Patent ID: 8148953

Claim:
An apparatus for recycling and reusing charge in an electrical system, comprising: at least one capacitor coupled to a circuit block in an electronic circuit within an electrical system powered by a power supply, said at least one capacitor being configured to collect current charge consumed by said circuit block when set to a charge collection mode; detection means configured to detect a fully charged state in said at least one capacitor when said at least one capacitor is fully charged; first switching means configured to allow, once said fully charged state is detected, said at least one capacitor to switch to a discharge mode for discharging said current charge collected back into said power supply for reuse by said electrical system and second switching means configured to allow, after said at least one capacitor has fully discharged said current charge collected, said at least one capacitor to switch back to said charge collection mode, wherein said current charge is recycled and reused by said electrical system.