摘要 |
<p>Circuitry for extending the sustain time of a computer power supply in the event of interruption of commercial A.C. power includes a capacitor bank, anassociated charge path for controllably charging the capacitor bank during stable operation of the commercial A.C. power source, and discharge and disconnect paths for discharging the energy stored in the capacitor bank to sustain operation of the computer during interruption of the commercial A.C. power source and for disconnecting the capacitor from the computer power supply when the voltage across the capacitor bank has discharged below a threshold level.</p> |