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Why do you need smart battery management systems
May 31, 2022
How to design a battery management system
GCE integrated circuits and designs help you to layout your Battery Management System. Careful design considerations on charging and discharging processes on battery protection and cell monitoring will support you throughout your design.
Why are battery management systems (BMS) needed and how do they work?
Battery management systems (BMS) are electronic control circuits that monitor and regulate the charging and discharge of batteries. The battery characteristics to be monitored include the detection of battery type, voltages, temperature, capacity, state of charge, power consumption, remaining operating time, charging cycles, and some more characteristics.
Tasks of smart battery management systems (BMS)
The task of battery management systems is to ensure the optimal use of the residual energy present in a battery. In order to avoid loading the batteries, BMS systems protect the batteries from deep discharge, from over-voltage, which are results of extreme fast charge and extreme high discharge current. In the case of multi-cell batteries, the battery management system also provides for cell balancing function, to manage that different battery cells have the same charging and discharging requirements.
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