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US3316476A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

High power sine wave generator

Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp
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Filing: 1963-06-28
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Granted: 1967-04-25
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Expires: 1983-06-28
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Wayne R Olson
  • 👤 Edward H Hooper

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 14:57
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03B; H03B11/00; H03B11/04; H03B11/10; H02; H02M; H02M7/00; H02M7/42; H02M7/44; H02M7/48; H02M7/505; H02M7/515; H02M7/523; H03K; H03K3/00; H03K3/02; H03K3/53; H03K3/57

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 213 words
A HIGH POWER SINE WAVE GENERATOR ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO AT LEAST ONE SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A RESONANT LOAD HAVING A PREDETERMINED OUTPUT FREQUENCY, A FIRST CIRCUIT INCLUDING A SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCH DEVICE ADAPTED TO BE RENDERED SELECTIVELY CONDUCTIVE, AND INDUCTANCE, AND A CAPACITANCE CONNECTED IN SERIES CIRCUIT COMBINATION BETWEEN SAID LOAD AND SAID SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL, SAID INDUCTANCE AND SAID CAPACITANCE FORMING A SERIES RESONANT CIRCUIT HAVING A PEDETERMINED FREQUENCY OF RESONANCE SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AS SAID OUTPUT FREQUENCY, SAID CAPACITANCE FURTHER ADAPTED TO HAVE A FIRST CHARGE STATE BY CURRENT FLOWING THROUGH SAID LOAD WHEN SAID SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCH IS RENDERED CONDUCTIVE; AND A SECOND CIRCUIT INCLUDING ANOTHER SEMI-CONDUCTOR SWITCH ADAPTED TO BE RENDERED SELECTIVELY CONDUCTIVE WHEN SAID SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCH OF SAID FIRST CIRCUIT IS NON-CONDUCTING, ANOTHER INDUCTANCE AND SAID CAPACITANCE OF SAID FIRST CIRCUIT COUPLED TOGETHER IN ANOTHER SERIES CIRCUIT COMBINATION ACROSS SAID LOAD, SAID ANOTHER INDUCTANCE AND SAID CAPCITANCE ALSO FORMING ANOTHER SERIES RESONANT CIRCUIT HAVING A FREQUENCY OF RESONANCE SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AS SAID OUTPUT FREQUENCY, SAID CAPACITANCE ADAPED TO HAVE AN OPPOSITE CHARGE STATE BY CURRENT FLOWING THROUGH SAID LOAD WHEN SAID ANOTHER SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCH IS RENDERED CONDUCTIVE, WHEREBY ELECTRICAL ENERGY IS TRANSFERRED TO SAID RESONANT LOAD DURING BOTH STATES OF SAID CAPACITANCE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 213 words
A HIGH POWER SINE WAVE GENERATOR ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO AT LEAST ONE SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A RESONANT LOAD HAVING A PREDETERMINED OUTPUT FREQUENCY, A FIRST CIRCUIT INCLUDING A SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCH DEVICE ADAPTED TO BE RENDERED SELECTIVELY CONDUCTIVE, AND INDUCTANCE, AND A CAPACITANCE CONNECTED IN SERIES CIRCUIT COMBINATION BETWEEN SAID LOAD AND SAID SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL, SAID INDUCTANCE AND SAID CAPACITANCE FORMING A SERIES RESONANT CIRCUIT HAVING A PEDETERMINED FREQUENCY OF RESONANCE SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AS SAID OUTPUT FREQUENCY, SAID CAPACITANCE FURTHER ADAPTED TO HAVE A FIRST CHARGE STATE BY CURRENT FLOWING THROUGH SAID LOAD WHEN SAID SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCH IS RENDERED CONDUCTIVE; AND A SECOND CIRCUIT INCLUDING ANOTHER SEMI-CONDUCTOR SWITCH ADAPTED TO BE RENDERED SELECTIVELY CONDUCTIVE WHEN SAID SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCH OF SAID FIRST CIRCUIT IS NON-CONDUCTING, ANOTHER INDUCTANCE AND SAID CAPACITANCE OF SAID FIRST CIRCUIT COUPLED TOGETHER IN ANOTHER SERIES CIRCUIT COMBINATION ACROSS SAID LOAD, SAID ANOTHER INDUCTANCE AND SAID CAPCITANCE ALSO FORMING ANOTHER SERIES RESONANT CIRCUIT HAVING A FREQUENCY OF RESONANCE SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AS SAID OUTPUT FREQUENCY, SAID CAPACITANCE ADAPED TO HAVE AN OPPOSITE CHARGE STATE BY CURRENT FLOWING THROUGH SAID LOAD WHEN SAID ANOTHER SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCH IS RENDERED CONDUCTIVE, WHEREBY ELECTRICAL ENERGY IS TRANSFERRED TO SAID RESONANT LOAD DURING BOTH STATES OF SAID CAPACITANCE.

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