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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2016
Linear Technology Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Albert M. Wu, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Linear Technology Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
An energy storage stack balancing circuit may balance a set of serially connected energy storage devices. An electronic switching system may control the delivery of energy into and out of the inductor. A controller may control the electronic switching system so as to cause energy to be transferred: from one of the energy storage devices into the inductor and then out of the inductor and into a different one, a subset, or all of the energy storage devices; or from a subset of the energy storage devices into the inductor and then out of the inductor and into one, a different subset, or all of the energy storage devices; or from all of the energy storage devices into the inductor and then out of the inductor and into one or a subset the energy storage devices.