Author: claimsbot

1. An information handling system, comprising a power source configured to provide a plurality of power levels to a load, wherein at least one of the plurality of power levels corresponds to a level obtained by de-rating a capacity of the power source from a nominal design specification of the power source.
2. The information handling system according to claim 1, comprising a notebook computer.
3. The information handling system according to claim 2, wherein the power source comprises an AC adapter.
4. The information handling system according to claim 1, wherein one of the plurality of power levels corresponds to a peak power level of the AC adapter.
5. The information handling system according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of the power levels depends on a temperature of the power source.
6. The information handling system according to claim 5, further comprising a basic inputoutput system (BIOS), wherein the BIOS is configured to receive a signal corresponding to the temperature of the power source.
7. The information handling system according to claim 6, wherein the BIOS is further configured to modify a power consumption characteristic of at least one circuit in the information handling system.
8. The information handling system according to claim 7, wherein the BIOS is configured to modify the power consumption characteristic of the at least one circuit in the information handling system based on the temperature of the power source.
9. The information handling system according to claim 6, wherein the signal corresponding to the temperature of the power source comprises a power supply identification (PSID) signal.
10. A computer system, comprising:
an information handling apparatus; and
a power source coupled to the information handling apparatus,
wherein the power source is configured to have a plurality of power profiles, and wherein at least one profile in the plurality of profiles corresponds to using an unused thermal capacity of the power source.
11. The computer system according to claim 10, wherein at least one profile in the plurality of profiles of the power source corresponds to a reduced power consumption of at least one circuit in the information handling apparatus.
12. The computer system according to claim 11, wherein the power source comprises an AC adapter.
13. The computer system according to claim 12, further comprising a battery coupled to the AC adapter.
14. The computer system according to claim 13, wherein at least one profile in the plurality of profiles of the power source corresponds to a reduced charging rate of the battery.
15. A system, comprising:
a notebook computer; and
a power source coupled to the notebook computer,
wherein the power source is configured to provide a plurality of power levels to the notebook computer, and wherein at least one power level in the plurality of power levels is derived from unused thermal or electrical capacity of the power source.
16. The system according to claim 15, wherein the power source is further configured to provide information about the power source to the notebook computer.
17. The system according to claim 16, wherein the information is derived from a temperature of the power source.
18. The system according to claim 16, wherein the notebook computer polls the power source, and wherein, in response, the power source provides information about the power source to the notebook computer.
19. The system according to claim 18, wherein the power source causes the notebook computer to poll the power source, and wherein, in response, the power source provides information about the power source to the notebook computer.
20. The system according to claim 18, wherein, based on the information received from the power source, a power consumption characteristic of at least one circuit in the notebook computer is changed.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A high voltage power converter comprising:
first, second, and third switches for receiving an alternating-current (AC) input;
a control power factor correction (PFC) rail connected to each of the first, second, and third switches;
a slave PFC rail connected to each of the first, second, and third switches for providing a substantially identical output compared to an output of the control PFC rail; and
wherein the control PFC rail output and the slave PFC rail output are each connected to an output stage wherein the output stage is for connection to a load.
2. The high voltage power converter of claim 1, wherein each of the first, second, and third switches are one of mechanical switches, relays, and wiring terminals.
3. The high voltage power converter of claim 1, wherein the first and second switches are closed and the third switch is open for use at a first voltage range.
4. The high voltage power converter of claim 1, wherein the first and second switches are open and the third switch is closed for use at a second voltage range.
5. The high voltage power converter of claim 3, wherein the first voltage range is lower than the second voltage range.
6. The high voltage power converter of claim 1, wherein the control PFC rail includes:
a control power stage connected to each of the first, second, and third switches;
a control PFC converter connected to the control power stage;
a control direct-current to direct-current (DC-DC) converter connected to the control PFC converter; and
wherein an alternating-current signal and a direct-current feedback signal for controlling the high voltage converter are taken from the control PFC rail.
7. The high voltage power converter of claim 1, wherein the slave PFC rail includes:
a slave power stage for receiving connected to each of the first, second, and third switches;
a slave PFC converter connected to the slave power stage;
a slave direct-current to direct-current (DC-DC) converter connected to the slave PFC converter; and
wherein the slave PFC rail provides a substantially identical output compared to an output of the control PFC rail.
8. The high voltage power converter of claim 6, wherein each of the control and slave power stages include a filter circuit and a rectifier circuit.
