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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2013
Compellent Technologies, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Jason D. Adrian, San Jose, CA (US);
Douglas L. Farley, Round Rock, TX (US);
Dell International L.L.C., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A modular battery pack system including a plurality of battery sub-modules operably connected in parallel and an isolation system configured to discretely isolate any one of the battery sub-modules from the remaining battery sub-module(s). The isolation system, in one embodiment, may utilize an ORing FET for each of the battery sub-modules, with each ORing FET operably connected at its input with an output of a corresponding battery sub-module and operably connected at its output with the output of the other ORing FETs. The modular battery pack system may further include a conditioning system for conditioning a battery sub-module by discharging at least a portion of the battery sub-module. Each battery sub-module may be operably and discretely connected to the conditioning system, such that conditioning is selectively applicable to any one or more of the battery sub-modules.