The present invention provides a semiconductor package, comprising: a support part; a semiconductor chip provided on the support part and including a plurality of signal pads; a buffer layer provided on the semiconductor chip; an adhesive layer provided on the buffer layer; a pressure-reducing layer provided on the adhesive layer; and a mold layer provided on the pressure-reducing layer.

A method for determining a temperature characteristic of an electrochemical cell assembly includes (1) sensing a first voltage via one or more thermistors electrically coupled to the electrochemical cell assembly while loading circuitry electrically coupled to the thermistors is deactivated, (2) sensing a second voltage via the one or more thermistors while the loading circuitry is activated, and (3) determining the temperature characteristic of the electrochemical cell assembly at least partially from the first and second voltages.

The application describes a transfer circuit or system with a first DC bus for connecting a plurality of battery racks to an inverter bridge for a first power exchange with an AC grid. The transfer circuit or system has a second DC bus which is connected to the first DC bus via a DC/DC converter. The transfer circuit or system is arranged to disconnect at least one battery rack of the plurality of battery racks from the first DC bus and to connect it to the second DC bus for performing an intra-battery equalization process. The application also describes a system with a transfer unit and a method for performing an intra-battery equalization process.

A balanced charging device and a charging system used to solve the technical problem of too long charging time of the balanced charging device. The balanced charging device comprises a plurality of charging modules, each of which independently charges a battery unit and is provided with a positive port and a negative port with independent functions; the positive port is connected with the positive port of the battery unit corresponding to the charging module, and the negative port is connected with the negative port of the battery unit corresponding to the charging module. The charging system includes the balanced charging device. The balanced charging device and charging system provided by the disclosure are used for charging a plurality of battery units in series.

One example provides a system for dynamically balancing power in a battery pack during charging and discharging. The system includes a battery pack, a control unit, and a load unit. The battery pack includes one or more modules. Each module includes one or more bricks. Each brick includes one or more blocks connected either in a series configuration or in a parallel configuration. Each block includes one or more cells. The control unit is connected with the battery pack across each of the blocks for processing power from each of the blocks irrespective of a power mismatch between the blocks. The control unit dynamically balances the power in the battery pack by controlling a differential current from a block with higher state of charge (SOC) to a block of lower SOC, using one or more converters and thereby maximizing available energy of the battery pack during charging and discharging.

A battery secondary protection circuit includes a first pin, a second pin, a first sensing circuit, a first current source, a first enabling circuit and a first protection circuit. The first pin and the second pin are coupled to two terminals of a first battery. The first sensing circuit, coupled between the first pin and second pin, provides a first sensing signal and a second sensing signal. The first current source, coupled between the first pin and second pin, provides a first current. The first enabling circuit, coupled to the first sensing circuit and first current source, generates a first enabling signal according to the first sensing signal. The first protection circuit is coupled to the first sensing circuit. When the first enabling signal enables the first current source, the first protection circuit generates a first protection signal according to a second sensing signal changed with the first current.

Methods of managing a lithium ion battery and of recovering branches and/or cells in the battery are provided, as well as battery management systems (BMS) and batteries implementing the methods. Branches and/or cells may be recovered by slow and deep discharging, followed by slow charging—to increase capacity, cycling lifetime and/or enhance safety thereof. BMSs may be configured to diagnose defective branches and/or cells and manage the recovery procedure with respect to changing operational loads the battery and the available internal and external charging sources.

A method and system for charging multi-cell lithium-based batteries. In some aspects, a battery charger includes a housing, at least one terminal to electrically connect to a battery pack supported by the housing, and a controller operable to provide a charging current to the battery pack through the at least one terminal. The battery pack includes a plurality of lithium-based battery cells, with each battery cell of the plurality of battery cells having an individual state of charge. The controller is operable to control the charging current being supplied to the battery pack at least in part based on the individual state of charge of at least one battery cell.

Disclosed is a smart balancing energy charging control system including a multi-power input unit connected to each of different power sources and receiving power for charging a battery pack from the different power sources, a micro-controller unit performing charging within rated power of the battery pack using charge power applied from the different power sources applied from the multi-power input unit and performing smart charging balancing control by determining whether a predetermined condition is met, and a battery pack charge connection unit coupled to the battery pack and charging the battery pack with the charge power applied through the smart charging balancing control under the control of the micro-control unit

A charging system for charging a battery pack is provided. The charging system comprises a charging unit configured to charge and discharge the battery pack having a plurality of rechargeable cells. The charging system further comprises a balancing unit electrically coupled to the charging unit and configured to balance voltage across each rechargeable cell of the plurality of rechargeable cells, and a display unit electrically coupled to the charging unit and configured to display one or more parameters indicative of a charge and discharge status of the battery pack.