we had a battery requirement of 4S4P battery pack and opted to go with passive cell balancing,
(A)
(B)
- Above 2 options we have, with figure (A) architecture using only 1 balancing IC for the pack, but issue with this approach is individual cell balancing
- With Figure (B) architecture 4 balancing IC will be used for 4 parallel strings
Please let us know TI recommend architecture A or B considering balancing in to consideration.