor 130 may calculate the second voltage drop by multiplying the read internal resistance of the battery cell B by the discharge current of the battery cell B.

Finally, the processor 130 may calculate the reference voltage by adding the minimum operating voltage of the battery cell B, the first voltage drop, and the second voltage drop.

At this time, the processor 130 may calculate the reference voltage using equation 1 below.

< equation 1>

V_ref＝V_min+I_oR_v+I_oR_i

Here, V_refIs a reference voltage, V_minIs the minimum operating voltage of the battery cell, I_oIs the discharge current of the battery cell, R_vIs a temperature-based variable resistance of a current-limiting resistor, R_iIs the temperature-based internal resistance of the battery cell.

The processor 130 may compare the cell voltage of the battery cell B with a reference voltage and control the operation states of the first switch SW1, the second switch SW2, and the third switch SW3 according to the comparison result.

More specifically, when the cell voltage of the battery cell B is equal to or lower than the reference voltage, the processor 130 may control the operation states of the first and third switches SW1 and SW3 to an on state and the operation state of the second switch SW2 to an off state.

That is, when the cell voltage of the battery cell B is equal to or lower than the reference voltage, the processor 130 may output the power of the battery cell B, which has been output through the first discharge path L1, to the second discharge path L2.

Therefore, the discharge current of the battery cell B may flow at the current limiting resistor Rptc. Thereafter, as the discharge current continues to flow through the current limiting resistor Rptc, the temperature of the current limiting resistor Rptc increases, which may rapidly increase the resistance of the variable resistor.

Finally, as the discharge current flows, the current limiting resistor Rptc increases the variable resistance to approach infinity so that the discharge current flowing through the second discharge path L2 may be interrupted, which may gradually cut off the power output to the output terminals Pack +, Pack-.

According to this configuration of the present disclosure, when the voltage of the battery cell B is equal to or lower than the minimum operating voltage, the power output from the battery cell B to the load L is not immediately cut off, but the power may be gradually reduced in inverse proportion to the increased variable resistance as the discharge current flows into the current limiting resistor Rptc.

In addition, the processor 130 according to another embodiment may estimate an expected power cut-off time using the discharge current of the battery cell B and the ambient temperature of the current limiting resistor Rptc.

More specifically, the processor 130 according to another embodiment may estimate the expected power cut-off time using a current-time lookup table in which a threshold resistance arrival time of the current limiting resistor Rptc is matched with each initial current value flowing in the current limiting resistor Rptc.

Here, the current-time lookup table may be a lookup table in which the threshold resistance arrival time is matched such that when a current flows through the current limiting resistor Rptc, the variable resistance of the current limiting resistor Rptc becomes close to infinity according to the initial current value of the corresponding current.

For example, when the initial current value of the current initially flowing into the current limiting resistor Rptc is "5A" and the variable resistance of the current limiting resistor Rptc becomes close to infinity "10 seconds" after the current of "5A" starts to flow into the current limiting resistor Rptc, the initial current value of "5A" and the threshold resistance arrival time of "10 seconds" may be mapped and stored in the current-time lookup table. Here, the current-time lookup table may be stored in the storage unit 120.

When the cell voltage of the battery cell B is equal to or lower than the reference voltage, the processor 130 according to another embodiment may control the operation states of the first and third switches SW1 and SW3 to an on state and the operation state of the second switch SW2 to an off state.

Thereafter, the processor 130 according to another embodiment may read the threshold resistance arrival time from the current-time lookup table using the current value of the discharge current flowing into the current limiting resistor Rptc.

The processor 130 according to another embodiment may estimate the read threshold resistance arrival time as the expected power cut-off time. That is, the expected power cut-off time may be a time at which the power of the battery cell B is cut off after the processor 130 controls the operation states of the first switch SW1, the second switch SW2, and the third switch SW3 such that the discharge current flows through the current limiting resistor Rptc.

By using the configuration of the present disclosure, the time at which the output of the battery cell B supplied to the load L is cut off can be predicted in advance so as to prevent overdischarge of the battery cell B.

In addition, the processor 130 may optionally include an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), another chipset, a logic circuit, a register, a communication modem, and a data processing device. At least one of various control logics executable by the processor 130 may be combined, and the combined control logic is written in a computer readable code system and recorded on a computer readable recording medium. The recording medium is not limited as long as it can be accessed by the processor 130 included in the computer. As one example, the recording medium includes at least one selected from the group consisting of ROM, RAM, registers, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, hard disk, floppy disk, and optical data recording device. In addition, the code system may be modulated onto a carrier signal and stored at a particular time on a communications carrier, and may be stored and executed in a distributed fashion on computers connected by a network. Also, functional programs, codes, and code segments for implementing the combined control logic can be easily introduced by programmers skilled in the art to which the present disclosure pertains.

The notification unit 140 may receive the threshold resistance arrival time estimated by the processor 130 and output the threshold resistance arrival time to the outside. More specifically, the notification unit 140 may include at least one of a display unit that displays the threshold resistance arrival time using at least one of a symbol, a number, and a code, and a speaker unit that outputs the threshold resistance arrival time using sound.

In addition, the battery management system according to the present disclosure may include the above-described over-discharge prevention apparatus. In this way, overdischarge of the battery cell B managed by the battery management system can be prevented.

In addition, the electronic device according to the present disclosure may receive power from the battery cell B and include the above-described overdischarge prevention apparatus.

The above-described embodiments of the present disclosure need not be implemented by apparatuses and methods, but may also be implemented by a program for realizing functions corresponding to the configurations of the present disclosure or a recording medium having the program recorded thereon. Such a solution is easily implemented by those skilled in the art from the description of the above embodiments.

The present disclosure has been described in detail. It should be understood, however, that the detailed description and the specific examples, while indicating preferred embodiments of the invention, are given by way of illustration only, since various changes and modifications within the scope of the disclosure will become apparent to those skilled in the art from this detailed description.

In addition, a person skilled in the art may make many substitutions, modifications and changes to the above-described present disclosure without departing from the technical aspects of the present disclosure, the present disclosure is not limited to the above-described embodiments and drawings, and each embodiment may be selectively combined partially or entirely to allow various modifications.

(reference symbol)

B: battery unit

L: load(s)

100: device for preventing over-discharge

110: sensing unit

120: memory cell

130: processor with a memory having a plurality of memory cells

140: notification unit

SW 1: first switch

SW 2: second switch

SW 3: third switch

Rptc: current-limiting resistor