Patent ID: 11949278
Assignee: nan
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 13:
14. A method of operating a battery, comprising:
detecting charge on a plurality of battery cells;
coupling and/or decoupling ones of the plurality of battery cells to ones of a plurality of terminals of the battery, through a plurality of switches, in connection with a multiplexer;
coupling and/or decoupling ones of a plurality of capacitors to ones of the plurality of terminals of the battery, through a plurality of switches, in connection with the multiplexer, ones of the plurality of capacitors serving to augment power or supply power in place of the ones of the plurality of battery cells in connection with detecting charge depletion of the ones of the plurality of battery cells; and
controlling the multiplexer using a processor.