A vehicle system includes a first battery pack connected to a second battery pack via a flying capacitor multi-level inverter. The fling capacitor inverter has multiple inverter legs, with each inverter leg being arranged in a flying capacitor topology. A three phase motor is connected to the inverter. A controller connected to the motor and the inverter. The controller includes a memory storing instructions configured to cause the controller to control the inverter as a direct current (DC)-DC converter such that a circulating current passes through the motor, the first battery pack and the second battery pack.
MIXED CHEMISTRY BATTERY PACK POWER TRANSFER USING A MULTILEVEL FLYING CAPACITOR INVERTER
2025-05-15
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | H02P CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS , Steuern oder Regeln von elektrischen Motoren, elektrischen Generatoren, dynamoelektrischen Umformern / B60L PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES , Antrieb von elektrisch angetriebenen Fahrzeugen / B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR |
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