Energy storage systems

Design reliable and efficient energy storage systems with our battery management, sensing and power conversion technologies

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Energy: Evolving electrification for a sustainable future
Build a more sustainable future by designing safer, more accurate energy storage systems that store renewable energy to reduce cost and optimize use. With advanced battery-management, isolation, current-sensing and high-voltage power-conversion technologies, we support designs ranging from residential, commercial and industrial systems to grid-scale systems with voltages as high as 1,500V.

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Why choose TI for your energy storage system designs?

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Scalable designs

Our stackable battery-management architecture supports residential, commercial, industrial and grid-scale systems as high as 1,500V at an optimized system cost.

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Efficient power conversion

Our GaN FETs, gate drivers and real-time microcontrollers increase efficiency and power density by reducing switching and conduction losses and enabling higher switching frequencies.

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Safe, reliable systems

High-accuracy battery monitoring, current sensing and isolation, and integrated diagnostics all contribute to increased system reliability.

Engineering efficient energy storage systems

Accurate monitoring

Battery monitoring integrated circuits (ICs) measure cell voltages, temperature and pack current; perform cell balancing; and monitor and protect cells. Accurate monitoring enables more efficient battery use, resulting in longer run times and a reduction in battery size and cost. Our pack monitors accurately measure voltage and temperature to diagnose and manage the safety of battery packs.

Our battery cell monitoring ICs work well in Controller Area Network (CAN) or daisy chain-based architectures to meet your requirements.

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Application note
Cell Balancing With BQ769x2 Battery Monitors (Rev. A)
This application note describes the cell-balancing feature of the BQ769x2 battery monitor in a battery pack application and how to use external FETs and bipolar junction transistors to increase the current capability.
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Application brief
Scaling accurate battery management designs across energy storage systems
Read this application note to understand how our scalable battery-management designs support varying requirements across utility-scale, commercial battery backup unit and residential energy systems.
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Reference design
Stackable Battery Management Unit Reference Design for Energy Storage Systems
The stackable battery management unit reference design is a full cell-temperature sensing, high cell voltage accuracy, lithium-ion or lithium-ion-phosphate 32 cells in series battery pack reference design.
Featured products for battery cell and pack monitoring
NEW BQ79616 ACTIVE 16-S precision battery monitor, balancer and integrated protector with stacking interface
NEW BQ76972 ACTIVE 3s-to-16s high-accuracy battery monitor and protector for Li-ion, Li-poly and LiFePO4
INA236 ACTIVE 48-V, 16-bit ultraprecise I²C output digital power monitor with alert in WCSP

Increase safety at low and high voltages

High-accuracy battery monitors with integrated protection and diagnostics, precise current-sensing technologies, and devices with basic and reinforced isolation protect high-voltage energy storage systems and their users. 

To meet rigorous safety standards such as IEC 62619, UL 1973 and IEC 60730, our analog and embedded processing products, documentation and resources such as failure-in-time rate; failure modes, effects and diagnostic analysis; safety certificates; and software diagnostics libraries help you streamline your functional safety certification.

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How to Design High-Voltage Systems with Higher Reliability While Reducing Solution Size and Cost
This technical article explains how to keep high-voltage systems safe by using the latest isolation technologies for improved reliability while reducing solution size and cost.
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4 Key Current-Sensing Design Trends that are Powering Electrification
Read about four key design trends that have emerged from the growth of electrified applications and the current-sensing technologies that address them.
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How to Simplify Accurate Current Sensing in High-Voltage Systems
Learn about the innovations that make it possible to use Hall-effect current sensors in high-voltage applications such as solar and electric vehicle charging to simplify current sensing.
Featured products for increase safety
NEW BQ79731-Q1 PREVIEW Automotive battery junction box voltage monitor, current sensor and isolation impedance sensor
NEW TPSI2140-Q1 ACTIVE Automotive 1200-V 50-mA isolated switch with 2-mA avalanche rating
AMC3301 ACTIVE ±250-mV input, precision current sensing reinforced isolated amplifier with integrated DC/DC

High-voltage AC/DC and DC/DC power conversion

Leverage the energy stored in battery storage systems with our bidirectional, high-efficiency AC/DC and DC/DC power converters for high-voltage battery systems.

Our high-voltage power-conversion technology includes:

  • Isolated gate drivers and bias supplies that enable the adoption of silicon carbide field-effect transistors for high-power systems.
  • Gallium nitride devices that lower conduction and switching losses, helping energy storage systems achieve higher power density.
  • Real-time microcontrollers that offer scalable, real-time digital power control to meet any system requirements.
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Application note
Power Topology Considerations for Solar String Inverters and Energy Storage Syst
This application report looks into topology considerations for designing power stages commonly used in solar inverters and energy storage systems.
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5 Converter Topologies for Integrating Solar Energy and Energy Storage Systems
This technical article explains how to use a combined solar energy generation and battery energy storage system to make energy available when solar power is not sufficient to support demand.
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How Silicon Carbide Helps Maximize Efficiency in Renewable Energy Systems
This article describes how the adoption of wide band-gap devices such as silicon carbide are helping designers achieve a balance between four performance indicators: efficiency, density, cost and reliability.
Featured products for power conversion
TMS320F280039C ACTIVE C2000™ 32-bit MCU 120-MHz 384-KB flash, FPU, TMU with CLA, CLB, AES and CAN-FD
AM2632 ACTIVE Dual-core Arm® Cortex®-R5F MCU up to 400 MHz with real-time control and security
LMG3422R030 ACTIVE 600-V 30-mΩ GaN FET with integrated driver, protection and temperature reporting

Design & development resources

Reference design
Stackable battery management unit reference design for energy storage systems
This is a full cell-temperature sensing and high cell voltage accuracy Lithium-ion (Li-ion), lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) battery pack (32s) reference design. The design monitors each cell voltage, cell temperature and protects the battery pack to secure safe use. This design uses onboard and (...)
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Battery control unit reference design for energy storage systems

This reference design is a central controller for a high-voltage Lithium-ion (Li-ion), lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) battery rack. This design provides driving circuits for high-voltage relay, communication interfaces, (including RS-485, controller area network (CAN), daisy chain, and Ethernet), (...)
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High-side N-MOSFET control (up to 32s) battery pack reference design with stacked battery monitor
This reference design is a high-side, N-channel MOSFET control (up to 32s) battery pack, using the stacked BQ769x2 battery monitor family. This design monitors each cell voltage, pack current, cell and MOSFET temperature and protects the battery pack for secure safe use. The high-side N-channel (...)

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The battery-management technology that will strengthen our grid

Semiconductor innovations in battery systems are leading to energy storage adoption. 

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Technical resources

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3 Major Design Challenges to Solve in Battery Energy Storage Systems
Read this article to learn ways to address design challenges associated with a battery energy storage system (BESS) including safe usage; accurate monitoring of battery voltage, temperature and current and more.
Technical article
Technical article
5 converter topologies for integrating solar energy and energy storage systems
Read about the benefits and challenges of different converter topologies and the advantages that three-level topologies bring, enabling smaller passive components and low electromagnetic interference.
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Application note
Application note
Cell Balancing With BQ769x2 Battery Monitors (Rev. A)
This document describes the cell-balancing feature of the BQ769x2 battery monitor in a battery pack application and describes how to use external FETs and BJTs to increase the current capability.
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