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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2011
Applicant:
Guoxing LI, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
Guoxing Li, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
02Micro International Limited, Grand Cayman, KY;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A battery management system can include a battery having a plurality of cells, a plurality of devices coupled to the battery, and a control unit coupled to a first device of the devices. The devices can assess the statuses of the cells. The control unit can communicate with a destination device of the devices via a default path and can communicate with the destination device via a backup path if an undesirable condition occurs in the default path.