Apparatus for charging and discharging battery
AssigneesSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
InventorsJinyong JEON, Taejung YEO, Seong Chon CHOI, Soon Ryung LEE, Bong Yeon CHOI
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Abstract
A battery charging and discharging apparatus includes power converters connected in series and configured to convert respective output voltages of batteries corresponding to the power converters. Each of the power converters may include direct current to direct current (DC/DC) converters connected in parallel. The apparatus may further include a controller configured to control magnitudes of respective output voltages of the power converters based on respective states of the batteries.
Claims10
A power supply apparatus comprising:
- direct current to direct current (DC/DC) converters connected in parallel with each other and directly connected to a battery module;
- wherein the DC/DC converters are configured to convert a first voltage of the battery module to a second voltage to be controlled by a controller, and wherein the second voltage is supplied to an external component of the power supply apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.