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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2015
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Ranveer Chandra, Bellevue, WA (US);
Eric Horvitz, Issaquah, WA (US);
Anirudh Badam, Issaquah, WA (US);
Julia L. Meinershagen, Seatle, WA (US);
Nissanka Arachchige Bodhi Priyantha, Redmond, WA (US);
Christopher Dekmezian, Berkeley, CA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A shared electrode battery includes multiple electrodes of one type (e.g., two or more cathodes) that share an electrode of another type (e.g., a shared anode). The multiple electrodes of the same type (e.g., the multiple cathodes) can have different characteristics, such as different chemistries, particle sizes and distributions, capacities, and so forth that are designed to provide particular features such as high energy density, high power density, high cycle life, fast charge, safety, and so forth. Multiple cathode-anode pairings of one of the multiple electrodes of the same type with the shared electrode are possible. Switching hardware is operable to select one of the multiple pairings at any given time, allowing the battery to provide power using the cathode having the desired characteristics at that given time. A single battery is thus able to provide these multiple different features.