BATTERY SYSTEM WITH A FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS FOR VOLTAGE AND TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a battery system for battery electric vehicles is provided. The battery system comprises a plurality of battery units, wherein each battery unit comprises at least one battery cell, each battery cell including a positive terminal, a negative terminal and a cell case. The battery system further comprises a flexible printed circuit, FPC, comprising a plurality of integrated circuits, ICs, configured for voltage measurement and temperature measurement. The ICs are interconnected by a wiring structure of the FPC, wherein each IC is thermally connected to a cell case of one of the battery cells of each battery unit via a contact element being disposed in the FPC and said IC is further electrically connected via the contact element to the respective positive terminal of the one battery cell.