Patent ID: 9331501
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: G01R,H01M,H02J,Y02E,Y02P

Claim Text:
1. A rechargeable thin film microbattery cell array of at least two thin film microbattery cells electrically connected together, wherein the microbattery cells of the array are electrically connected in parallel to provide power as a single battery power source, the array further comprising testing logic to determine if a microbattery cell has a microbattery cell voltage that is more than a predetermined percentage different from the voltage of the overall microbattery cell array or has an absolute voltage below a predetermined cutoff threshold, and logic to disconnect any microbattery cell from the microbattery cell array if the microbattery cell has a microbattery cell voltage that is more than a predetermined percentage different from the voltage of the overall microbattery cell array or has an absolute voltage below a predetermined cutoff threshold, wherein the testing logic to determine if a microbattery cell has a microbattery cell voltage that is more than a predetermined percentage different from the voltage of the overall microbattery cell array or has an absolute voltage below a predetermined cutoff threshold, and the logic to disconnect any microbattery cell from the microbattery cell array if the microbattery cell has a microbattery cell voltage that is more than a predetermined percentage different from the voltage of the overall microbattery cell array or has an absolute voltage below a predetermined cutoff threshold is located on a single integrated circuit chip.