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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hitendra K. Patel, Palatine, IL (US);
Jason N. Howard, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Richard H. Jung, Park Ridge, IL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola Inc, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01G 9/004 ; H01G 5/38 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01G 9/004 ; H01G 5/38 ;
Abstract
A multiple cell capacitor (,) includes at least first and second capacitor cells (,) and a cell balancing circuit (,) electrically coupled to the first and second capacitor cells (,). Packaging material (,) encloses the first and second capacitor cells (,) and the cell balancing circuit (,). The cell balancing circuit (,) can include, for each capacitor cell (,), a resistor (,) formed electrically in parallel with that capacitor cell (,).