METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING BATTERY CAPACITY

摘要

Provided with a method of measuring battery capacity using parameters obtained from a voltage response signal of a current waveform or an impedance spectrum generated thereof where the method includes the steps of: measuring voltage response signals based on a current waveform applied to a primary or secondary battery; obtaining parameters of an equivalent circuit composed of model parameters such as resistors, capacitors and transmission lines either directly from voltage response or after its conversion to frequency dependent impedance; and determining the unknown battery capacity from the voltage response characteristics based on a correlation between the measured capacity and the model parameters, which correlation is previously determined by a real-time discharge method, thereby takes a shorter time than a real-time discharge method and delivering efficiency and reliability in determining model parameters of an equivalent circuit which are in close correlation with the charge/discharge condition of the battery.