Patent Publication Number: US-8970163-B2

Title: Charge control system of battery pack

Description:
BACKGROUND 
     1. Field 
     Embodiments relate to a charge control system of a battery pack. 
     2. Description of the Related Art 
     Secondary batteries are actively being researched due to development of portable electronic devices such as cellular phones, notebook computers, camcorders and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs). 
     Such secondary batteries are manufactured in a battery pack type that includes a battery and a charge/discharge circuit. A battery is charged by an external power source or is discharged by an external load, through an external terminal disposed in a battery pack. That is, when the battery pack is connected to the external power source through the external terminal, the battery is charged by the external power source that is supplied through the external terminal and the charge/discharge circuit. Moreover, when the external load is connected to the battery pack through the external terminal, a discharge operation is performed where the power source of the battery is supplied to the external load through the charge/discharge circuit and the external terminal. At this point, the charge/discharge circuit controls charge/discharge of the battery between the external terminal and the battery. 
     Generally, batteries are charged with the maximum charge current until the voltages of the batteries reach a certain voltage level and then a charge current is slowly reduced when the voltages of the batteries reach a certain voltage level. 
     In the cases of notebook computers, when a charge/discharge switch is disabled in a charge/discharge circuit, a fuse is cut and thus charge of a battery is controlled. However, in the cases of electric bicycles, it is difficult to apply a fuse because a working voltage is high and a high current flows. 
     SUMMARY 
     One or more embodiments provide a charge control system of a battery pack, which can stably protect a battery when a charge/discharge device of the battery is disabled. 
     One or more embodiments may provide a battery charge control system, comprising a charge unit configured to charge a battery, a battery management unit including first and second ports, and configured to determine one of a charge mode and charge stop mode of the battery according to whether the charge unit is disabled, and to control outputs of the first and second ports according to the determined result, a charger management unit connected to a data input terminal of a charger, and configured to control an operation of the charger according to a voltage level of the data input terminal, and a voltage level shift unit configured to shift a voltage level of the data input terminal according to the outputs of the first and second ports. 
     The data input terminal may include a first input terminal and a second input terminal, and the voltage level shift unit may include a first resistor including a first terminal connected to the first input terminal, a first transistor including a first terminal connected to a second terminal of the first resistor, a second terminal connected to the second input terminal, and a control terminal connected to the first port, a second resistor including a first terminal connected to the second terminal of the first resistor, a second transistor including a first terminal connected to the second terminal of the first resistor, a second terminal connected to the second input terminal, and a control terminal connected to the second port, and a third resistor including a first terminal connected to the second terminal of the first resistor and a second terminal connected to the second input terminal. 
     A resistance value of the first resistor may be less than a resistance value of the second resistor and the resistance value of the second resistor may be less than a resistance value of the third resistor. 
     The voltage level shift unit may include a first voltage divider, the first voltage divider including a first division resistor connected between the first port and the control terminal of the first transistor, and a second division resistor connected between the control terminal and second terminal of the first transistor. 
     The voltage level shift unit further may include a second voltage divider, the second voltage divider including a third division resistor connected between the second port and the control terminal of the second transistor, and a fourth division resistor connected between the control terminal and second terminal of the second transistor. 
     The battery charge control system may include a first capacitor connected between the first and second terminal of the first transistor, a second capacitor connected to the third resistor in parallel, and a zener diode including a cathode connected to the second terminal of the first resistor, and an anode connected to the second input terminal. 
     The charger management unit may include a pull-down resistor connected between a power source and the first input terminal. 
     The battery management unit may determine the charge mode when the charge unit operates normally, and the battery management unit may determine the charge stop mode when the charge unit is disabled. 
     In the charge mode, the battery management unit may turn off the output of the first port and may turn on the output of the second port, in the charge mode. 
     In the charge mode, the charger management unit may operate the charger. 
     In the charge stop mode, the battery management unit may turn on the output of the first port. 
     In the charge stop mode, the charger management unit may stop an operation of the charger. 
     The battery management unit may determine one of the charge mode and a precharge mode according to a voltage of the battery when the charge unit operates normally. 
     The battery management unit may turn off the outputs of the first and second ports in the precharge mode. 
