Examples of complex circuit boards of lithium-ion batteries that include BMS sub-circuitry.A simplified circuit design of an active balancer acting on two of several cells in series. In two switching operations, energy can be transferred from the battery "Cell n" via a field effect transistor, "FET n", into the coil "L n" (the loop in red, labeled 1). In the second part of the balancing process (illustrated by the loop in green, 2), the energy in coil "L n" is diverted to "Cell n-1" via diode "D n-1", resulting in charge being added to "Cell n-1".A DeWalt 20V Max power tool battery (model referred to as 18V XR in Europe), showing its contacts and their labels. The C1–C4 contacts are connected to the individual cells, which allows for battery balancing by the battery charger.
Battery balancing and battery redistribution refer to techniques that improve the available capacity of a battery pack with multiple cells (usually in series) and increase each cell's longevity. A battery balancer or regulator is an electrical device in a battery pack that performs battery balancing. Circuitry that includes designs to balance cell charges during battery pack recharging may be either active or passive in its design, and is most often found in lithium-ion batteries, e.g., for laptop computers, electrical vehicles. etc.
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