Method and strategy for multiplexing battery cycler hardware

Patent · 17 July 2018

OSTI ID:1467419

Robertson, David C.; Prezas, Panagiotis D.; Walker, Lee K.

A method and apparatus for receiving a selection of a first device under test. Connecting the first device under test to a load based at least on a closed high-side driver relay and a closed low-side driver relay for a first switch, from a plurality of devices under test. Closing at a first rate a high-side driver relay of a first switch based at least on the received selection. Closing at a second rate a low-side driver relay of the first switch based at least on the received selection, wherein the first rate and second rate are different.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-06CH11357
• Assignee: UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, IL)
• Patent Number(s): 10,024,922
• Application Number: 14/297,860
• OSTI ID: 1467419
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English