9. The high voltage power converter of claim 8, wherein the alternating-current signal taken from the control PFC rail is taken from the control rectifier circuit and the direct-current feedback signal taken from the control PFC rail is taken across an input capacitor of the control PFC converter.
10. The high voltage power converter of claim 6, wherein each of the control and the slave PFC converters are boost converters for achieving high power factor corrections and harmonic correction of signals received from each of the respective control and slave power stages.
11. The high voltage power converter of claim 9, wherein the control PFC converter input capacitor has first and second leads and the slave PFC converter has an input capacitor having first and second leads corresponding to the control PFC converter capacitor first and second leads, further wherein a control boost inductor of the control PFC converter is connected to the control PFC converter input capacitor first lead and a slave boost inductor of the slave PFC converter is connected to the slave PFC converter input capacitor second lead.
12. The high voltage power converter of claim 11 wherein the control boost inductor and the slave boost inductor are each formed from essentially identical windings on a common core.
13. The high voltage power converter of claim 1, wherein each of the control and slave PFC rails are formed of components having matching specifications.
14. The high voltage power converter of claim 1, wherein three high voltage power converters are connected in one of a delta and a wye configuration for use in a 3-phase system.
15. A high voltage power converter comprising:
first, second, and third switches;
a control power stage for receiving an alternating-current (AC) input connected to each of the first, second, and third switches;
a control power factor correction (PFC) converter connected to the control power stage;
a control direct-current to direct-current (DC-DC) converter connected to the control PFC converter;
wherein the control power stage, the control PFC converter, and the control DC-DC converter collectively form a control PFC rail wherein an alternating-current signal and a direct-current feedback signal for controlling the high voltage converter are taken from the control PFC rail;
a slave power stage for receiving an alternating-current (AC) input connected to each of the first, second, and third switches;
a slave PFC converter connected to the slave power stage;
a slave direct-current to direct-current (DC-DC) converter connected to the slave PFC converter;
wherein the slave power stage, the slave PFC converter, and the slave DC-DC converter collectively form a slave PFC rail for providing a substantially identical output compared to an output of the control PFC rail; and
wherein a control output of the control DC-DC converter and a slave output of the slave DC-DC converter are each connected to an output stage wherein the output stage is for connection to a load.
16. The high voltage power converter of claim 15, wherein each of the first, second, and third switches are one of mechanical switches, relays, and wiring terminals.
17. The high voltage power converter of claim 15, wherein the first and second switches are closed and the third switch is open for use at a first voltage range.
18. The high voltage power converter of claim 15, wherein the first and second switches are open and the third switch is closed for use at a second voltage range.
19. The high voltage power converter of claim 16, wherein the first voltage range is lower than the second voltage range.
20. The high voltage power converter of claim 15, wherein each of the control and slave power stages include a filter circuit and a rectifier circuit.
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1. An electron emission device comprising:
a substrate;
a plurality of first electrodes on the substrate;
a plurality of electron emission regions electrically connected to the first electrodes;
a plurality of second electrodes over the first electrodes with an insulating layer interposed between the first electrodes and the second electrodes, the second electrodes crossing the first electrodes to form a plurality of crossing regions; and
a focusing electrode over the second electrodes with an additional insulating layer interposed between the second electrodes and the focusing electrode,
wherein at least two rows of the electron emission regions are arranged at respective crossing regions along a longitudinal direction of the first electrodes, and the electron emission regions at the respective rows are deviated from each other in a longitudinal direction of the second electrodes,
wherein the insulating layer and the second electrodes have a plurality of opening portions corresponding to the respective electron emission regions to expose the electron emission regions,
wherein the additional insulating layer and the focusing electrode have one opening portion at each of the crossing regions for exposing the at least two rows of the electron emission regions arranged at the corresponding crossing regions,
wherein, at the location of the electron emission regions perpendicular to the at least two rows, the opening portion of the focusing electrode comprises a short distance where a first side end of the opening portion of the focusing electrode and a first side end of a corresponding one of the opening portions of the second electrodes are spaced apart from each other with a first gap A, and a long distance where a second side end of the opening portion of the focusing electrode opposite the first side end of the opening portion of the first electrode and a second side end of the corresponding one of the opening portions of the second electrodes are spaced apart from each other with a second gap B, wherein the long distance of the second gap B is not less than twice the short distance of the first gap A.
2. The electron emission device of claim 1, wherein one of the electron emission regions of one of the at least two rows of the electron emission regions is positioned to correspond to the center between two of the electron emission regions of another one of the at least two rows of the electron emission regions.
