Circuit/System Description

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The hybrid battery current sensor is mounted inside the drive motor generator battery assembly. The positive high voltage cable that goes to the positive contactor relay passes through the current sensor. The current sensor detects the amperage that flows in and out of the hybrid batteries. The drive motor generator battery control module supplies and monitors a 5 V reference signal to the current sensor. The current sensor returns a signal between 0 and 5 V to the drive motor generator battery control module. The current sensor signal is in proportion to the amperage going in and out of the drive motor generator battery. A signal voltage of the current sensor greater than 2.5 V indicates that the drive motor generator battery is being discharged and a signal voltage less than 2.5 V indicates charging. The hybrid battery current sensor has 3 measurement ranges in order to maintain accuracy. The ranges are low, medium and high. The measurement ranges of the current sensor have some overlap with each other. The low range measures from -22 to +22 A. The medium range measures from -52 to +52 A. The high range measures from -250 to +250 A.