Energy storage systems

Enhance the performance of renewable energy storage systems with our battery-management and power-conversion technology

Battery storage systems store renewable energy and provide access when supplies are limited. On-demand access to these energy reserves can reduce energy costs and improve utilization. By enabling "peak shaving" through energy storage, our products for battery management, high-voltage power conversion and grid connectivity can make grid systems more resilient during peak demand periods.

Why choose TI for your energy storage system designs?

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Improve cost and reliability

Our high-accuracy battery-management architecture supports reliable energy storage systems up to 1,500 V  at a lower system cost.

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Efficient power conversion

Reduce switching and conduction losses at the highest frequencies with TI GaN technology.

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Scalable digital power control

Our real-time microctontrollers offer a wide range of digital power control capabilities and software to increase system performance, efficiency and power density.

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Enhance battery safety

Components with advanced, full-scale protections and diagnostics help prevent battery thermal runaway.

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. The pack monitor measures voltage and temperature to diagnose and manage the safety of battery packs.

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

Featured products for battery cell and pack monitoring
BQ79616-Q1 ACTIVE 16-S automotive precision battery monitor, balancer and integrated protector with ASIL-D compliance
BQ76952 ACTIVE 3-s to 16-s high-accuracy battery monitor and protector for Li-ion, Li-polymer and LiFePO4
INA236 ACTIVE 48-V, 16-bit ultraprecise I²C output current/voltage/power monitor with alert in WCSP

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

Fully leverage the energy stored in battery storage systems with our bi-directional, high-efficiency AC/DC and DC/DC power converters for high-voltage battery systems. Our high-voltage power conversion technology includes:

  • Gallium nitride (GaN) devices lower conduction and switching losses, helping energy storage systems achieve higher power density.
  • Isolated gate drivers and bias supplies enable the adoption of SiC FETs for high-power systems.
  • High-performance C2000™ microcontrollers offer scalable, real-time digital power control to meet any system requirements. 
  • Precise current and voltage sensing enable high-performance control algorithms.
Featured products for power conversion systems
LMG3422R030 ACTIVE 600-V 30-mΩ GaN FET with integrated driver, protection and temperature reporting
TMS320F280049 ACTIVE C2000™ 32-bit MCU with 100-MHz, FPU, TMU, 256-kb Flash, CLA, PGAs, SDFM
AMC1202 ACTIVE ±50-mV input, precision current sensing basic isolated amplifier

Simplify your safety certification processes

Meet the rigorous requirements of safety standards such as  IEC 62619, UL 1973 and IEC 60730 with our analog and embedded processing products. Documentation and resources such as failure-in-time rate (FIT); failure modes, effects and diagnostic analysis (FMEDA); safety certificates; and software diagnostics libraries help you move readily through the functional safety certification process.

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Featured products for safe, reliable energy storage
BQ79631-Q1 ACTIVE Automotive high-voltage battery pack monitor with voltage, current and insulation resistance sensing
BQ79600-Q1 ACTIVE Automotive SPI/UART communication interface functional-safety compliant with automatic host wakeup
NEW AM2632 ACTIVE Dual-core Arm® Cortex®-R5F MCU up to 400 MHz with real-time control and security

Reference designs related to Energy storage systems

Use our reference design selection tool to find designs that best match your application and parameters.

02 Aug 2022 | COMPANY BLOG

As the popularity of renewable energy sources increases, semiconductors can enable the efficient and safe transportation of energy to more homes, buildings and cities.

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Technical resources

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Four key design considerations when adding energy storage to solar power grids
Read our white paper about how C2000 real-time MCUs and LMG3425R030 GaN devices are able to handle bidirectional energy transport in a storage-capable solar grid.
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5 converter topologies for integrating solar energy and energy storage systems
Read about the benefits and challenges of different converter topologies and the advantages three-level topologies bring, allowing for smaller passive components and low EMI.
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Cell Balancing With BQ769x2 Battery Monitors (Rev. A)
This document describes how to use the cell-balancing feature of the device in a battery pack application. Increasing the current capability of  the IC using external FETs and BJTs is described.
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