US 11,843,269 B2
Apparatuses and methods for removing defective energy storage cells from an energy storage array
Shaun A. Stickel, Boise, ID (US)
Assigned to Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US)
Filed by MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC., Boise, ID (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/361,256.
Application 16/745,284 is a division of application No. 15/839,506, filed on Dec. 12, 2017, granted, now 10,541,545, issued on Jan. 21, 2020.
Application 15/839,506 is a division of application No. 13/771,877, filed on Feb. 20, 2013, granted, now 9,866,043, issued on Jan. 9, 2018.
Application 17/361,256 is a continuation of application No. 16/745,284, filed on Jan. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,050,273.
Prior Publication US 2021/0367432 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. H02J 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 7/0031 (2013.01) [H02J 7/0013 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving power at a charging node of an energy storage array, the energy storage array including a plurality of energy storage cells;
responsive to detection of a failure of an energy storage cell of the plurality of energy storage cells, causing current to be passed through the energy storage cell; and
responsive to detection that the current passed through the energy storage cell has caused the energy storage cell to become an open circuit, discontinuing provision of the current to the energy storage cell.