     The charger management unit may operate the charger in the precharge mode. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       Features will become more apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art by describing in detail exemplary embodiments with reference to the attached drawings, in which: 
         FIG. 1  illustrates a circuit diagram of an exemplary embodiment of a charge control system of a battery pack; and 
         FIG. 2  illustrates a circuit diagram of an exemplary embodiment and exemplary configuration of a voltage level shift unit within the charge control system of  FIG. 1 . 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     Korean Patent Application No. 10-2010-0121327 filed on Dec. 1, 2010, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, and entitled: “Charge Control System of Battery Pack” is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. 
     Exemplary embodiments will now be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings; however, they may be embodied in different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art. 
     In the drawing figures, it will also be understood that when an element is referred to as being “between” two elements, it can be the only element between the two elements, or one or more intervening elements may also be present. It is also understood that when an element is referred to as being “connected to” or “coupled to” another element, the element and the another element may be directly connected or coupled to each other, or one or more other intervening elements may be present. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout the specification. 
     Hereinafter, a charge control system of a battery pack according to an exemplary embodiment will be described. 
       FIG. 1  illustrates a circuit diagram of an exemplary embodiment of a charge control system  10  of a battery pack.  FIG. 2  illustrates a circuit diagram of an exemplary embodiment and an exemplary configuration of a voltage level shift unit  140  of the charge control system  10  of  FIG. 1 . An exemplary operation of the charge control system of a battery pack  10  will be described in connection with  FIGS. 1 and 2 . 
     Referring to  FIGS. 1 and 2 , the charge control system  10  of a battery pack may include a battery pack  100  and a charger  200 . 
     The battery pack  100  may include a battery  110 , a charge unit  121  and  123 , a discharge unit  125 , a battery management unit  130 , a voltage level shift unit  140 , a connector  150 , and a sensor resistor  160 . 
     The battery pack  100  may be connected to the charger  200  through the connector  150 . The charger  200  may perform a charge operation of the battery  110 . Embodiments are not, however, limited thereto. For example, although not shown, the battery pack  100  may be connected to an external load such as a hand phone, a portable notebook computer, etc. through the connector  150  instead of the charger  200 , and a discharge operation of the battery  110  may be performed. A high current path between the connector  150  and the battery  110  is used as a charge/discharge path, and a relative large current may flow through the high current path. 
     All sorts of devices that supply a power source required to charge the battery  110  of the battery pack  100  may be used as the charger  200 . For example, an adaptor or a portable notebook computer connected to the adaptor supplying a power source may be used as the charger  200 . 
     The charger  200  may include, e.g., power source terminals, e.g.,  200   p +,  200   p −, data input terminals, e.g., first through fourth data input terminals  200   a ,  200   b ,  200   c ,  200   d , a pull-down resistor Rpd, and a charger management unit  210 . 
     The power source terminals  200   p +,  200   p − of the charger  200  may be respectively connected to first and second pack terminals P+ and P− of the connector  150 . The data input terminals  200   d ,  200   c ,  200   b ,  200   a  of the charger  200  may be respectively connected to communication terminals CLOCK, DATA 0 , DATA 2 , DATA 1  of the connector  150 . More particularly, the data input terminals of the charger  200  may be connected to the charger management unit  210  of the charger  200 . 
     The charger management unit  210  may receive voltage information from the battery management unit  130  through the third and/or fourth input terminals  200   c ,  200   d  and may receive charge control information through the first and second input terminals  200   a  and  200   b . The charger management unit  210  may control the operation of the charger  200  based on information that is transferred through the data input terminals  200   a ,  200   b ,  200   c ,  200   d . The pull-down resistor Rpd may be connected between a power source Vd and the first input terminal  200   a . The charger management unit  210  will be described below in more detail. 
     Hereinafter, an exemplary configuration of the battery pack  100  and charger  200  will be described in more detail. 
     The battery  110  may include one or more battery cells, e.g., B 1  to B 4 . The battery  110  may be charged or discharged to a certain voltage. B+ and B− of  FIG. 1  are high current terminals, and correspond to first and second terminal terminals B+ and B− of the serially-connected battery cells B 1  to B 4 . Herein, the first terminal B+ may be a positive terminal, and the second terminal B− may be a negative terminal. The number of battery cells of the battery  100  according to an embodiment may vary according to a capacity required by an external load. 
