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Sigma Cells

Published on 18 April 2023


All-in-one inverter, charger and advanced battery management system for enhanced e-mobilitys

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  What is Sigma-Cells?

Sigma Cells, Leti’s switched cell technology, is revolutionizing the world of batteries for e-transportation revisiting the traditional architectures and taking the multi-cells power source as a key advantage to bring a disruptive solution featuring:
  • Improved power conversion efficiency
  • Fast charging at no additional cost
  • Less bulky and lighter batteries
  • Reduced pollution: currently, if only one cell fails, the entire battery is down
  • Contraintless electrical vehicle architecture
  • Simplified diagnostic & maintenance

Sigma Cells allows smart use of battery cells—the battery brains, by:

  • Ensuring continuity of service in the event of sudden cell failure by finding an alternative “safe route”
  • Leveraging the “best” cells at a time to ensure longer autonomy and a power reserve


   Applications:

Sigma Cells is designed for e-mobility applications regardless of the power size: for example e-cars, e-bicycles, e-buses, etc.

Sigma Cells can also be leveraged for storage applications, among others:
  • Network regulation
  • Server supply
  • Nomadik power banks
  • Power tools supplies
  • Autonomous building…

   What's new?

With e-mobility coming down the road, Sigma Cells addresses tomorrow’s massive demand for power conversion and efficiency. Here is what’s new:
  • Inverter function: provides a direct motor drive from the battery pack providing a waveform in line with the motor speed, torque and power
  • Integrated fast charger: bidirectional system (current and voltage) enabling a direct recharge on the electrical network
  • Advanced BMS with individual and continuous access to any cell unit:
    • reducing SoC and SoH error estimation by a factor 2
    • improving autonomy of 20%
    • improving life time of 15%
  • Enhanced performances thanks to native low voltage switching (~3.6V) compared to a classical inverter switching the full battery pack voltage (~400V):
    • reducing drastically the switching losses by 100
    • reducing the need for cooling
    • reducing drastically the CEM emission by 100


   What's next?

Leti is working hand-in-hand with industrials to prepare the upcoming e-mobility boom. Researchers are currently working towards enhanced systems and dedicated hardware and software for the automotive industry.

KEY FACTS:

• “Performance Analysis of a
Novel High Frequency Self-
Reconfigurable Battery”,
R.Thomas, F.Lehmann, J.Blatter,
G.Despesse, V.Heiries
World Electr. Veh. J. 2021, 12,10.https://doi.org/10.3390/
wevj12010010

• “A High Frequency Self-
Reconfigurable Battery
for Arbitrary Waveform
Generation”, R.Thomas,
G.Despesse, S.Bacquet,
E.Fernandez, Y.Lopez,
P.Ramahefa-Andry, L.Cassarino World Electr. Veh. J. 2021, 12, 8. https://doi.org/10.3390/
wevj12010008

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