A reconfigurable battery pack for improving power conversion efficiency in portable devices

Proceedings of the 7th International Caribbean Conference on Devices, Circuits and Systems, ICCDCS

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Visairo, H ^a   Kumar, P ^a  

^a INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; VOLTAGE REGULATORS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BATTERY LIFE; BATTERY PACKS; RE-CONFIGURABLE;

DIESEL ENGINES;

EID: 51049117537     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCDCS.2008.4542628     Document Type: Conference Paper

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