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Digital battery

  • US 20030071523A1
  • Filed: 10/11/2002
  • Published: 04/17/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A digital battery comprising:

  • a substrate that is incapable of producing electrical energy;

    a plurality of discrete cells supported in an array by said substrate, individual ones of said cells being capable of providing electrical energy, said array being electrically interconnected through an electrical interconnection system, said electrical interconnection system being changeably configurable responsive to signals from an interconnection controller;

    an electrical circuit operatively connected to said array, said electrical circuit including at least two loads that require different electrical energy conditions, said interconnection controller being adapted to configure said electrical interconnection system so that individual ones of said plurality of discrete cells are interconnected to provide each of said two components with the required different electrical energy conditions.

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