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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2022
Nuvoton Technology Corporation Japan, Kyoto, JP;
Takashi Ryu, Kyoto, JP;
NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION JAPAN, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A battery management circuit that is provided for each of sets of battery cells connected in series in an energy storage device including the sets of the battery cells and at least one capacitor, and that includes: a positive connection terminal to be connected to a positive electrode of a corresponding one of the sets of the battery cells; a negative connection terminal to be connected to a negative electrode of the corresponding one of the sets of the battery cells; a capacitor connection terminal to be connected to a terminal of the at least one capacitor; and a control circuit that controls a connection operation of connecting the positive connection terminal or the negative connection terminal to the capacitor connection terminal, and causes the battery management circuit to perform the connection operation in synchronization with the connection operation of another battery management circuit among battery management circuits.