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Power amplifier circuit

Assignee: General Electric Co
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Filing: 1962-05-25
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Granted: 1966-07-26
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Expires: 1982-05-25
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Burnice D Bedford

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 03:08
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02M; H02M3/00; H02M3/02; H02M3/04; H02M3/10; H02M3/125; H02M3/135; H02M3/145; H02M3/155

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 204 words
AN ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT COMPRISING A LINEAR INDUCTOR, AND A PAIR OF OUTPUT TERMINALS CONNECTED IN SERIES CIRCUIT RELATIONSHIP IN THE ORDER NAMED ACROSS A PAIR OF INPUT POWER SUPPLY TERMINALS THAT IN TURN ARE ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED ACROSS A SOURCE OF ELECTRIC POTENTIAL, SAID OUTPUT TERMINALS ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO A LOAD, A GATE TURN-ON, NONGATE TURN-OFF CONTROLLED CONDUCTING SOLID STATE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE ADAPTED TO BE ALTERNATELY CONDUCTING AND NONCONDUCTING FOR PREDETERMINED TIME INTERVALS, SAID DEVICE BEING CONNECTED IN SERIES CIRCUIT RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID LINEAR INDUCTOR IN PARALLEL CIRCUIT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE OUTPUT TERMINALS, AND MEANS FOR GATING ON SAID DEVICE AT A DESIRED FREQUENCY TO PRODUCE THE PREDETERMINED TIME INTERVALS OF CONDUCTION, COMMUNUTATING MEANS FOR TURNING OFF SAID DEVICE AFTER A PREDETERMINED INTERVAL OF CONDUCTION, SAID CONNUTATING MEANS INCLUDING A COMMUTATING CAPACITOR AND CIRCUIT MEANS OPERATIVELY COUPLING SAID COMMUTATING CAPACITOR IN SERIES CIRCUIT RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID LINEAR INDUCTOR FOR CHARGING SAID COMMUTATING CAPACITOR TO A VOLTAGE GREATER THAN THE SUPPLY VOLTAGE DURING NON-CONDUCTING INTERVALS OF THE CONTROLLED SOLID STATE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, THE RATIO OF CONDUCTING TO NONCONDUCTING TIME INTERVALS OF THE CONTROLLED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE DETERMINING THE MAGNITUDE OF A CONTINUOUS DIRECT CIRCUIT OUTPUT VOLTAGE GENERATED ACROSS SAID OUTPUT TERMINALS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 204 words
AN ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT COMPRISING A LINEAR INDUCTOR, AND A PAIR OF OUTPUT TERMINALS CONNECTED IN SERIES CIRCUIT RELATIONSHIP IN THE ORDER NAMED ACROSS A PAIR OF INPUT POWER SUPPLY TERMINALS THAT IN TURN ARE ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED ACROSS A SOURCE OF ELECTRIC POTENTIAL, SAID OUTPUT TERMINALS ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO A LOAD, A GATE TURN-ON, NONGATE TURN-OFF CONTROLLED CONDUCTING SOLID STATE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE ADAPTED TO BE ALTERNATELY CONDUCTING AND NONCONDUCTING FOR PREDETERMINED TIME INTERVALS, SAID DEVICE BEING CONNECTED IN SERIES CIRCUIT RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID LINEAR INDUCTOR IN PARALLEL CIRCUIT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE OUTPUT TERMINALS, AND MEANS FOR GATING ON SAID DEVICE AT A DESIRED FREQUENCY TO PRODUCE THE PREDETERMINED TIME INTERVALS OF CONDUCTION, COMMUNUTATING MEANS FOR TURNING OFF SAID DEVICE AFTER A PREDETERMINED INTERVAL OF CONDUCTION, SAID CONNUTATING MEANS INCLUDING A COMMUTATING CAPACITOR AND CIRCUIT MEANS OPERATIVELY COUPLING SAID COMMUTATING CAPACITOR IN SERIES CIRCUIT RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID LINEAR INDUCTOR FOR CHARGING SAID COMMUTATING CAPACITOR TO A VOLTAGE GREATER THAN THE SUPPLY VOLTAGE DURING NON-CONDUCTING INTERVALS OF THE CONTROLLED SOLID STATE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, THE RATIO OF CONDUCTING TO NONCONDUCTING TIME INTERVALS OF THE CONTROLLED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE DETERMINING THE MAGNITUDE OF A CONTINUOUS DIRECT CIRCUIT OUTPUT VOLTAGE GENERATED ACROSS SAID OUTPUT TERMINALS.

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