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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2014
Fu-sheng Tsai, Taoyuan County, TW;
Fu-Sheng Tsai, Taoyuan County, TW;
Other;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling a power supply device is provided, where the apparatus includes at least one portion of the power supply device. The apparatus includes at least one battery module, each of which is a battery module of a set of battery modules connected in series within the power supply device, where each battery module of the set of battery modules includes at least one battery cell, at least one processing circuit, and at least one balancing circuit, which is electrically connected to the battery cell and the processing circuit. The processing circuit controls operations of the aforementioned each battery module of the set of battery modules. In addition, under control of the processing circuit, the balancing circuit performs balancing of the battery cell. Additionally, the balancing circuit provides the processing circuit with a bias voltage, and the processing circuit obtains electric power from the balancing circuit.