Patent ID: 11940500
Assignee: QNOVO INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  H  Y | IPC B  G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method of controlling a charging process of a rechargeable battery, the method comprising:
charging the rechargeable battery using a first charging process;
detecting that metal has deposited on a negative electrode of the rechargeable battery during the first charging process;
estimating an amount of metal that has deposited on the negative electrode of the rechargeable battery, wherein estimating the amount of metal that has deposited is based at least in part on a difference between a measured current produced by the rechargeable battery and an expected current; and
adjusting the first charging process to produce a second charging process, wherein parameters of the second charging process are determined based at least in part on the estimated amount of metal that has deposited on the negative electrode of the rechargeable battery.