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Voltage monitoring circuit

Assignee: Unisys Corp
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Filing: 1960-12-20
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Granted: 1965-08-10
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Expires: 1980-12-20
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Jr John Presper Eckert
  • 👤 Lukoff Herman
  • 👤 Porath Nachum

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 20:47
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01R; G01R19/00; G01R19/165; G01R19/16504; G01R19/16509

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 145 words
A SYSTEM FOR CHECKING THE OUTPUT VOLTAGE LEVELS OF A PLURALITY OF VOLTAGE SOURCES, SAID SYSTEM COMPRISING A REGULATED VOLTAGE SOURCE FOR PRODUCING AN ACCURATELY DEFINED VOLTAGE, VOLTAGE DIVIDER MEANS CONNECTED ACROSS SAID REGULATED VOLTAGE SOURCE THEREBY TO PROVIDE A DIFFERENT REFERENCE VOLTAGE LEVEL AT EACH OF THE TERMINALS OF SAID VOLTAGE DIVIDER MEANS, MEANS FOR COMPARING THE VOLTAGE LEVELS AT SAID VOLTAGE DIVIDER TERMINALS WITH THE OUTPUT VOLTAGE LEVELS OF SAID PLURALITY OF VOLTAGE SOURCES TO BE CHECKED, SAID COMPARING MEANS INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO OPPOSITELY POLED UNILATERAL CONDUCTOR MEANS EACH CONNECTED TO A DIFFERENT ONE OF SAID VOLTAGE DIVIDER TERMINALS AND HAVING A SINGLE COMMON JUNCTION THEREBETWEEN, SAID SINGLE COMMON JUNCTION BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SAID OUTPUT VOLTAGE LEVELS TO BE CHECKED, SAID UNILATERAL CONDUCTOR MEANS BEING NORMALLY REVERSE BIASED WHEN THE VOLTAGE LEVEL APPLIED TO SAID COMMON JUNCTION TO BE CHECKED FALLS
Claim 2
Independent Claim 145 words
A SYSTEM FOR CHECKING THE OUTPUT VOLTAGE LEVELS OF A PLURALITY OF VOLTAGE SOURCES, SAID SYSTEM COMPRISING A REGULATED VOLTAGE SOURCE FOR PRODUCING AN ACCURATELY DEFINED VOLTAGE, VOLTAGE DIVIDER MEANS CONNECTED ACROSS SAID REGULATED VOLTAGE SOURCE THEREBY TO PROVIDE A DIFFERENT REFERENCE VOLTAGE LEVEL AT EACH OF THE TERMINALS OF SAID VOLTAGE DIVIDER MEANS, MEANS FOR COMPARING THE VOLTAGE LEVELS AT SAID VOLTAGE DIVIDER TERMINALS WITH THE OUTPUT VOLTAGE LEVELS OF SAID PLURALITY OF VOLTAGE SOURCES TO BE CHECKED, SAID COMPARING MEANS INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO OPPOSITELY POLED UNILATERAL CONDUCTOR MEANS EACH CONNECTED TO A DIFFERENT ONE OF SAID VOLTAGE DIVIDER TERMINALS AND HAVING A SINGLE COMMON JUNCTION THEREBETWEEN, SAID SINGLE COMMON JUNCTION BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SAID OUTPUT VOLTAGE LEVELS TO BE CHECKED, SAID UNILATERAL CONDUCTOR MEANS BEING NORMALLY REVERSE BIASED WHEN THE VOLTAGE LEVEL APPLIED TO SAID COMMON JUNCTION TO BE CHECKED FALLS

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