A monitoring device includes an input terminal configured to receive an input signal from a battery system management (BSM); an output terminal configured to output cell parameters used to determine an open cell voltage associated with one of a plurality o...

A power supply system includes a regulator circuit responsive to an input signal at the input node (VIN) for producing an output signal at the output node (VOUT) at a desired level. The regulator circuit has a controller (12), an inductive element (L) and ...

Switching regulator methods and systems are provided for supplying output current at a regulated voltage level to a load. Upon determining that the output current is not below a predetermined current threshold, the regulator is operated in a continuous mod...

Circuits and methods that improve the performance of electronic circuits and associated analog to digital converters are provided. An electronic circuit that maintains a substantially constant output voltage to a load when receiving a substantially constan...

Technique for providing power to a powered device (PD) over a cable having first (14,18) and second (16,20) sets of twisted pairs, such as signal pairs (14,18) and spare pairs (16,20). Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE) circuitry (220) is coupled via a first s...

A battery balancing method and system is provided. The system includes a plurality of cells connected in series, a balancer for each cell, a monitor configured to determine a state of charge (SOC) of each cell, and a microprocessor. The microprocessor is c...

A battery balancing system includes at least one sub-stack, each sub-stack comprising a plurality of cells connected in series. The system also includes a balancing module for each sub-stack comprising an independent bidirectional balancer for each cell in...