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Battery system and method for operating the same

Grant US12580233B2 Kind: B2 Mar 17, 2026

Assignee

SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD

Inventors

Jürgen Fritz, Renato Mandic, Peter Kurcik, Thomas Trathnigg, Michael Haindl, Pramod Srinivas

Abstract

A battery system includes: a battery management system comprising a DC/DC converter and a system basis chip; a microcontroller connected to the system basis chip to receive power from the system basis chip; and a relay driver configured to control a relay. The DC/DC converter receives power from a power source, and the system basis chip receives an output voltage from the DC/DC converter. The relay driver is connected to a node between the system basis chip and the DC/DC converter to receive the output voltage from the DC/DC converter. The microcontroller is electrically connected to the relay driver and is configured to: before switching the relay, control the DC/DC converter to increase the output voltage from a first voltage to a higher second voltage; and control the relay driver to switch the relay while the DC/DC converter outputs the second voltage.

CPC Classifications

H01M 10/425 H01M 2010/4271 H01M 2220/20 H01M 10/42 H01M 10/4207 H01M 10/44 H01M 10/441 B60L 3/0046 B60L 3/0084 B60L 3/04 B60L 2210/10 B60L 58/10 H01H 47/002 Y02T 10/70 H02J 7/0063 H02J 7/0013 H02J 7/0029 H02J 7/00309 H02J 7/0068 H02J 2207/20

Filing Date

2022-07-27

Application No.

17875271

Claims

8