Patent ID: 8436587

Claim:
A bipolar overvoltage battery pulser comprising: a pulse generator configured to produce a positive pulsed voltage and a negative pulsed voltage; a positive pulsed voltage driver configured to convert the positive pulsed voltage to a positive pulsed voltage waveform; a negative pulsed voltage driver configured to convert the negative pulsed voltage to a negative pulsed voltage waveform; and a pulsed voltage distributor configured to merge the positive pulsed voltage waveform and the negative pulsed voltage waveform into a pulsed voltage waveform and to apply the pulsed voltage waveform across terminals of a battery, wherein the pulsed voltage waveform comprises at least one positive voltage pulse having a leading edge and a positive pulse amplitude followed by at least one negative voltage pulse having a trailing edge and a negative pulse amplitude, and a rise time of the leading edge and a rise time of the trailing edge are each less than a relaxation time of an electrolytic solution of the battery.