US 12,374,902 B2
Wireless battery system and related methods
Ariton E. Xhafa, Plano, TX (US); Ramanuja Vedantham, Frisco, TX (US); Minghua Fu, Plano, TX (US); Jesus Daniel Torres Bardales, Plano, TX (US); and Mario Mlynek, Munich (DE)
Assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/397,636.
Prior Publication US 2023/0042164 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H02J 7/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/382 (2019.01); G01R 31/396 (2019.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.01)
CPC H02J 7/0014 (2013.01) [G01R 31/382 (2019.01); G01R 31/396 (2019.01); H02J 7/00036 (2020.01); H02J 7/0048 (2020.01); H02J 7/0071 (2020.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.02)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
at least one memory;
instructions; and
processor circuitry configured to at least one of instantiate or execute the instructions to:
identify a first battery node to transmit an uplink command during a first superframe interval;
transmit a downlink command to the first battery node and a second battery node, the first battery node to switch in the first superframe interval from a receive state to a transmit state in response to the downlink command, the first battery node to transmit the uplink command in the transmit state; and
receive the uplink command from the first battery node in the first superframe interval.