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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 27, 2018
Applicant:

Bloom Energy Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Arne Ballantine, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Ranganathan Gurunathan, Bangalore, IN;

Anilkumar Vishnuvarjula, Bangalore, IN;

Chockkalingam Karuppaiah, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/389 (2019.01); G01R 31/382 (2019.01); G01R 31/392 (2019.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); G01R 31/396 (2019.01); H02M 7/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/389 (2019.01); G01R 31/382 (2019.01); G01R 31/392 (2019.01); G01R 31/396 (2019.01); H01M 10/44 (2013.01); H01M 10/48 (2013.01); H02M 7/44 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes selecting a test waveform to inject from a first DC converter to at least one first DC power source other than a fuel cell, determining a first resulting ripple that will be generated in response to injecting the test waveform onto the battery, determining at least one offset waveform to inject from at least one second DC converter to at least one second DC power source to generate one or more second ripples which cancel the first resulting ripple, injecting the test waveform from the first DC converter to the at least one first DC power source, injecting the at least one offset waveform from the at least one second DC converter to the at least one second DC power source, and determining a characteristic of the first DC power source based at least in part on the impedance response of the first DC power source.


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