3. The electron emission device of claim 1, wherein the at least two rows of the electron emission regions are arranged for the respective crossing regions in a zigzag shape.
4. The electron emission device of claim 1, wherein the electron emission regions comprise at least one material selected from the group consisting of carbon nanotubes, graphite, graphite nanofiber, diamond, diamond-like carbon, C60, silicon nanowire, and combinations thereof.
5. The electron emission device of claim 1,
wherein the aspect ratio TB corresponding to the long distance is \xbd or less of the aspect ratio TA corresponding to the short distance, and wherein T indicates the thickness of the additional insulating layer.
6. The electron emission device of claim 1, wherein the first electrodes are cathode electrodes and the second electrodes are gate electrodes.
7. An electron emission display device comprising:
an electron emission device comprising a first substrate, a plurality of first electrodes on the first substrate, a plurality of electron emission regions electrically connected to the first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes over the first electrodes with an insulating layer interposed between the first electrodes and the second electrodes, the second electrodes crossing the first electrodes to form a plurality of crossing regions, and a focusing electrode over the second electrodes with an additional insulating layer interposed between the second electrodes and the focusing electrode,
wherein at least two rows of the electron emission regions are arranged at respective crossing regions along a longitudinal direction of the first electrodes, and the electron emission regions at the respective rows are deviated from each other in a longitudinal direction of the second electrodes, wherein the insulating layer and the second electrodes have a plurality of opening portions corresponding to the respective electron emission regions to expose the electron emission regions, wherein the additional insulating layer and the focusing electrode have one opening portion at each of the crossing regions for exposing the at least two rows of the electron emission regions arranged at the corresponding crossing regions,
wherein, at the location of the electron emission regions perpendicular to the at least two rows, the opening portion of the focusing electrode comprises a short distance where a first side end of the opening portion of the focusing electrode and a first side end of a corresponding one of the opening portions of the second electrodes are spaced apart from each other with a first gap A, and a long distance where a second side end of the opening portion of the focusing electrode opposite the first side end of the opening portion of the first electrode and a second side end of the corresponding one of the opening portions of the second electrodes are spaced apart from each other with a second gap B, wherein the long distance of the second gap B is not less than twice the short distance of the first gap A; and
a second substrate facing the first substrate;
three colored phosphor layers formed on a surface of the second substrate; and
an anode electrode formed on a surface of the phosphor layers,
wherein the phosphor layers are arranged at the respective crossing regions such that a one-colored phosphor layer of the phosphor layers corresponds to each of the crossing regions.
8. The electron emission display device of claim 7, wherein one of the electron emission regions of one of the at least two rows of the electron emission regions is positioned to correspond to the center between two of the electron emission regions of another one of the at least two rows of the electron emission regions.
9. The electron emission display device of claim 7, wherein the at least two rows of the electron emission regions are arranged for the respective crossing regions in a zigzag shape.
10. The electron emission display device of claim 7, wherein the electron emission regions comprise at least one material selected from the group consisting of carbon nanotubes, graphite, graphite nanofiber, diamond, diamond-like carbon, C60, silicon nanowire, and combinations thereof.
11. The electron emission display device of claim 7,
wherein the aspect ratio TB corresponding to the long distance is \xbd or less of the aspect ratio TA corresponding to the short distance, and wherein T indicates the thickness of the additional insulating layer.
12. The electron emission display device of claim 7, wherein the first electrodes are cathode electrodes and the second electrodes are gate electrodes.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. An alert alarm lock system comprising:
a. a locking means;
b. a cable assembly, where said locking means places the cable assembly in one of a locked position and an unlocked position;
c. a copper conductor, where the copper conductor runs along the length of the cable assembly;
d. a power source, where the power source provides power to components of the lock system;
e. a speaker, where said speaker emits an audible alert;
f. a wireless chip, where said wireless chip transmits a RF signal to a remote receiver;
g. a means to initiate the alert and transfer of the RF signal from the wireless chip.
2. The alert alarm lock system according to claim 1, further comprising
a. a means to store energy over a period of time.
3. The alert alarm lock system according to claim 2, where said means to store energy includes a capacitor.
4. The alert alarm lock system according to claim 1, where said means to initiate the alert and the transfer of the RF signal include a relay.
5. The alert alarm lock system according to claim 1, where said remote receiver emits an audible alarm upon receipt of the RF signal.
6. The alert alarm lock system according to claim 1, where said power source is a 12-volt DC battery.
7. The alert alarm lock system according to claim 1, where the locking means includes a tumbler lock.