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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2003
Geoffrey Alan Turner, New South Wales, AU;
Trevor Smith, New South Wales, AU;
Pierre Mars, New South Wales, AU;
Geoffrey Alan Turner, New South Wales, AU;
Trevor Smith, New South Wales, AU;
Pierre Mars, New South Wales, AU;
Cap-XX Limited, Dee Why, AU;
Abstract
A power supply () for a load in the form of a PCMCIA card () has and onboard GPRS class (10) module (not shown). The module, and therefore card (), demands a load current ithat has an average value over time and periodic instantaneous peak values (i) that are significantly higher than the average value. Power supply () includes a pair of input terminals () for connecting with a power source in the form of a regulated power supply () that is contained within a personal computer (not shown). Supply () supplies a source current ithat is less than a predetermines current limit specified for the supply and which is less than the peak load current. A pair of output terminals () is electrically connected with terminals () and card (). A supercapacitor device in the form of a single supercapacitor () is in parallel with terminals () for allowing the load to be supplied the peak load current while maintaining the source current at less than the predetermined current limit.