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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2007
Yevgen P. Barsoukov, Richardson, TX (US);
Garry Elder, Rockwall, TX (US);
Jinrong Qian, Plano, TX (US);
Yevgen P. Barsoukov, Richardson, TX (US);
Garry Elder, Rockwall, TX (US);
Jinrong Qian, Plano, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
Various systems and methods for determining micro-shorts are disclosed. For example, some embodiments of the present invention provide battery systems including a determination of potential micro-shorts based on rate of change of state of charge. Such battery systems include: a battery, a processor, and a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium includes instructions executable by the processor to: determine a rate of change of the state of charge of the battery; compare the rate of change of the state of charge of the battery against a threshold; and indicate a potential failure where the result of the comparison is beyond the threshold.