Compact power supply
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1. An electrical power supply for providing electrical power to a load, the power supply comprising:
- a plurality of energy storage elements each having a different operating characteristic and connected in an electrical circuit to said load;
a circuit element interposed between at least one of said storage elements and said load and operable to segregate said one of said energy storage elements therefrom, said circuit element being selected to match supply of energy to said load to said characteristics of said storage elements; and
a power monitoring unit to monitor power supplied by at least one of said energy storage elements to said load and control demand by said load for power from said at least one of said energy storage elements.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses an electrical power supply for providing electrical power to a load, the power supply comprising a plurality of energy storage elements each having a different operating characteristic and connected in an electrical circuit to the load, and a circuit element interposed between at least one of the storage elements and the load and operable to segregate the energy storage elements therefrom, the circuit element being selected to match supply of energy to the load to the characteristics of the storage elements.
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1. An electrical power supply for providing electrical power to a load, the power supply comprising:
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a plurality of energy storage elements each having a different operating characteristic and connected in an electrical circuit to said load; a circuit element interposed between at least one of said storage elements and said load and operable to segregate said one of said energy storage elements therefrom, said circuit element being selected to match supply of energy to said load to said characteristics of said storage elements; and a power monitoring unit to monitor power supplied by at least one of said energy storage elements to said load and control demand by said load for power from said at least one of said energy storage elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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