Abstract: A system includes a DC to DC converter coupled with a load, a power source bus coupled with an input of the DC to DC converter, a capacitor coupled in parallel across an output of the DC to DC converter and a controller. The controller may dynamically adjust a bus voltage set point of a bus voltage on the output of the DC to DC converter up or down to prepare for supply of the bus voltage and energy stored in the capacitor to an anticipated load event. The load event may have a load step change that occurs in less than five milliseconds and is greater than about eighty or eighty-five percent of a rated output of the DC to DC converter.

Abstract: A system includes a DC to DC converter coupled with a load, a power source bus coupled with an input of the DC to DC converter, a capacitor coupled in parallel across an output of the DC to DC converter and a controller. The controller may dynamically adjust a bus voltage set point of a bus voltage on the output of the DC to DC converter up or down to prepare for supply of the bus voltage and energy stored in the capacitor to an anticipated load event. The load event may have a load step change that occurs in less than five milliseconds and is greater than about eighty or eighty-five percent of a rated output of the DC to DC converter.

Abstract: A method and circuit for balancing energy levels among first and second battery groups within a battery pack are provided. The first and second battery groups are connected across a first current bus that may, for example, provide power for an electric motor of an electric vehicle. The first battery group is also connected across a second current bus that may, for example, provide current to vehicle electrical systems such as lighting systems. The method includes the steps of generating a first state of charge value indicative of a first energy level in the first battery group and generating a second state of charge value indicative of a second energy level in the second battery group. The method also includes the step of controlling the first energy level responsive to the first and second state of charge values.