     The charge unit  121 ,  123  and the discharge unit  125  may be connected to a high current path between the battery  110  and the connector  150 , and may function to charge/discharge the battery  110 . More particularly, the charge unit  121 ,  123  may correspond to a charge device  121  and a precharge device  123 . The charge device  121  may include a first field effect transistor (hereinafter referred to as FET 1 ) and a first parasitic diode (hereinafter referred to as DD. The precharge device  123  may include a second field effect transistor (hereinafter referred to as FET 2 ), a second parasitic diode (hereinafter referred to as D 2 ). A precharge resistor Rpc may be included between the charge device  121  and the precharge device  123 . In one or more embodiments, the precharge resistor Rpc may be included in the precharge device  123 . The discharge unit  125  may include a discharge device. The discharge device  125  may include a third field effect transistor (hereinafter referred to as FET 3 ) and a third parasitic diode (hereinafter referred to as D 3 ). 
     A connection direction between the source and drain of the FET 1  may be set to be a same direction as that of the FET 2  and a direction opposite to the FET 3 . Due to such configuration, the FET 1  and the FET 2  may restrict current flow from the connector  150  to the battery  110 . Also, the FET 2  may restrict the amount of current with the precharge resistor Rpc. The FET 3  may restrict current flow from the battery  110  to the connector  150 . In  FIG. 1 , the FET 1 , FET 2  and FET 3  are illustrated as switching devices, but embodiments are not limited thereto. Instead of the FET 1 , FET 2  and FET 3 , other kinds of electronic devices performing a switching function may be used. The first and third parasitic diodes D 1  and D 3  may be configured in order for a current to flow in a direction opposite to a direction restricting the current. Also, the second and third parasitic diodes D 2  and D 3  may be configured in order for a current to flow in a direction opposite to a direction restricting the current. 
     The battery management unit  130  may be connected to the battery  110 , the charge device  121 , the precharge device  123 , the discharge unit  125 , the voltage level shift unit  140 , the connector  150  and the sensor resistor  160 . The battery management unit  130  may be implemented as an Integrated Circuit (IC). 
     The battery management unit  130  may detect the voltage of the battery  110 , and may control the operations of the charge device  121 , precharge device  123  and discharge unit  125  according to the detected voltage. 
     For example, when the charger  200  is connected to the battery pack  100  through the connector  150 , the battery management unit  130  may set the FET 1  of the charge device  121  to a turn-on state and may set the FET 3  of the discharge device  125  to a turn-off state, thereby allowing the battery  110  to be charged. When a voltage is excessively charged in the battery  110 , the battery management unit  130  sets the FET 2  to a turn-on state, thereby allowing the battery  110  to be charged. More particularly, by turning on the FET 2 , the battery management unit  130  allows the battery  110  to be slowly charged to a certain voltage level by the precharge resistor Rpc of the precharge device  123 , thereby preventing abnormal heating. When an external load is connected to the battery pack  100  through the connector  150 , the battery management unit  130  sets the FET 1  of the charge device  121  to a turn-off state and sets the FET 3  of the discharge device  125  to a turn-on state, thereby allowing the battery  110  to be discharged. Although not shown, the battery management unit  130  may sense all the voltages of the battery cells B 1  to B 4 . 
     The battery management unit  130  may determine any one of a charge mode, a precharge mode and a charge stop mode according to the detected voltage of the battery  110  and the fault or normality of the charge unit  121  and  123 . The battery management unit  130  may include a first port Port 1  and a second port Port 2 , and may control outputs of the first and second ports Port 1  and Port 2  according to the determined mode, e.g., charge mode, charge stop mode, precharge mode, based on the detected voltage of the battery  110  and a fault or a normal state of the charge unit  121  and  123 . 
     For example, when the charge unit  121  and  123  operates normally, the battery management unit  130  may control the operation of the charge device  121  or the operation of the precharge device  123 , and the outputs of the first and second ports Port 1  and Port 2 , according to the detected voltage of the battery  110 . More particularly, e.g., when the determined mode is the precharge mode, the battery management unit  130  may set the precharge device  123  to a turn-on state, turn off the first port Port 1 , and turn on the second port Port 2 . When the charge unit  121  and/or the precharge device  123  do not normally operate (i.e., the charge unit  121  and/or  123  are disabled), the battery management unit  130  may turn on the first port Port 1  regardless of the detected voltage of the battery  110 . At this point, the output state of the second port Port 2  is irrelevant. The battery management unit  130  will be described below in more detail. 
