Originally the storage capacitors were placed in a steel container (the bang box) on the survey vessel.

The desired row's word-line is then driven high to connect a cell's storage capacitor to its bit-line.

The efficiency of energy coupling from the storage capacitors to the load is very high, typically over 60-70%.

A resistor ensures the leakage current needed by the crystal and later to recharge the storage capacitor.

Each bit line is connected to a sense amplifier which amplifies the small voltage change produced by the storage capacitor.

This indeterminate signal is deflected towards high or low by the storage capacitor when a row is made active.

Once the main storage capacitor has finished charging, a smaller capacitor is discharged into the trigger transformers primary coil.

By this point, the main storage capacitor is recharging and the trigger transformer ready to create another high voltage spike, and the cycle repeats.

All electricity comes from a generator in the basement, with massive geothermal feeds and storage capacitors.

The essence of the design was the ability to transfer charge along the surface of a semiconductor from one storage capacitor to the next.