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Active low pass filter

Assignee: Allen Bradley Co LLC
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Filing: 1966-07-11
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Granted: 1968-12-03
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Expires: 1986-07-11
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Hans E Weidmann
  • 👤 Douglas J Wiest

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 23:18
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03H; H03H11/00; H03H11/02; H03H11/04; H03H11/12

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 316 words
AN ACTIVE LOW PASS ELECTRICAL FILTER COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: A PAIR OF INPUT TERMINAL MEANS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A DIRECT CURRENT POWER SUPPLY SOURCE AND A PAIR OF OUTPUT TERMINAL MEANS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A VARIABLE DIRECT CURRENT LOAD, SAID LOAD HAVING A TENDENCY TO DRAW PULSE SIGNALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOAD VARIATIONS SAID PULSE SIGNALS HAVING ALTERNATING CURRENT COMPONENTS; A LOW IMPENDANCE SENSING MEANS EXTENDING INTERMEDIATE ONE OF THE INPUT TERMINALS AND ONE OF THE OUTPUT TERMINALS THAT PASSES DIRECT CURRENT POWER RECEIVED AT THE INPUT TERMINAL MEANS, THE SENSING MEANS DEVELOPING AN ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL IN ACCCORDANCE WITH SMALL ALTERNATING CURRENT COMPONENTS FLOWING BETWEEN THE INPUT AND OUTPUT TERMINAL MEANS; AN INDUCTIVE ACTING DEVICE EXTENDING INTERMEDIATE THE SENSING MEANS AND THE OUTPUT TERMINAL MEANS, THE INDUCTIVE ACTING DEVICE PROVIDING A HIGH IMPEDANCE PATCH BETWEEN THE SENSING MEANS AND THE OUTPUT TERMINAL MEANS FOR THE ALTERNATING CURRENT COMPONENTS OF THE PULSE SIGNALS AND LOW IMPEDANCE PATH FOR THE DIRECT CURRENT POWER DELIVERED BY A DIRECT CURRENT POWER SUPPLY SOURCE; A TRANSCONDUCTANCE AMPLIFIER INTERMEDIATE THE INPUT TERMINAL MEANS AND THE INDUCTIVE ACTING DEVICE, THE TRANSCONDUCTANCE AMPLIFIER RECEIVING AT ITS INPUT A POTENTIAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPED ACROSS THE SENSING MEANS, SAID POTENTIAL CONTROLLING THE CONDUCTIVE STATE OF THE TRANSCONDUCTANCE AMPLIFIER, THE OUTPUT OF THE TRANSCONDUCTANCE AMPLIFIER EXTENDING BETWEEN THE INDUCTIVE ACTING DEVICE AND A REFERENCE PLANE, THE TRANSCONDUCTANCE AMPLIFIER WHEN IN A CONDUCTIVE STATE PROVIDING A LOW IMPEDANCE PATH FOR BY-PASSING ALTERNATING CURRENT SIGNALS TO THE REFERENCE PLANE AND AWAY FROM SAID INPUT TERMINAL MEANS; A DIRECT CURRENT ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE MEANS EXTENDING ACROSS THE OUTPUT TERMINAL MEANS THAT IS CHARGED BY A DIRECT CURRENT POWER SUPPLY SOURCE CONNECTED TO SAID INPUT TERMINAL MEANS, THE STORAGE DIRECT CURRENT POTENTIAL ACROSS THE INPUT TERMINAL DIRECT CURRENT POTENTIAL ACROSS THE INPUT TERMINAL MEANS AND TO SUPPLY ELECTRICAL ENERGY TO A LOAD EXTENDING ACROSS THE OUTPUT TERMINAL MEANS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 316 words
AN ACTIVE LOW PASS ELECTRICAL FILTER COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: A PAIR OF INPUT TERMINAL MEANS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A DIRECT CURRENT POWER SUPPLY SOURCE AND A PAIR OF OUTPUT TERMINAL MEANS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A VARIABLE DIRECT CURRENT LOAD, SAID LOAD HAVING A TENDENCY TO DRAW PULSE SIGNALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOAD VARIATIONS SAID PULSE SIGNALS HAVING ALTERNATING CURRENT COMPONENTS; A LOW IMPENDANCE SENSING MEANS EXTENDING INTERMEDIATE ONE OF THE INPUT TERMINALS AND ONE OF THE OUTPUT TERMINALS THAT PASSES DIRECT CURRENT POWER RECEIVED AT THE INPUT TERMINAL MEANS, THE SENSING MEANS DEVELOPING AN ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL IN ACCCORDANCE WITH SMALL ALTERNATING CURRENT COMPONENTS FLOWING BETWEEN THE INPUT AND OUTPUT TERMINAL MEANS; AN INDUCTIVE ACTING DEVICE EXTENDING INTERMEDIATE THE SENSING MEANS AND THE OUTPUT TERMINAL MEANS, THE INDUCTIVE ACTING DEVICE PROVIDING A HIGH IMPEDANCE PATCH BETWEEN THE SENSING MEANS AND THE OUTPUT TERMINAL MEANS FOR THE ALTERNATING CURRENT COMPONENTS OF THE PULSE SIGNALS AND LOW IMPEDANCE PATH FOR THE DIRECT CURRENT POWER DELIVERED BY A DIRECT CURRENT POWER SUPPLY SOURCE; A TRANSCONDUCTANCE AMPLIFIER INTERMEDIATE THE INPUT TERMINAL MEANS AND THE INDUCTIVE ACTING DEVICE, THE TRANSCONDUCTANCE AMPLIFIER RECEIVING AT ITS INPUT A POTENTIAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPED ACROSS THE SENSING MEANS, SAID POTENTIAL CONTROLLING THE CONDUCTIVE STATE OF THE TRANSCONDUCTANCE AMPLIFIER, THE OUTPUT OF THE TRANSCONDUCTANCE AMPLIFIER EXTENDING BETWEEN THE INDUCTIVE ACTING DEVICE AND A REFERENCE PLANE, THE TRANSCONDUCTANCE AMPLIFIER WHEN IN A CONDUCTIVE STATE PROVIDING A LOW IMPEDANCE PATH FOR BY-PASSING ALTERNATING CURRENT SIGNALS TO THE REFERENCE PLANE AND AWAY FROM SAID INPUT TERMINAL MEANS; A DIRECT CURRENT ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE MEANS EXTENDING ACROSS THE OUTPUT TERMINAL MEANS THAT IS CHARGED BY A DIRECT CURRENT POWER SUPPLY SOURCE CONNECTED TO SAID INPUT TERMINAL MEANS, THE STORAGE DIRECT CURRENT POTENTIAL ACROSS THE INPUT TERMINAL DIRECT CURRENT POTENTIAL ACROSS THE INPUT TERMINAL MEANS AND TO SUPPLY ELECTRICAL ENERGY TO A LOAD EXTENDING ACROSS THE OUTPUT TERMINAL MEANS.

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