An electro-hydraulic brake system comprising: a master cylinder (MC) fluidly coupled to a first MC fluid passageway and configured to supply fluid into the first MC fluid passageway in response to pressing force on a brake pedal coupled thereto; a pressure supply unit (PSU) including an electric motor coupled to an actuator rod , a piston bore including a terminal end opposite the electric motor , and a PSU piston disposed within the piston bore and movable by the actuator rod through the piston bore and dividing the piston bore into a first chamber and a second chamber ; characterized in that the electro-hydraulic brake system further comprises an inner cylinder within the piston bore and extending from the terminal end towards the PSU piston and defining a balance bore ; the PSU piston including a balance piston extending into the balance bore and having a cross-sectional area equal to a cross-sectional area of the actuator rod ; a check valve configured to allow fluid flow from the second chamber of the PSU to the first chamber of the PSU and to block fluid flow in an opposite direction; a pedal feel emulator (PFE) including a PFE piston movable through a PFE bore and separating an upper chamber from a lower chamber ; wherein the lower chamber of the PFE is fluidly coupled to the second chamber of the PSU to convey fluid from the lower chamber of the PFE to the second chamber of the PSU in response to a compression of the PFE ; and wherein the first MC fluid passageway is fluidly coupled to the upper chamber of the PFE to provide a fluid path from the master cylinder into the upper chamber of the PFE . a master cylinder (MC) fluidly coupled to a first MC fluid passageway and configured to supply fluid into the first MC fluid passageway in response to pressing force on a brake pedal coupled thereto; a pressure supply unit (PSU) including an electric motor coupled to an actuator rod , a piston bore including a terminal end opposite the electric motor , and a PSU piston disposed within the piston bore and movable by the actuator rod through the piston bore and dividing the piston bore into a first chamber and a second chamber ; characterized in that the electro-hydraulic brake system further comprises an inner cylinder within the piston bore and extending from the terminal end towards the PSU piston and defining a balance bore ; the PSU piston including a balance piston extending into the balance bore and having a cross-sectional area equal to a cross-sectional area of the actuator rod ; a check valve configured to allow fluid flow from the second chamber of the PSU to the first chamber of the PSU and to block fluid flow in an opposite direction; a pedal feel emulator (PFE) including a PFE piston movable through a PFE bore and separating an upper chamber from a lower chamber ; wherein the lower chamber of the PFE is fluidly coupled to the second chamber of the PSU to convey fluid from the lower chamber of the PFE to the second chamber of the PSU in response to a compression of the PFE ; and wherein the first MC fluid passageway is fluidly coupled to the upper chamber of the PFE to provide a fluid path from the master cylinder into the upper chamber of the PFE . <EOS>