     Referring to  FIGS. 1 and 2 , an input terminal of the voltage level shift unit  140  may be connected to the first and second ports Port 1  and Port 2  of the battery management unit  130 , and an output terminal of the voltage level shift unit  140  may be connected to the data input terminal of the charger  200  through the connector  150 . As discussed above, in one or more embodiments, the data input terminal of the charger  200  may include the first to third input terminals  200   a  to  200   c . The voltage level shift unit  140  may be connected to the data input terminals  200   a ,  200   b  of the charger  200  through the data terminals DATA 0  to DATA 2  of the connector  150 . The voltage level shift unit  140  may shift the voltage level of the data input terminal of the charger  200  according to the outputs of the first port Port 1  and the second port Port 2  of the battery management unit  130 . 
     The voltage level shift unit  140  may include a first voltage divider Ra and Rb, a first transistor T 1 , a second voltage divider Rc and Rd, a second transistor T 2 , a first resistor R 1 , a second resistor R 2 , a third resistor R 3 , a first capacitor C 1 , a second capacitor C 2 , and a zener diode Dz. 
     The first voltage divider Ra and Rb may include a first division resistor Ra and a second division resistor Rb. A first terminal of the first division resistor Ra may be electrically connected to the first port Port 1  of the battery management unit  130 , and a second terminal of the first division resistor Ra may be electrically connected to a first terminal of the second division resistor Rb. A second terminal of the second division resistor Rb may be electrically connected to a second terminal of the first transistor T 1 . 
     The first transistor T 1  may include a first terminal, the second terminal, and a control terminal. The control terminal of the first transistor T 1  may be electrically connected to a connection node between the first division resistor Ra and the second division resistor Rb. That is, the control terminal of the first transistor T 1  may be electrically connected to the second terminal of the first division resistor Ra and the first terminal of the second division resistor Rb. The first terminal of the first transistor T 1  may be electrically connected the first input terminal  200   a  of the charger  200 . 
     A first terminal of the first resistor R 1  may be electrically connected to the first port Port 1 , and a second terminal of first resistor R 1  may be electrically connected to the first terminal of the first transistor T 1 . 
     The second voltage divider Rc and Rd may include a third division resistor Rc and a fourth division resistor Rd. A first terminal of the third division resistor Rc may be electrically connected to the second port Port 2  of the battery management unit  130 , and a second terminal of the third division resistor Rc may be electrically connected to a first terminal of the fourth division resistor Rd. A second terminal of the fourth division resistor Rd may be electrically connected to a second terminal of the second transistor T 2 . 
     The second transistor T 2  may include a first terminal, the second terminal, and a control terminal. The control terminal of the second transistor T 2  may be electrically connected to a connection node between the third division resistor Rc and the fourth division resistor Rd. That is, the control terminal of the second transistor T 2  may be electrically connected to the second terminal of the third division resistor Rc and the first terminal of the fourth division resistor Rd. The first terminal of the second transistor T 1  may be electrically connected to the second terminal of the first resistor R 1 . The second terminal of the second transistor T 2  may be electrically connected the second input terminal  200   b  of the charger  200 . 
     A first terminal of the second resistor R 2  may be electrically connected to the second port Port 2 , and a second terminal of the second resistor R 2  may be electrically connected to the second terminal of the second transistor T 2 , i.e., the second input terminal  200   b  of the charger  200 . 
     A first terminal of the third resistor R 3  may be electrically connected between the second terminal of the first resistor R 1  and a second terminal of the third resistor R 3  may be electrically connected between to the second input terminal  200   b  of the charger  200 . 
     Resistance values of the first, second, and third resistors R 1 , R 2 , R 3  may increase in the order of the first, second, and third resistors R 1 , R 2 , R 3 . More particularly, e.g., in one or more embodiments, the first resistance value of the first resistor R 1  may be less than the second resistance value of the second resistor R 2 , and the second resistance value of the second resistor R 2  may be less than the third resistance value of the third resistor R 3 . Particularly, the first resistance value of the first resistor R 1  may be considerably less than the resistance values of the second and third resistors R 2  and R 3 . For example, the first resistor R 1  may have about 56 Ohm, the second resistor R 2  may have about 5.1 KOhm, and the third resistor R 3  may have about 6 KOhm. 
