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

Claim 4:
5. 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;
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; and
applying at least one discharge pulse to the rechargeable battery configured to remove at least a portion of the deposited metal.