Battery management system having an increased robustness against negative voltages

A battery comprising:

• at least one battery module, each battery module including a plurality of battery cells electrically connected in series in a battery string;
• and
• a battery management system including at least one cell monitoring unit having a plurality of cell voltage connections, a plurality of supply lines electrically connected to the cell voltage connections and to the plurality of battery cells, and at least one cell monitoring circuit including a plurality of electronic semiconductor modules electrically connected in parallel by the plurality of supply lines, and a plurality of fuses,
• wherein the battery management system is configured to monitor the plurality of battery cells with the at least one cell monitoring unit,
• wherein each battery cell of the plurality of battery cells includes a positive battery cell terminal and a negative battery cell terminal,
• wherein a corresponding supply line electrically connects each positive battery cell terminal and each negative battery cell terminal to a corresponding cell voltage connection, and
• wherein at least one of the corresponding supply lines for each battery cell includes a fuse of the plurality of fuses in a current path of a corresponding battery cell.

A motor vehicle comprising:

• an electric motor;
• and
• a battery arranged in a drive train of the motor vehicle and configured to supply the electric motor, the battery including (i) at least one battery module, each battery module including a plurality of battery cells electrically connected in series in a battery string, and (ii) a battery management system including at least one cell monitoring unit having a plurality of cell voltage connections, a plurality of supply lines electrically connected to the cell voltage connections and to the plurality of battery cells, at least one cell monitoring circuit including a plurality of electronic semiconductor modules connected in parallel by the plurality of supply lines, and a plurality of fuses,
• wherein the battery management system is configured to monitor the plurality of battery cells with the at least one cell monitoring unit,
• wherein each battery cell of the plurality of battery cells includes a positive battery cell terminal and a negative battery cell terminal,
• wherein a corresponding supply line electrically connects each positive battery cell terminal and each negative battery cell terminal to a corresponding cell voltage connection, and
• wherein at least one of the corresponding supply lines for each battery cell includes a fuse of the plurality of fuses in a current path of a corresponding battery cell.