Patent ID: 11876167
Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 18:
19. A method comprising:
providing electrical power to a consumer-electronic device by discharging a primary battery of the consumer-electronic device; and
providing, upon the primary battery being discharged to a threshold value, electrical power to the consumer-electronic device by discharging an auxiliary battery of the consumer-electronic device,
wherein a first surface of the auxiliary battery is positioned along a first surface of the primary battery,
wherein the auxiliary battery is a thin-film battery,
wherein the consumer-electronic device comprises an interconnect that connects two or more components of the consumer-electronic device,
wherein the interconnect is positioned along the first surface of the primary battery adjacent to the auxiliary battery,
wherein the interconnect is routed around a periphery of the auxiliary battery, and
wherein the interconnect is coplanar with the auxiliary battery.