Patent ID: 6175214
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: H01M,H03K,Y02E

Abstract:
A modular power supply, comprising:a plurality of thin metal film battery cells, each cell having generally parallel opposing major faces, one of the major faces having an electrically conductive portion of one polarity, the other major face having an electrically conductive portion of an opposite polarity;a housing for holding the cells in a stacked, series connected arrangement in the form of a stick, said stick having a terminal on each end thereof for delivering an output voltage for the stick which is the sum of the voltages provided by the series arrangement of thin metal film battery cells;a portable case;an array of sticks mounted in the case;circuitry for connecting the sticks in a series circuit; anda positive and negative output terminal located on the case for providing power from the series circuit of sticks to an external load;wherein the power supply is a Marx generator.