US3214678A
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Transistor regulated supply employing inverse biasing networks for temperature stabilization
Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corp
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Filing: 1963-05-15
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Granted: 1965-10-26
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Expires: 1983-05-15
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 John W Higginbotham
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 08:31
CPC Classifications
G; G05; G05F; G05F1/00; G05F1/10; G05F1/46; G05F1/56; G05F1/565; G05F1/567
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
235 words
A VOLTAGE REGULATOR CIRCUIT STABILIZED AGAINST TEMPERATURE EFFECTS COMPRISING A PAIR OF CONDUCTIVE LINES HAVING INPUT AND OUTPUT ENDS, A FIRST TRANSISTOR CONNECTED IN SERIES IN A FIRST ONE OF SAID CONDUCTIVE LINES THROUGH ITS EMITTER-COLLECTOR ELECTRODE PATH, A VOLTAGE DIVIDER NETWORK CONNECTED ACROSS THE OUTPUT END OF SAID CONDUCTIVE LINES WITH RESPECT TO SAID FIRST TRANSISTOR, A SECOND TRANSISTOR CONNECTED BETWEEN THE BASE ELECTRODE OF SAID FIRST TRANSISTOR AND THE SECOND ONE OF SAID CONDUCTIVE LINES THROUGH ITS EMITTER-COLLECTOR ELECTRODE PATH AND A LOAD IMPEDANCE CONNECTED TO ITS COLLECTOR ELECTRODE, A CONDUCTIVE ELEMENT CONNECTED BETWEEN THE BASE ELECTRODE OF SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR AND A PRESELECTED POINT ON SAID VOLTAGE DIVIDER NETWORK TO BIAS SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH VARIATIONS IN VOLTAGE ACORSS THE SAID OUTPUT END THEREBY TO CANCEL SAID VOLTAGE VARIATIONS, AND INVERSE BIASING NETWORKS FOR STABILIZING THE OPERATION OF EACH OF SAID TRANSISTORS WITH VARIATIONS IN TEMPERATURE, A SEPARATE ONE OF SAID INVERSE BIASING NETWORKS BEING CONNECTED IN SERIES CIRCU IT RELATION BETWEEN THE BASE AND EMITTER ELEFTRODES OF EACH SAID TRANSISTOR AND INCLUDING A RESISTIVE ELEMENT R CONNECTED TO SAID BASE ELECTRODE, AND A STABISTOR ELEMENT S CONNECTED TO SAID EMITTER ELECTRODE, THE VALUE OF SAID RESISTIVE ELEMENT R BEING PRESELECTED TO MAKE THE TERM DEFINED BY LCL (RRU+RIRB+RRB) SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO OR SMALLER THAN THE TERM ES(R1+R) AT A GIVEN UPPER OPERATING TEMPERATURE FOR THE SAID TRANSISTOR ASSOCIATED THEREWITH,
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
235 words
A VOLTAGE REGULATOR CIRCUIT STABILIZED AGAINST TEMPERATURE EFFECTS COMPRISING A PAIR OF CONDUCTIVE LINES HAVING INPUT AND OUTPUT ENDS, A FIRST TRANSISTOR CONNECTED IN SERIES IN A FIRST ONE OF SAID CONDUCTIVE LINES THROUGH ITS EMITTER-COLLECTOR ELECTRODE PATH, A VOLTAGE DIVIDER NETWORK CONNECTED ACROSS THE OUTPUT END OF SAID CONDUCTIVE LINES WITH RESPECT TO SAID FIRST TRANSISTOR, A SECOND TRANSISTOR CONNECTED BETWEEN THE BASE ELECTRODE OF SAID FIRST TRANSISTOR AND THE SECOND ONE OF SAID CONDUCTIVE LINES THROUGH ITS EMITTER-COLLECTOR ELECTRODE PATH AND A LOAD IMPEDANCE CONNECTED TO ITS COLLECTOR ELECTRODE, A CONDUCTIVE ELEMENT CONNECTED BETWEEN THE BASE ELECTRODE OF SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR AND A PRESELECTED POINT ON SAID VOLTAGE DIVIDER NETWORK TO BIAS SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH VARIATIONS IN VOLTAGE ACORSS THE SAID OUTPUT END THEREBY TO CANCEL SAID VOLTAGE VARIATIONS, AND INVERSE BIASING NETWORKS FOR STABILIZING THE OPERATION OF EACH OF SAID TRANSISTORS WITH VARIATIONS IN TEMPERATURE, A SEPARATE ONE OF SAID INVERSE BIASING NETWORKS BEING CONNECTED IN SERIES CIRCU IT RELATION BETWEEN THE BASE AND EMITTER ELEFTRODES OF EACH SAID TRANSISTOR AND INCLUDING A RESISTIVE ELEMENT R CONNECTED TO SAID BASE ELECTRODE, AND A STABISTOR ELEMENT S CONNECTED TO SAID EMITTER ELECTRODE, THE VALUE OF SAID RESISTIVE ELEMENT R BEING PRESELECTED TO MAKE THE TERM DEFINED BY LCL (RRU+RIRB+RRB) SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO OR SMALLER THAN THE TERM ES(R1+R) AT A GIVEN UPPER OPERATING TEMPERATURE FOR THE SAID TRANSISTOR ASSOCIATED THEREWITH,
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