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Flexible bus architecture for monitoring and control of battery pack

  • US 8,261,129 B2
  • Filed: 06/07/2011
  • Issued: 09/04/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A control system for reconfiguring communication path in a stacked battery, comprising:

  • a control unit;

    a plurality of processors coupled to the stacked battery and capable of receiving information from the control unit;

    a plurality of controllers coupled to the stacked battery, two adjacent controllers communicating with each other through a vertical bus; and

    a first plurality of isolators coupled to the plurality of processors, the first plurality of isolators being coupled in a star fashion to the control unit,whereineach processor being capable of receiving information from an adjacent controller through a lateral bus,two adjacent processors of the plurality of processors communicating with each other through one isolator, andthe control unit receiving information from a processor and the control unit reconfigures the communication path among the plurality of processors and the plurality of controllers according to the information received from the plurality of controllers.

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