Patent ID: 7884579

Claim:
A high efficiency energy capture circuit for capturing energy in response to an input pulse from an input source, the circuit comprising: a storage means having a first and a second terminal; a clock means having an output; at least two subcircuits, each subcircuit comprising: a first inductive means, the first inductive means comprising a first and a second terminal, the first terminal in operative communication with the input source; a rectifying means for producing a positive current, the rectifying means comprising a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal in operative communication with the second terminal of the first inductive means; a capacitive means comprising a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal of the capacitive means in operative communication with the second terminal of the rectifying means and the second terminal of the capacitive means in operative communication with a circuit ground; a switch means comprising a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal in operative communication with the first terminal of the capacitive means; and at least one transfer circuit being in operative communication with each of the switch means of the at least two subcircuits, wherein the output of the clock means is in operative communication with a first switch means, the clock output further in operative communication with an inverter means, the inverter means having an output in operative communication with a second switch means.