BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (BMS) ANALOG FRONT-END (AFE) AND ACTIVE CELL BALANCING ARCHITECTUREA centralized control unit for actively balancing a multi-cell battery pack is provided. The centralized control unit may include an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to monitor and digitize voltage r…DRIVE·4d ago·1 min readFollowH02J7/56Microchip Technology Incorporated
BATTERY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, METHOD OF BALANCING BATTERY CELLS WITH BATTERY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND BATTERY PACK INCLUDING BATTERY MANAGEMENT APPARATUSAccording to some aspects of the present disclosure, a battery management apparatus may include a balancing circuit including a plurality of balancing switches, each of which may be provided on a disc…DRIVE·Jun 11·2 min readFollowH02J7/56SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACTIVE BATTERY PACK BALANCINGIn a described example, a system includes a bus, a primary coil, first battery terminals, and second battery terminals. A first circuit is coupled between the bus and the primary coil. A first seconda…DRIVE·Jun 4·1 min readFollowH02J7/56Texas Instruments Incorporated
CONTROL METHOD OF BATTERY APPARATUS AND BATTERY APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND MEDIUMA control method of a battery apparatus includes acquiring a state parameter of a first battery module of the battery apparatus, controlling the first battery module and a charging device to form a fi…DRIVE·Jun 4·1 min readFollowH02J7/56CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
Charging circuit and integrated circuitA charging circuit can include: a first input terminal for receiving an input signal; a first switching circuit coupled between the first input terminal and a first battery; a second switching circuit…DRIVE·Jun 2·1 min readFollowH02J7/56Silergy Semiconductor Technology (Hangzhou) LTD.
BATTERY BALANCING SYSTEM AND OPERATING SYSTEM THEREOFA battery balancing system includes a battery pack block configured in rows and columns of batteries, a balancing block with balancing devices corresponding to the batteries, a balancing control block…DRIVE·May 28·1 min readFollowH02J7/56ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
MODULATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CASCADED ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMA cascaded energy storage system comprises N sub-modules which are connected in cascade, wherein N is greater than or equal to 2. The modulation method comprises: in an odd period, according to a firs…DRIVE·Apr 30·1 min readFollowH02J7/56Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
BATTERY MANAGEMENT CIRCUIT AND BATTERY APPARATUSA battery management circuit and a battery apparatus, including: an acquisition circuit (11), a processing circuit (12), a first switching element (101), a second switching element (102), and an ampli…DRIVE·Mar 25·2 min readFollowH02J7/56ZHUHAI COSMX POWER SUPPLY CO LTD [CN]
POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEEmbodiments of this application relate to the field of power supply and discloses a method for switching a connection status of a cell, a power supply system, and an electronic device, which can switc…DRIVE·Jan 24·2 min readFollowH02J7/56HONOR DEVICE CO LTD [CN]
Onboard installation and method for providing/collecting electric power and automotive vehicle equipped with such an installationThis onboard installation (6-20) is for providing electric power (P) to electric loads (30-36) and collecting power from electric generators (4) of an automotive vehicle (2), the electric loads and ge…DRIVE·Apr 22·2 min readFollowH02J7/56IVECO FRANCE SA [FR]
Pulsed DC-DC converterThe converter has an output circuit including an output storage capacitor (C1S), which is connected parallel to a voltage output (UOUT). A pole of a storage throttle (DRP1) forms a common electrical c…DRIVE·Mar 19·1 min readFollowH02J7/56AZUR SPACE SOLAR POWER GMBH [DE]
Device for high-precision management of the charge of a battery, and method implemented by said deviceThe device (10) has a main charger (3) arranged to charge multiple cells, and a battery management system (4) including a measuring unit (5) for measuring charge of each cell according to intensity of…DRIVE·Jul 31·1 min readFollowH02J7/56ACCUWATT [FR]
Energy storage system with implemented regulating algorithm and method for controlling the charge levels of its elementsThe system has a change-over switch for removing a storage element out of the series arrangement, and for bridging the removed storage element. A separation switch is provided for removing the storage…DRIVE·Apr 17·1 min readFollowH02J7/56FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG [DE]
Cell balancing deviceA cell balancing device (1) includes a plurality of serially connected battery modules (8-1 through 8-n), an external generator (3), a transformer 16 including a first coil (20) and a plurality of sec…DRIVE·Jan 2·1 min readFollowH02J7/56TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI KK [JP]
