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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
May. 14, 2012
Applicant:
Peter J. Bills, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Inventor:
Peter J. Bills, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/00 (2006.01); G08B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2013.01); G08B 21/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of an electronic circuit for monitoring a battery stack enable cell balancing while conserving pin-count of the circuit package. The illustrative electronic circuit comprises a battery monitoring integrated circuit configured for monitoring a plurality of cells in the battery stack. The battery monitoring integrated circuit is arranged to share a common node pin between two adjacent battery cells in the battery stack for the purpose of cell balancing.