Battery system (1) comprising - a rechargeable battery (2) having two poles (3, 4) and a plurality of accumulator cells (Z 1 , Z 2 , ..., Z n ), and - an active balancing circuit (6) for monitoring and actively controlling the charge states of all battery cells (Z 1 , Z 2 , ..., Z n ) during the charging and discharging processes taking place during operation of the
battery system (1), wherein in the active balancing circuit (6) for each accumulator
cell (Z 1 , Z 2 , ..., Z n ) an intermediate circuit acting as a bidirectional DC-
DC converter (S 1 , S 2 , ..., S n ), each intermediate circuit (S 1 , S 2 , ..., S n ) the two poles of the respective accumulator
cell (Z 1 , Z 2 , ..., Z n) with the interposition of an
inductance (L) and a first
transistor (Q1), and wherein in each intermediate circuit (S 1 , S 2 , ..., S n ) between the
inductance (L) and the first
transistor (Q1) a
branch is provided, which, with the interposition of a second
transistor (Q2), is connected to an all intermediate circuits (S 1 , S 2 , ..., S n ) conductively connecting DC link (7), wherein the DC link (7) is coupled to a reference potential (GND) via a
capacitor (C), and wherein the active balancing circuit (6) is suitable and, in a regular operating mode, is set up to keep the DC link (7) at a predeterminable potential which is either greater than the potential at the positive pole (3) of the battery (2) or less than the potential at the negative pole (4) of the battery (2).