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CELL BALANCING METHOD AND BATTERY SYSTEM EMPLOYING SAME

Publication EP4712296A1 Kind: A1 Mar 18, 2026

Applicants

LG Energy Solution, Ltd.

Inventors

CHOI, Jang Hyeok, KIM, Kyeongmin

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cell balancing method and a battery system employing same. The battery system of the present invention comprises: a battery including a plurality of battery cells; a monitoring unit for performing a first low-power mode and a second low-power mode, wherein, in the first low-power mode, wakeup is executed every short term period and cell balancing is performed on each of the plurality of battery cells on the basis of a predetermined first cell balancing execution condition, and in the second low-power mode, if a period extension condition is satisfied, wakeup is executed every long term period that is longer than the short term period by a predetermined period, and cell balancing is performed on each of the plurality of battery cells on the basis of a second cell balancing execution condition; and a control unit for, if a low-power mode entry condition is satisfied, indicating the monitoring unit to enter the first low-power mode, and then entering a sleep mode in which a preconfigured operation is not performed.

IPC Classifications

H02J 7/00 20260101AFI20241213BHEP H02J 9/00 20060101ALI20241213BHEP H01M 10/44 20060101ALI20241213BHEP H01M 10/42 20060101ALI20241213BHEP

Designated States

AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, ME, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR