Power Line Communications in Automotive Traction Batteries: A Proof of Concept

Thomas F. Landinger, Guenter Schwarzberger, Matthias Rose, Stefan Dollhaeubl, Guenter Hofer, Arash Pake Talei, Andreas Jossen

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Abstract

Power line communication (PLC) in automotive traction batteries is considered an attractive alternative to the serial-bus communication used in state-of-the-art battery management systems (BMS). PLC uses the battery power line as communication medium and saves additional wires, connectors and isolation effort. In this work, we present a proof of concept for a battery PLC in a small-scale battery pack. From a hardware approach, we develop a PLC modem, which modulates UART data using on-off-keying (OOK) and couples it onto the battery power line. To test the PLC, we design a demonstrator consisting of two PLC modems connected to a small-scale battery pack. The PLC is verified by a master-to-slave communication with an exemplary data transmission of multiples of 12 byte data packets.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2020 IEEE International Symposium on Power Line Communications and its Applications, ISPLC 2020
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781728148168
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2020
Event2020 IEEE International Symposium on Power Line Communications and its Applications, ISPLC 2020 - Malaga, Spain
Duration: 11 May 202015 May 2020

Publication series

Name2020 IEEE International Symposium on Power Line Communications and its Applications, ISPLC 2020

Conference

Conference2020 IEEE International Symposium on Power Line Communications and its Applications, ISPLC 2020
Country/TerritorySpain
CityMalaga
Period11/05/2015/05/20

Keywords

  • BMS
  • PLC
  • battery management system
  • electric vehicle
  • power line communication

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