Patent ID: 8716982

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 any one of a positive voltage pulse, a negative voltage pulse, and any combination thereof that impose an overvoltage condition on the battery, wherein a pulse duration of the pulsed voltage waveform exceeds a relaxation time of an electrolytic solution of a battery.