Many electric vehicle manufacturers
have adopted the SAE J1772 standard for electrical connections to an EV. The same
specifications also translate into international localizations, with differing form
factors. The control pilot is the primary control conductor and is connected to the
equipment ground through control circuitry on the vehicle and performs the following
functions:
- Verifies that the vehicle is present and connected
- Permits energization and de-energization of the supply
- Transmits supply equipment current rating to the vehicle
- Monitors the presence of the equipment ground
- Establishes vehicle ventilation requirements
Table 1-1 shows the SAE
J1772 standard mandates control pilot circuit generator parameters.
Table 1-1 Control
Pilot Signal Generator Parameters per SAE J1772
PARAMETER(1) |
MIN |
NOM |
MAX |
UNITS |
Voltage high, open circuit |
11.40 |
12.00 |
12.60 |
V |
Voltage low, open circuit |
–11.40 |
–12.00 |
–12.60 |
V |
Frequency |
|
1000 |
|
Hz |
Pulse width(2) |
|
5 |
|
µs |
Rise time(3) |
|
2 |
|
µs |
Fall time(3) |
|
2 |
|
µs |
Settling time(4) |
|
3 |
|
µs |
(1) Tolerances to be maintained over the environmental conditions
and useful life as specified by the manufacturer
(2) Measured at 50% points of complete negative-to-positive or
positive-to-negative transitions
(3) 10% to 90% of complete negative-to-positive transition or 90%
to 10% of complete positive-to-negative transition measured between the pulse
generator output and R1. Note that the term generator refers to the EVSE
circuitry prior to and driving the 1-kΩ source resistor with a ±12-V square
wave. This circuitry must have rise and fall times faster than 2 μs. Rise and
fall times slower than 2 μs begin to add noticeably to the output rise and fall
times dictated by the 1-kΩ resistor and all the capacitance on the pilot
line.
(4) To 95% of steady-state value, measured from the start of
transition