A charging system has: a number of connections for connecting at least one electric energy store to be charged; a number n of at least three inverter bridges, each of which has a center tap; a number n of electric filters, wherein the input of each filter of the number n of filters is electrically connected to a respective corresponding center tap of an inverter bridge of the number of inverter bridges; a controllable assigning unit which is inserted between a respective output of a filter of the number n of filters and the number of connections and which is designed to electrically assign the output of each filter of the number n of filters to a respective corresponding connection of the number of connections depending on at least one actuation signal; and a control unit which is designed to generate the at least one actuation signal depending on a desired charge mode of the charging system.

A parallel charging-discharging management system of multiple batteries comprises a main control module, a charging dual-MOS control module, a discharging dual-MOS control module, a communication module, a voltage sampling module, a current sampling module, a temperature sampling module, an electric quantity display module and batteries; the main control module is connected with a charging dual-MOS control module, a discharging dual-MOS control module, a communication module, a voltage sampling module, a current sampling module, a temperature sampling module and an electric quantity display module; the charging dual-MOS control module is connected with a power supply, batteries and a main control module, the discharging dual-MOS control module is connected with the batteries; the main control module and the load, the current sampling module is connected with the batteries and the main control module; the temperature sampling module is connected with the main control module; it prevents battery discharging and isolates parallel batteries.

A machine includes a plurality of battery string modules that supply electric current to an inverter of the machine. The machine also includes a control system that opens at one contactor coupled to at least one battery string module of the plurality of battery string modules to disconnect the at least one battery string module. The other battery string modules of the plurality of battery string modules, apart from the at least one battery string module, continue supplying electric current to the inverter of the machine while the at least one battery string module is disconnected.

A battery system includes: at least two battery modules, where each of the at least two battery modules includes three strings of battery cells; and a switch control module configured to: determine state of charges (SOCs) of the strings of battery cells, respectively; determine, using model predictive control based on the SOCs, periods of phases, respectively; determine, using model predictive control based on the SOCs, periods for the strings, respectively, to be connected to a second positive terminal and a negative terminal during the phases, the determination of the periods for the strings including: setting the period for one of the strings of one of the battery modules to end before the end of a phase; and setting the periods for the other two strings of the one of the battery modules to end at the end of the phase.

A rectifier for use in a power supply is provided, including a capacitor charge control circuit operable to enable reduction in bulk capacitance.

The present disclosure provides a circuit for balancing voltages of battery packs to be connected in parallel, comprising: IN-side switches and OUT-side switches; a DC-DC converter with an IN terminal connected to the IN-side switches and an OUT terminal connected to the OUT-side switches; and a controller to operate an IN-side switch to connect a V.sub.max battery pack to the IN terminal, operate an OUT-side switch to connect a V.sub.min battery pack to the OUT terminal, and activate the DC-DC converter to transfer energy from the V.sub.min battery pack to the V.sub.min battery pack. The controller responds to an IN terminal voltage being sufficiently close to a voltage of a first battery pack by operating an IN-side switch to connect the first pack to the IN terminal, and responds to an OUT terminal voltage being sufficiently close to a voltage of a second battery pack by operating an OUT-side switch to connect the second battery pack to the OUT terminal.

Battery cells and other types of energy cells are not produced identically, and the performance and degradation of the cells vary over time. This makes it challenging to balance and manage stacks of cells arranged in series. A battery circuit is provided that includes each cell having an inline switch that is in series with the respective cell, and an outline switch that is parallel to the respective cell and the inline switch. When the inline switch is open and the corresponding outline switch is closed, the respective cell is electrically isolated from the stack. Specific cells within a stack can be electrically isolated to vary power, balance the circuit, remove damaged cells, and provide rest to the cells to extend the lifetime usage of the cells.

An apparatus including a monitoring unit including a voltage detection circuit which detects a voltage of the plurality of battery cells, a balancing unit including a first common resistor element and a switching module, the first common resistor element connected between a first common node and a second common node, and a control unit operably coupled to the monitoring unit and the switching module, the control unit determining a balancing target including at least one of the plurality of battery cells based on the voltage of each of the plurality of battery cells, controlling the switching module to form a current channel between the first common resistor element and the balancing target and determining a maximum number of battery cells that can be included in the balancing target based on resistance of the first common resistor element and the voltage of each of the plurality of battery cells.

A charging device, a charging method and a terminal, an output end of the main charging circuit and output ends of the at least two secondary charging circuits are connected to a battery of an electronic device, and the output end of the main charging circuit is used for supplying power for an internal chip of the electronic device, disconnecting a connection between the main charging circuit and the battery when a voltage of the output end of the main charging circuit reaches a voltage required by the internal chip, and supplying power for the battery through the output ends of the at least two secondary charging circuits, in this way, charging time is shortened and a purpose of fast charging a battery is achieved.

A battery control method includes obtaining a first voltage value of a first battery pack of an electronic device; obtaining a second voltage value of a second battery pack of the electronic device, a rated capacity of the first battery pack being different from a rated capacity of the second battery pack; and controlling, based on the first voltage value and the second voltage value, a control switch to be turned on according to a control strategy to connect the second battery pack and the first battery pack in parallel.