     A first terminal of the first capacitor C 1  may be electrically connected to the first terminal of the first transistor T 1 , and a second terminal of the first capacitor C 1  may be electrically connected to the second terminal of the first transistor T 1 . 
     The second capacitor C 2  may be connected in parallel with the third resistor R 3 . For example, a first terminal of the second capacitor C 2  may be electrically connected between the second terminal of the first resistor R 1  and a second terminal of the second capacitor C 2  may be electrically connected between to the second input terminal  200   b  of the charger  200 . 
     The zener diode Dz may include an anode and a cathode. The anode of the zener diode Dz may be electrically connected to the second input terminal  200   b  of the charger  200 , and the cathode may be electrically connected to the other end of the second terminal of the first resistor R 1 . 
     The connector  150  may be connected to the battery  110 . The connector  150  may be connected to the battery  110  or an external load, and thus, may serve as a terminal in charging/discharging of the battery  110 . For this, the connector  150  may include a first pack terminal P+ and a second pack terminal P−. The first pack terminal P+ may be a positive pack terminal that is connected to the first terminal B+, and the second pack terminal P− may be a negative pack terminal that is connected to the second terminal B−. When the charger  200  is connected to the connector  150 , the battery  110  may be charged by the charger  200 . When an external load is connected to the connector  150 , discharge is made from the battery  100  to the external load. A power source terminal VCC may be connected between the first pack terminal P+, the battery management unit  130  and the first terminal B+ of the battery  110 . The power source terminal VCC may provide a path for supplying the power source of the battery  110  to the battery management unit  130 , or when the charger  200  is connected to the battery pack  100  through the connector  150 , the power source terminal VCC may provide a path through which the charge power source of the charger  200  is supplied. 
     The connector  150  may include a communication terminals CLOCK and DATA connected to the battery management unit  130 . More particularly, the connector  150  may include the clock terminal CLOCK and the data terminals DATA 0  to DATA 2 . When the charger  200  is connected to the connector  150 , the communication terminals CLOCK and DATA may enable communication between the battery management unit  130  and the charger  200 . For example, the communication terminals CLOCK and DATA may transfer the voltage information and charge control information of the battery  110  from the battery management unit  130  to the charger  200 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 1 , the sensor resistor  160  may be connected to a high current path between the battery  110  and the connector  150 . Specifically, the sensor resistor  160  may be connected between the second terminal B− of the battery  100  and the second pack terminal P−. The sensor resistor  160  may be connected to the battery management unit  130 . Therefore, the sensor resistor  160  may allow the battery management unit  130  to check a voltage value between both terminals of the sensor resistor  160  and a resistance value of the sensor resistor  160 , and thereby check a charge/discharge current. Accordingly, the sensor resistor  160  may provide information of the charge current or discharge current of the battery  110  to the battery management unit  130 . 
     Next, an exemplary operation of the charge control system  10  according to an embodiment will be described below in detail with reference to  FIG. 2 . 
     A Table including exemplary port output states of the battery management unit  130 , voltage levels of the data input terminal of the charger  200  and charge control modes of the charge control system  10  is provided below. Embodiments are not limited to the exemplary states/levels/modes provided in the following Table. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
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                 Voltage level of 
                   
               
               
                 Battery management unit 130 
                 input terminal of 
                 Charge control 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 First port Port1 
                 Second port Port2 
                 charger 200 
                 mode 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Off 
                 Off 
                 More than 4 V 
                 Precharge mode 
               
               
                 Off 
                 On 
                 1 V to 4 V 
                 Charge mode 
               
               
                 On 
                 On or Off 
                 Less than 1 V 
                 Charge stop mode 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     The Table corresponds to an exemplary embodiment in which the first resistor R 1  of the voltage level shift unit  140  has a resistance value of 56 Ohm, the second resistor R 2  has a resistance value of 5.1 KOhm, the third resistor R 3  has a resistance value of 6 KOhm, the pull-down resistor Rpd of the charger  200  has a resistance value of 10.5 KOhm and the voltage Vd is 12 V. 
