| 摘要 |
Disclosed is an apparatus for protecting a secondary battery, in which, when the secondary battery such as a lithium-ion secondary battery is exposed to high temperature exceeding a working range due to a change in external environment, external impacts, and so on, or heated due to spontaneous generation of heat caused by internal defects, the secondary battery is discharged. The apparatus includes a thyristor or transistor having an anode and a cathode connected both terminals of the secondary battery respectively, and shorting both terminals of the secondary battery when gate current is supplied, and a temperature sensor detecting temperature of the secondary battery and supplying the gate current to the thyristor or transistor when the detected temperature is higher than predetermined temperature. Thereby, when the temperature of the secondary battery increases due to any one of a change in external environment, external impacts, heat generation of the battery caused by internal defects, overcharge, and the like, the secondary battery is discharged into a safe state, so that it is possible to prevent the secondary battery from swelling, inflammation, or detonation to thus improving safety. |
