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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2018
Avx Corporation, Fountain Inn, SC (US);
Joseph M. Hock, Surfside Beach, SC (US);
AVX Corporation, Fountain Inn, SC (US);
Abstract
Balancing circuits for an ultracapacitor module are provided. In some implementations, the balancing circuit can include a regulator having an input. The regulator can be configured to compare an input voltage associated with the ultracapacitor received at the input to a reference voltage and to provide an output via an output node. The balancing circuit can further include a switching circuit coupled to the regulator. The switching circuit can be configured to discharge the ultracapacitor based at least in part on the output of the regulator. The switching circuit can include at least one semiconductor switching element operated in a hard switching manner during operation of the switching element.