VEHICLE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM WITH REDUNDANCY AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM

摘要

A power supply system for a vehicle, the system including: a battery pack including at least two parallel strings of battery cells, each string forming a battery having a first output voltage; a switch mechanism configured to connect one of the at least two batteries to a first battery pack output terminal, wherein the first battery pack output terminal is connected to a first power consumer; and a multichannel DC/DC converter having an input terminal connected to the first battery pack output terminal, the multichannel DC/DC converter including a plurality of outputs, wherein at least one of the plurality of outputs is configured to provide a second voltage, the second voltage being lower than the first voltage, and wherein the at least one output of the multichannel DC/DC converter is connected to a second power consumer.