The invention provides an automatic switching
lithium battery circuit capable of charging in parallel and discharging in series, n
lithium batteries B1-Bn are connected in series and then are connected with a load, and a switch Si is connected between every two
lithium batteries; the charging power supply DC is connected in parallel with n charging protection circuits; each charging protection circuit is connected in parallel with a
lithium battery; when the lithium batteries are charged in an equalizing manner, all the switches Si are switched off, the lithium batteries are connected in parallel, the charging power supply DC charges the lithium batteries through the charging protection circuit, and the lithium batteries are switched off from a charging loop through the charging protection circuit when being fully charged; when the lithium batteries supply power to the load, all the switches Si are closed, and the lithium batteries are connected in series to supply power to the load. By using the method, the defects that an existing
active method relates to a complicated circuit and is long in
equalization time, a
resistor in a
passive method can cause energy waste and increase battery heat, the method cannot be applied to long-term reliable operation of the
lithium battery, and the control is simple can be overcome.