HETEROGENEOUS BATTERY CELL SWITCHING

摘要

Heterogeneous battery cell switching techniques are described for a device having a battery system with heterogeneous battery cells. A control system is provided that is configured to implement a policy for switching a load for the device between the heterogeneous battery cells. The switching may involve selecting between multiple different modes supported by the device based on an assessment of an operational context for the device. Modes available for a heterogeneous battery cell system may include but are not limited to different modes to connect one of the multiple heterogeneous battery cell at a time to service the load, rapidly switch among the multiple heterogeneous battery cells to service the load by drawing a percentage of the overall load from each cell, and/or draw a set amount of current from each of the multiple heterogeneous battery cells to service the load.