Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique

Commissariat a L'energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives

Institut National Des Sciences Appliquees De Lyon

Université Claude Bernard Lyon I

Ecole Centrale De Lyon

Bruno Allard

Gaël Pillonnet

Carlos-Augusto Berlitz

Sami Oukassi

A device for converting an input DC voltage into an output DC voltage having a predetermined value, includes a set of elementary components comprising: an input voltage source; two output nodes; and a plurality of energy-storing elements, each consisting of one battery or of a plurality of batteries connected in series or in parallel. The converting device further comprises a switching matrix, configured to connect the elementary components to one another in a periodic cycle composed of a plurality of phases so that, for each cycle: Each phase is associated with one different connection configuration chosen so that, in each energy-storing element, the amount of charge at the start of the cycle is equal to the amount of charge at the end of the cycle.

Converting an input DC voltage into an output dc voltage having a predetermined value using batteries

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Villeurbanne, France

Bruno Allard