Patent ID: 9632144
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: B60L,G01R,H01M,H02J,Y02E,Y02T

Claim:
1. A method of operating a voltage monitoring system configured to monitor a voltage of a plurality of battery cells coupled in series, the voltage monitoring system comprising: a voltage monitoring module including an adjusting current control circuit; and a module control circuit configured to control the voltage monitoring module, the method comprising the steps of: (a) generating a first operating current setting command by a module control circuit; (b) generating an adjusting current in response to the first operating current setting command so that an operating current consumed in the voltage monitoring module reaches a first value corresponding to the first operating current setting command; (c) generating an operating current switching command by the module control circuit; (d) halting generating of the adjusting current in response to the operating current switching command; (e) generating an operating current measuring command by the module control circuit; (f) measuring the operating current in response to the operating current measuring command; (g) generating a second operating current setting command, by the module control circuit, based on the measured operating current; and (h) generating an adjusting current, by the adjusting current control circuit, in response to the second operating current setting command so that the operating current reaches a second value corresponding to the second operating current setting command.