Rectifying charge storage element

• US 20020140500A1
• Filed: 05/24/2002
• Published: 10/03/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Precision Dynamics Corporation (Brady Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Precision Dynamics Corporation (Brady Corporation)
• Inventors: Yang, Yang, Beigel, Michael L.
• Granted Patent: US 6,642,782 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 327/565
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0701 at least one of the integrated circuit chips comprising an arrangement for power management
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0723 the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07749 the record carrier being capable of non-contact communication, e.g. constructional details of the antenna of a non-contact smart card

Abstract

A power supply device consists of a rectifier and capacitor which share common elements facilitating the construction and application of the device to various types of substrates and, particularly, flexible substrates. Components of the device are fabricated from organic conductors.

Claims

1. In a power supply, the combination of:

a rectifier;

a common conductor connected to one side of said rectifier; and

a capacitor incorporating said common conductor whereby it receives rectified current from said rectifier.

2. The power supply of claim 1 in which said rectifier incorporates diode elements and said common conductor is one of said elements.

3. The power supply of claim 1 in which said common conductor is the primary conductor for said capacitor.

4. The power supply of claim 1 in which rectifier is a diode-type rectifier and said common conductor is the output of said rectifier and the input of said capacitor.

5. The power supply of claim 1 in which said rectifier is a diode-type rectifier and incorporates an organic semiconductor and said common conductor is connected to said semiconductor.

6. In a power supply, the combination of:

a rectifier, said rectifier having an anode and a semiconductor connected to said anode;

a common conductor connected to said semiconductor; and

a capacitor incorporating said common conductor on one side, said capacitor having a dielectric component; and

a conductor on the other side of said dielectric element.

7. The power supply of claim 6 which incorporates a flexible substrate supporting the components of said power supply.

8. The power supply of claim 6 in which said semiconductor is an organic conductor and said organic conductor communicates with said common conductor.

9. The power supply of claim 6 in which said dielectric element is an organic dielectric.

10. The power supply of claim 6 in which said power supply is supported on a flexible substrate and said rectifier and capacitor are imprinted on said flexible substrate.

11. In a power supply, the combination of:

a rectifier having an input anode;

a semiconductor component connected to said anode;

a common conductor disposed in electrical communication below said semiconductor;

a dielectric component disposed below said common conductor; and

another conductor in electrical communication with said dielectric component and having said dielectric component superimposed thereupon to provide a capacitor, said anode and said common conductor being electrically connected to the source of rectifiable current and said common conductor providing the output of said power supply.

12. The power supply of claim 11 in which said semiconductor component is fabricated from an organic conductor.

13. The power supply of claim 11 in which said dielectric component is fabricated from organic material.

14. The power supply of claim 11 in which said semiconductor and said dielectric component are fabricated from organic materials.

15. The power supply of claim 11 in which the components of said power supply are supported on a flexible substrate.

16. The power supply of claim 15 in which said components are imprinted on said flexible substrate.

17. The power supply of claim 11 in which said rectifier and said capacitor are supported by a flexible substrate.

18. The power supply of claim 17 in which the flexible substrate is the dielectric component.

19. In a power supply, the combination of:

a rectifier, said rectifier having an anode;

a common conductor in coplanar relationship with said anode, said common conductor being spaced from said anode to create a gap;

a semiconductor located in said gap;

a dielectric element adjacent said common conductor; and

a conductor on the other side of said dielectric.

20. A power supply including:

a rectifier having an anode;

a capacitor including a common conductor serving as the cathode of said rectifier, said common conductor having a first set of interdigitate fingers or layers;

a ground conductor having a second set of interdigitate layers or fingers internested with said first set; and

a dielectric between said conductors and said fingers.