Method and apparatus for performing battery balancing control with aid of pluggable mechanism

摘要

A method for performing battery balancing control with aid of pluggable mechanism is provided. The method is applied to a power supply device. The method includes the steps of: providing a pluggable external module, wherein the pluggable external module includes a first connection port, and further includes a set of external balancing circuits corresponding to a set of battery cells of a specific battery module within the power supply device, respectively; and on a case of the specific battery module, providing a second connection port corresponding to the first connection port, allowing the pluggable external module to be coupled to the specific battery module with aid of the pluggable mechanism formed with the first connection port and the second connection port, in order to utilize the set of external balancing circuits to perform balancing operations on the set of battery cells. Associated apparatuses are further provided.

主权项

1. A method for performing battery balancing control with aid of pluggable mechanism, the method being applied to a power supply device, the method comprising:
providing a pluggable external module, wherein the pluggable external module comprises a set of external balancing circuits and a first connection port, and the set of external balancing circuits corresponds to a set of battery cells of a specific battery module within the power supply device, respectively; providing a second connection port corresponding to the first connection port on a case of the specific battery module, allowing the pluggable external module to be detachably coupled to the specific battery module with aid of the pluggable mechanism formed with the first connection port and the second connection port, in order to utilize the set of external balancing circuits to perform balancing operations upon the set of battery cells; and disposing a set of internal balancing circuits in the case of the specific battery module, wherein in a situation where the pluggable external module is not coupled to the specific battery cell through the pluggable mechanism, the pluggable external module uses the set of internal balancing circuits to perform the balancing operations upon the set of battery cells; wherein the set of internal balancing circuits corresponds to the set of battery cells, respectively.