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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2013
Applicant:
Rohm Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Koichi Miyanaga, Kyoto, JP;
Jun Maede, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
ROHM CO., LTD., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0016 (2013.01); H02J 7/345 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7055 (2013.01);
Abstract
A battery module includes an anode terminal, a cathode terminal, and multiple capacitor cells. Multiple tap electrodes are each provided to a corresponding connection node that connects adjacent capacitor cells. An intermediate terminal is connected to one from among the multiple tap electrodes. A battery control circuit includes a cell balance circuit configured to stabilize each of the voltages at the multiple tap electrodes to a corresponding target voltage level. The voltage at the anode terminal is supplied to the power supply terminal of the cell balance circuit.