Distributed networks of electric double layer capacitor supervisory controllers and networks thereof
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1. An electric double layer capacitor module comprising:
- an array of the least two electric double layer capacitor cells;
an embedded cell balancing circuit; and
a means of networking the embedded cell balancing circuit to another such circuit of another such module or charge controller;
wherein said capacitors, balancing circuits, and means of networking are all housed in a single enclosure;
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Disclosed is an electric double layer capacitor, having a multiplicity of cells occupying a single package, wherein the individual cells are managed and balanced by networkable embedded circuitry also contained within the same package.
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1. An electric double layer capacitor module comprising:
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an array of the least two electric double layer capacitor cells;
an embedded cell balancing circuit; and
a means of networking the embedded cell balancing circuit to another such circuit of another such module or charge controller;
wherein said capacitors, balancing circuits, and means of networking are all housed in a single enclosure;
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17. The embedded cell balancing circuitry of 11, wherein after the circuitry determines the highest and lowest voltage electric double layer capacitor cells in the series array, and if the difference in voltage between those cells is greater than a threshold voltage, the circuit shuttles charge between the two.
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