Electrical energy storage apparatus

Claim 1

ELECTRICAL APPARATUS COMPRISING, CAPACITOR MEANS COUPLED BETWEEN AT LEAST ONE FIRST TERMINAL AND AT LEAST ONE SECOND TERMINAL, AT LEAST ONE FIRST CONDUCTING STRIP COUPLED TO SAID FIRST TERMINAL AND AT LEAST ONE SECOND CONDUCTING STRIP COUPLED TO SAID SECOND TERMINAL, MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID FIRST AND SECOND CONDUCTING STRIPS IN CLOSELY ADJACENT INSULATEDLY SEPARATED RELATIONSHIP TO DEFINE AT LEAST ONE SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL PLATE TRANSMISSION LINE THEREBETWEEN, FIRST AND SECOND CLOSELY ADJACENT OPPOSED INSULATEDLY SEPARATED OUTPUT ELECTRODES EACH HAVING A LENGTH CORRESPONDING SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE HEIGHT DEFINED BY SAID AT LEAST ONE TRANSMISSION LINE, EACH OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND CONDUCTING STRIPS BEING FORMED WITH A TAPERED END PORTION HAVING A BROAD END CORRESPONDING SUBSTANTIALLY TO A WIDTH DIMENSION OF SAID CONDUCTING STRIPS TO A NARROW END IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND OUTPUT ELECTRODES AND CORRESPONDING SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE THICKNESS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND OUTPUT ELECTRODES AND COUPLING EACH FIRST CONDUCTING STRIP TO SAID FIRST OUTPUT ELECTRODE AND EACH SECOND CONDUCTING STRIP TO SAID SECOND OUTPUT ELECTRODE TO PROVIDE A LOW INDUCTANCE PATH BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND TERMINALS AND SAID FIRST AND SECOND OUTPUT ELECTRODES.