Switch array and power management system for batteries and other energy storage elements
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1. An electronic device, comprising a plurality of electrical switches and a plurality of energy storage elements arrayed relative to one another such that energy storage elements may be connected in series and/or, in parallel, to an input and/or an output.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, an electronic device comprises a plurality of electrical switches and a plurality of energy storage elements arrayed relative to one another such that the energy storage elements may be connected in series, or in parallel, or both, to an input and an output.
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- 1. An electronic device, comprising a plurality of electrical switches and a plurality of energy storage elements arrayed relative to one another such that energy storage elements may be connected in series and/or, in parallel, to an input and/or an output.
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9. A charging circuit, comprising:
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a source of electric current;
a plurality of energy storage elements;
a first plurality of electrical switches, each of the storage elements connected to the current source through a corresponding switch in the first plurality of switches; and
a second plurality of electrical switches, each of the energy storage elements connected to each of the other storage elements through corresponding switches in the second plurality of switches. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A discharging circuit, comprising:
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an electrical load;
a plurality of energy storage elements;
a first plurality of electrical switches, each of the storage elements connected to the load through a corresponding switch in the first plurality of switches; and
a second plurality of electrical switches, each of the energy storage elements connected to each of the other storage elements through corresponding switches in the second plurality of switches. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A circuit, comprising:
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a source of electric current;
an electrical load;
a plurality of energy storage elements;
a first plurality of electrical switches, each of the storage elements connected to the current source and the load through a corresponding switch in the first plurality of switches; and
a second plurality of electrical switches, each of the energy storage elements connected to each of the other storage elements through corresponding switches in the second plurality of switches. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. An electronic device, comprising:
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a charging circuit including a source of electric current, a plurality of energy storage elements, a first plurality of electrical switches, each of the storage elements connected to the current source through a corresponding switch in the first plurality of switches, and an electrical charging switch between the current source and the first plurality of switches;
a discharging circuit including an electrical load, the plurality of energy storage elements, a second plurality of electrical switches, each of the storage elements connected to the load through a corresponding switch in the second plurality of switches, and an electrical discharging switch between the load and the second plurality of switches; and
a third plurality of electrical switches, each of the energy storage elements connected to another storage element through a corresponding switch in the third plurality of switches. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. An integrated circuit, comprising:
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an array of microbatteries; and
a plurality of CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) switches operatively connected to the microbatteries such that the microbatteries may be connected in series and/or in parallel to a current source and/or to a load. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. An integrated circuit, comprising:
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an array of microbatteries; and
a plurality of MOI (microwave on insulator) switches operatively connected to the microbatteries such that the microbatteries may be connected in series and/or in parallel to a current source and to a load and such that each microbattery may be isolated from the other microbatteries and from the current source and the load.
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