ChargerThe charger 10 has first to third charging circuits 12 to 14 including a first charging path that charges battery banks 21 to 23 via current limiting resistors R1 to R3, a second charging path that ch…DRIVE·Nov 14·2 min readFollowH02J7/56FDK TWICELL CO LTD [JP]
Device and method for monitoring and making symmetrical a multi-cell energy storage stackThe device (10) has a combinatorial circuit (30) connected to energy storage cells (C1-Cn) and a voltage measuring unit (40). Another combinatorial circuit (60) is connected to an energy storage eleme…DRIVE·Aug 1·1 min readFollowH02J7/56LIEBHERR ELEKTRONIK GMBH [DE]
Multiple battery charger with automatic charge current adjustmentSystems and methods using the same to achieve a multiple battery charger with automatic charge current adjustment have been disclosed. The invention maintains equilibrium of charge levels during charg…DRIVE·Jun 20·1 min readFollowH02J7/56DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR GMBH [DE]
Charging control device and charging control methodA charging control device includes a plurality of battery packs including a secondary battery therein, one or two or more power input units configured to input power, a power integration unit configur…DRIVE·Jun 13·1 min readFollowH02J7/56SONY CORP [JP]
Battery system and method for monitoring a charge of at least one rechargeable batteryThe battery system has a rechargeable battery (10) that includes several energy storage modules (11-1,11-2) having control units (12) which are connected to a network (20). The control units of energy…DRIVE·May 2·1 min readFollowH02J7/56HOPPECKE ADVANCED BATTERY TECHNOLOGY GMBH [DE]
Battery cell equalizer systemA method of operating a battery system includes a plurality of battery cells (24,26,28,30) coupled in series. The plurality of cells (24,26,28,30) includes at least three battery cells coupled in seri…DRIVE·Jan 11·1 min readFollowH02J7/56FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR INC [US]
Battery control device and battery systemA battery control device for a battery module includes a plurality of integrated circuits CC3A, ..., CC3N, CC4A, ..., CC4N. Each integrated circuit includes: a constant voltage circuit that lowers a t…DRIVE·Sep 28·2 min readFollowH02J7/56HITACHI VEHICLE ENERGY LTD [JP]
Management unit and method for managing electric energy stored in a battery comprising a number of series-connected cellsA management unit (1) and method for managing electric energy stored in a battery (2) composed of a number of series-connected cells (3), the management unit (1) having: a main equalizing circuit (4),…DRIVE·Aug 24·2 min readFollowH02J7/56MAGNETI MARELLI SPA [IT]
Battery charging systems with cell balancing functionsIn a power converter, a primary winding receives an input power. In addition, multiple secondary windings transform the input power into multiple charging currents to charge a set of cells via a set o…DRIVE·May 11·1 min readFollowH02J7/56O2MICRO INC [US]
Series battery charger with separate detection of batteriesThe present invention relates to a series charger with separate detection of batteries which includes a charging control device for converting the inputted AC power into DC power so as to charging fou…DRIVE·Dec 28·2 min readFollowH02J7/56YANG FU-I [TW]
Method and apparatus for simultaneously charging multiple rechargeable batteriesA charger (2) has two or more separate charging ports (8, 10) to which two or more rechargeable batteries (5, 6) can be coupled, respectively. Current from a single current source (28) is allocated to…DRIVE·Aug 31·1 min readFollowH02J7/56RESEARCH IN MOTION LTD [CA]
Cell equalizing circuitAn electric circuit (20) for equalizing voltages between serially arranged cells (2A-2H). The circuit is operable to generate AC voltages at amplitudes dependent on the DC voltages of the received cel…DRIVE·Feb 11·1 min readFollowH02J7/56H2EYE INTERNATIONAL LTD [VG]
Accumulator power supply unit and method for controlling a charge of the accumulator blockAn accumulator power supply unit equalizing the voltage between terminals of the respective accumulator block (1) to be a predetermined value without being affected by different characteristics of the…DRIVE·Mar 26·1 min readFollowH02J7/56NISSHIN SPINNING [JP]
Intelligent power management for rechargeable batteriesAn electronic device battery pack for a battery requiring cycling to prolong lifetime is divided into at least two parallel cells for which the charging state is automatically maintained. When externa…DRIVE·Mar 13·2 min readFollowH02J7/56ST MICROELECTRONICS INC [US]
Device for monitoring the state of cells of a batteryThe circuit samples the voltage on the accumulator terminals at intervals, and also monitors re-charging to follow battery status. The monitoring device includes a circuit (5) for periodically samplin…DRIVE·May 9·1 min readFollowH02J7/56ACCUNORD SARL [FR]
Charge management system for electric batteries in particular a babattery composed of lithium cellsThe battery comprises a series of modules (2) each containing a single cell (3) connected across the output side of an individual charging unit (4). The cells are also series connected, through separa…DRIVE·Apr 25·2 min readFollowH02J7/56CIT ALCATEL [FR]