     The battery management unit  130  determines the charge control mode according to the detected voltage of the battery  110  and the fault or normal state of the charge units  121 ,  123 . More particularly, the battery management unit  130  may first determine whether the charge unit  121  and  123  operates normally. When the determined result shows that the charge unit  121  and  123  operates normally, the battery management unit  130  may determine the precharge mode or the charge mode on the basis of the detected voltage of the battery  110 . 
     1) Precharge Mode 
     When the determined result shows the precharge mode, the battery management unit  130  may turn off outputs of the first and second ports Port 1  and Port 2 . Therefore, the first and second transistors T 1  and T 2  are turned off, and the pull-down resistor Rpd, the first resistor R 1  and the third resistor R 3  may be connected between the power source Vd and second input terminal  200   b  of the charger  200 . In such embodiments, since the first resistor R 1  has a resistance considerably less than the resistance of the third resistor R 3 , most of the voltage Vd may be distributed to the pull-down resistor Rpd and the third resistor R 3  and may be applied. Accordingly, a voltage of about 4.34 V may be applied to the third resistor R 3  according to the voltage divider rule. The second terminal of the third resistor R 3  is connected to the first input terminal  200   b  of the charger  200 , and thus a voltage of about 4.34 V may be applied to the charger management unit  210 . In this case, since a voltage applied to the second input terminal  200   b  exceeds 4 V, the charger management unit  210  recognizes the precharge mode and controls the operation of the charger  200  in the precharge mode. 
     2) Charge Mode 
     When the determined result shows the charge mode, the battery management unit  130  may turn off the output of the first port Port 1  and may turn on the output of the second port Port 2 . Therefore, the first transistor T 1  is turned off, the second transistor T 2  is turned on, and the first to third resistors R 1  to R 3  may be connected between the power source Vd and second input terminal  200   b  of the charger  200 . In such embodiments, the second and third resistors R 2  and R 3  may be connected in parallel, and a composite resistance (R 2 //R 3 ) of the second and third resistors R 2  and R 3  may be about 2.75 KOhm. In one or more embodiments, the first resistor R 1  may have a resistance value considerably less than the composite resistance (R 2 //R 3 ), and thus most of the voltage Vd may be distributed to the pull-down resistor Rpd and the composite resistor (R 2 //R 3 ) and may be applied. Accordingly, a voltage of about 2.5 V may be applied to the second input terminal  200   b  of the charger  200  according to the voltage divider rule. In this case, since a voltage applied to the second input terminal  200   b  is equal to and/or within a range of about 1 V to about 4 V, the charger management unit  210  recognizes the charge mode and controls the operation of the charger  200  in the charge mode. 
     3) Charge Stop Mode 
     When the charge unit  121 ,  123  are not operating normally (i.e., the determined result shows the fault of the charge unit  121 ,  123 ), the battery management unit  130  turns on the output of the first port Port 1  irrespective of the detected voltage of the battery  110 . At this point, even if the output of the second port Port 2  is turned on/off, the output of the second port Port 2  is irrelevant. Therefore, the first transistor T 1  is turned on, and thus, a current from the power source Vd flows to the second input terminal  200   b  through the pull-down resistor Rpd, the first resistor R 1  and the first transistor T 1 . At this point, since the second and third resistors R 2  and R 3  have resistance values considerably greater than that of the first resistor R 1 , a current flow through the first resistor R 1  and the first transistor T 1 . Accordingly, about 0.6 V may be applied to the first input terminal  200   b  due to the first resistor R 1 . In this case, since the voltage of the first input terminal  200   b  is less than about 1 V, the charger management unit  210  recognizes the charge stop mode and immediately stops the operation of the charger  200 . 
     The operation of the charge control system  10  is not limited to the above description, and it is merely an example for understanding. It is apparent to those skilled in the art that the charge control system  10  may variously change the precharge mode, the charge mode and the charge stop mode according to the port output control of the battery management unit  130  and the voltage level of the input terminal of the charger  200 . 
     One or more embodiments provide a charge control system of the battery pack that can stably protect the battery when the charge/discharge device of the battery is disabled. 
     Exemplary embodiments have been disclosed herein, and although specific terms are employed, they are used and are to be interpreted in a generic and descriptive sense only and not for purpose of limitation. Accordingly, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure as set forth in the following claims.