Capacitive power supply having charge equalization circuit
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1. A portable, rechargeable power supply forming a power source of pre-defined characteristics for powering a load element when coupled thereto, said power supply having:
- means forming a first conductive surface comprised of a conductive material for collecting and storing electrical charge responsive to application of a charging current thereto;
means forming a second conductive surface comprised of a conductive material and spaced-apart from the first conductive surface whereby a potential difference is formed between the first conductive surface and the second conductive surface when electrical charge is stored upon the first conductive surface, said first conductive surface and said second conductive surface spaced-apart therefrom together being of a low electrical resistance to minimize, thereby, resistive loss across the first and second conductive surfaces, respectively, during discharge of the electrical charge stored upon the first conductive surface to power the load element when coupled thereto;
a transistor network formed of at least one transistor having a first terminal connected to the first conductive surface and a second terminal connected to the second conductive surface; and
means for biasing the transistor to vary conductive characteristics thereof such that the transistor forms a shunt for reducing levels of the charging current applied to the first conductive surface when the potential difference formed between the first conductive surface and the second conductive surface is beyond a pre-determined value.
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Abstract
A capacitive power supply having a charge equalization circuit. The charge equalization circuit is comprised of a shunt circuit connected in a parallel connection with capacitive elements of the capacitive power supply. Once a charging current is applied to the capacitive power supply to store charge thereupon to form thereby a potential difference across the capacitive elements of a pre-determined level, the shunt circuit forms a shunt to shunt the charging current thereto.
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26 Claims
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1. A portable, rechargeable power supply forming a power source of pre-defined characteristics for powering a load element when coupled thereto, said power supply having:
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means forming a first conductive surface comprised of a conductive material for collecting and storing electrical charge responsive to application of a charging current thereto; means forming a second conductive surface comprised of a conductive material and spaced-apart from the first conductive surface whereby a potential difference is formed between the first conductive surface and the second conductive surface when electrical charge is stored upon the first conductive surface, said first conductive surface and said second conductive surface spaced-apart therefrom together being of a low electrical resistance to minimize, thereby, resistive loss across the first and second conductive surfaces, respectively, during discharge of the electrical charge stored upon the first conductive surface to power the load element when coupled thereto; a transistor network formed of at least one transistor having a first terminal connected to the first conductive surface and a second terminal connected to the second conductive surface; and means for biasing the transistor to vary conductive characteristics thereof such that the transistor forms a shunt for reducing levels of the charging current applied to the first conductive surface when the potential difference formed between the first conductive surface and the second conductive surface is beyond a pre-determined value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A rechargeable, transceiver power supply for carriage with a transceiver to power the transceiver when suitably coupled thereto, said transceiver power supply comprised of:
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means forming a first conductive surface comprised of a conductive material for collecting and storing electrical charge responsive to application of a charging current thereto; means forming a second conductive surface comprised of a conductive material and spaced-apart from the first conductive surface whereby a potential difference is formed between the first conductive surface and the second conductive surface when electrical charge is stored upon the first conductive surface, said first conductive surface and said second conductive surface spaced-apart therefrom together being of a low electrical resistance to minimize, thereby, resistive loss across the first and second conductive surfaces, respectively, during discharge of the electrical charge stored upon the first conductive surface to power the transceiver when coupled thereto; and a transistor network formed of at least one transistor having a first terminal connected to the first conductive surface and a second terminal connected to the second conductive surface; and means for biasing the transistor to vary conductive characteristics thereof such that the transistor forms a shunt for reducing levels of the charging current applied to the first conductive surface when the potential difference formed between the first conductive surface and the second conductive surface is beyond a pre-determined value. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A portable, rechargeable power supply forming a power source of pre-defined characteristics for powering a load element when coupled thereto, said power supply comprising:
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a plurality of conductive-surface pairs, each of said conductive-surface pairs formed of a first conductive surface comprised of a conductive material for collecting and storing electrical charge responsive to application of a charging current thereto, and a second conductive surface comprised of a conductive material and spaced-apart from the first conductive surface whereby a potential difference is formed between the first conductive surface and the second conductive surface when electrical charge is stored upon the first conductive surface, said first conductive surface and said second conductive surface spaced-apart therefrom of each conductive-surface pair together being of a low electrical resistance to minimize, thereby, resistive loss across the first and second conductive surfaces, respectively, of the conductive-surface pairs during discharge of the electrical charge stored upon the first conductive surfaces to power the load element when coupled thereto; a plurality of transistor networks associated with each conductive-surface pair of the plurality of conductive surface pairs, each transistor network of the plurality of transistor networks formed of at least one transistor having a first terminal connected to the first conductive surface and a second terminal connected to the second conductive surface, respectively, of a conductive-surface pair associated therewith; and means for biasing the transistors of the plurality of transistor networks such that the transistors of the transistor networks form shunts for reducing levels of the charging current applied to the first conductive surface when the potential difference formed between the first and second conductive surfaces, respectively, of the conductive-surface pairs are beyond pre-determined values. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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