Low-power battery system
AssigneeAeroflex Plainview, Inc.
InventorGeorge Altemose
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Abstract
A system for balancing the charge level of a plurality of electrically coupled battery units. The system configuration may utilize an architecture and/or methodology that is more appropriate for lower power applications. In particular, the present invention, in accordance with at least one embodiment, may provide a battery balancing system that implements low loss charge balancing circuits in a compact configuration suitable for a multitude of applications, such as smaller cell battery balancing. The charge balancing circuits may be incorporated within each battery unit.
Claims20
A battery system, comprising:
- a plurality of battery units electrically coupled to at least a common bus, each of the plurality of battery units including one or more battery cells and a battery balancing circuit, wherein each battery balancing circuit is configured to balance the charge of the one or battery cells in the plurality of battery units utilizing the common bus;
- and
- a system clock coupled to the plurality of battery units.
A battery balancing method, comprising:
- electrically coupling a plurality of battery units to at least a common bus and a system clock, each of the plurality of battery units including one or more battery cells and a battery balancing circuit;
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- configuring the battery balancing circuit in each of the plurality of battery units to balance the charge of the one or battery cells in the plurality of battery units utilizing the common bus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.