Semi-conductor apparatus

Claim 1

ELECTRICAL REGULATING APPARATUS, COMPRISING: A GENERATOR HAVING A FIELD WINDING AND FIRST AND SECOND OUTPUT TERMINALS; CIRCUIT MEANS CONNECTING SAID OUTPUT TERMINALS TO LOAD MEANS; BISTABLE TRANSISTOR SWITCHING MEANS COMPRISING A FIRST AND A SECOND TRANSISTOR, EACH OF SAID TRANSISTORS HAVING A PLURALITY OF ELECTRODES INCLUDING A COLLECTOR, AN EMITTER, AND A CONTROL ELECTRODE, THE COLLECTOR AND EMITTER ELECTRODES OF SAID FIRST TRANSISTOR SWITHCING MEANS; SWITCHING TERMINALS OF SAID TRANSISTOR SWITCHING MEANS; DIODE MEANS CONNECTING THE EMITTER OF SAID FIRST TRANSISTOR TO SAID FIRST GENERATOR OUTPUT TERMINAL; MEANS CONNECTING SAID FIELD WINDING INTERMEDIATE THE COLLECTOR ELECTRODE OF SAID FIRST TRANSISTOR AND SAID SECOND GENERATOR OUTPUT TERMINALS; MEANS DIRECTLY CONNECTING THE CONTROL ELECTRODE OF SAID FIRST TRANSISTOR TO THE COLLECTOR ELECTRODE OF SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR; REGENERATIVE IMPEDANCE FEEDBACK MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN THE COLLECTOR ELECTRODE OF SAID FIRST TRANSISTOR AND THE CONTROL ELECTRODE OF SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR; MEANS CONNECTING THE EMITTER OF SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR TO SAID FIRST GENERATOR OUTPUT TERMINAL; POTENTIAL SENSING MEANS, SAID SENSING MEANS BEING CONNECTED IN THE CONTROL ELECTRODE CIRCUIT OF SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR, SAID SENSING MEANS BEING EFFECTIVE TO PROVIDE A SIGNAL TO SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR UPON THE GENERATED POTENTIAL REACHING A PREDETERMINED MAGNITUDE; CURRENT SENSING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID CIRCUIT MEANS; AND MEANS CONNECTING SAID CURRENT SENSING MEANS TO THE CONTROL ELECTRODE OF SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR, SAID CURRENT SENSING MEANS BEING EFFECTIVE TO PROVIDE A SIGNAL TO SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR WHEN THE SENSED CURRENT REACHES A PREDETERMINED VALUE.