Challenges in Circuit Design for Battery Management Systems
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "D2: Electrochem: Batteries, Fuel Cells, Capacitors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 16
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Battery management systems (BMSs) have become indispensable in modern energy storage applications, enabling the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of battery packs across diverse fields. With the global push toward electrification and renewable energy integration, BMS technology is critical for applications such as electric vehicles, renewable energy systems, consumer electronics, industrial power tools, aerospace systems, and medical devices.
The increasing complexity and scalability of battery systems present unique challenges in circuit design, particularly in ensuring robust performance under varying operating conditions. Advanced BMS designs must address issues such as precise cell monitoring, fault detection, thermal management, state estimation, and communication across distributed systems. Additionally, the need for miniaturization, low power consumption, and high reliability has spurred innovations in mixed-signal circuit design, communication protocols, and energy-efficient power management architectures.
This Special Issue aims to showcase and disseminate the latest advances in the circuit design aspects of battery management systems, focusing on overcoming the challenges posed by modern applications.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:
- High-precision analog and mixed-signal circuit design for cell voltage, current, and temperature sensing;
- Power management circuits for ASICs in BMS application;
- Safety-oriented, robust, fault-tolerant, and self-healing BMS circuits;
- Communication architectures and protocols for distributed battery systems;
- ASICs and integrated circuits for battery monitoring and balancing;
- Circuit design for real-time state-of-charge (SOC) and state-of-health (SOH) estimation;
- Thermal management and protection circuits for battery systems;
- Advanced modeling and simulation techniques for BMS circuit validation;
- Low-power and miniaturized circuit solutions for portable and wearable applications;
- Emerging technologies in BMS circuits, including AI-assisted and machine learning-enabled designs.
We welcome high-quality original research articles, comprehensive review papers, and innovative case studies that provide insights into addressing the challenges in circuit design for battery management systems.
Dr. Liji Wu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- battery management systems
- cell monitoring
- cell balancing
- electric vehicles
- integrated circuits
- mixed signals
- power management
- fault tolerance
- safety design
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