Patent ID: 9362760
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: B60L,H02J,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. A method for regulating a battery voltage of a battery, the battery including a plurality of battery cells, each battery cell of the plurality of battery cells having a respective driving circuit configured to selectively bridge and connect the battery cell to a battery string, the battery string establishing the battery voltage of the battery, the method comprising: determining, with regulating electronics, a nominal switch-on probability for the battery cells of the battery based on a desired nominal voltage, the nominal switch-on probability being such that if the each of the battery cells are connected to the battery string according to the nominal switch-on probability then the battery voltage of battery is within a predetermined range of the desired nominal voltage; transmitting, with the regulating electronics, the nominal switch-on probability to at least one of the respective driving circuits of the battery cells of the plurality of battery cells; determining, with the respective driving circuits, an allocated switch-on probability for the respective battery cells based on the nominal switch-on probability; and selectively connecting battery cells of the plurality of battery cells to the battery string with the respective driving circuits based on the allocated switch-on probability for the respective battery cells.