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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2014
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Eric C. Peterson, Woodinville, WA (US);
Shaun L. Harris, College Station, TX (US);
Sean M. James, Olympia, WA (US);
John J. Siegler, Carnation, WA (US);
Jie Liu, Medina, WA (US);
Aman Kansal, Redmond, WA (US);
Micrsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A power supply is described herein which provides power to a load, such as a load including one or more computing devices. The power supply uses a slow-response power source (such as a fuel-driven mechanism) to handle a slow-moving component of the demand level presented by the load, and uses a fast-response power source (such as a battery or a capacitor, etc.) to handle a fast-moving component of the demand level. By virtue of this approach, the power supply can manage the load level as it appears to the slow-response power source, allowing, in turn, the slow-response power source to service even fast-changing loads—a task which it could not otherwise perform due to its native limitations.