Patent attributes
A battery protection integrated circuit for protecting a secondary battery by controlling a charge or discharge operation of the secondary battery includes a power supply terminal connected to a positive electrode of the secondary battery; a ground terminal connected to a negative electrode of the secondary battery; an input terminal connected to a negative terminal coupled to ground of a load; a control terminal at which a control signal is input, wherein the control signal has a voltage level with reference to a potential at the negative terminal; a signal detection circuit configured to detect a relative voltage level of the control signal input at the control terminal with reference to a potential at the input terminal; and a control circuit configured to control open/close of a switching circuit connected to a charge or discharge path between the negative electrode and the negative terminal based on the control signal.
