Semiconductor voltage regulator

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A GENERATOR HAVING AN OUTPUT WINDING AND A FIELD WINDING, A TWO-TERMINAL DIRECT-CURRENT CIRCUIT ENERGIZED FROM SAID OUTPUT WINDING, A CONTROLLED RECTIFIER HAVING ANODE, CATHODE AND GATE ELECTRODES, AN ENERGIZING CIRCUIT FOR SAID FIELD WINDING CONNECTED ACROSS SAID TWO-TERMINAL DIRECT-CURRENT CIRCUIT AND INCLUDING THE ANODE-CATHODE CIRCUIT OF SAID CONTROLLED RECTIFIER, MEANS FOR APPLYING A TURN-ON SIGNAL TO THE GATE ELECTRODE OF SAID CONTROLLED RECTIFIER INCLUDING A FIRST CAPACITOR CONNECTED BETWEEN THE GATE ELECTRODE OF SAID CONTROLLED RECTIFIER AND ONE SIDE OF SAID TWO-TERMINAL DIRECT-CURRENT CIRCUIT, A SECOND CAPACITOR, A CHARGING CIRCUIT FOR SAID SECOND CAPACITOR CONNECTED ACROSS SAID TWO-TERMINAL DIRECT-CURRENT CIRCUIT AND INCLUDING THE ANODE-CATHODE CIRCUIT OF SAID CONTROLLED RECTIFIER, A VOLTAGE RESPONSIVE CIRCUIT CONNECTED WITH SAID TWO-TERMINAL DIRECT-CURRENT CIRCUIT, AND A DISCHARGING CIRCUIT FOR SAID SECOND CAPACITOR OPERABLE TO TURN OFF SAID CONTROLLED RECTIFIER AND INCLUDING SAID VOLTAGE RESPONSIVE CIRCUIT.