Integrated dual voltage power supply

Claim 2

A power supply circuit for supplying two supply voltages to a high power linear beam device comprising: a transformer winding having an output terminal adjacent each end thereof and a plurality of taps equally spaced from said output terminals; a full wave rectifying circuit operatively connected to said output terminals and adapted for electrical connection to the linear beam device for providing a first d.c. output voltage to the linear beam device; and, a plurality of rectifiers each operatively connected in like polarity to an associated one of said plurality of taps and to a common terminal, said common terminal being adapted for electrical connection to the linear beam device to provide, in association with said rectifying circuit, a second d.c. output voltage.

Claim 3

The power supply circuit of claim 1 wherein the linear beam device comprises a traveling wave tube having a body, a collector and a cathode, said full wave rectifying circuit being adapted for electrical connection to said cathode and said body and said common terminal being adapted for electrical connection to said collector, whereby body current and collector current both flow through said rectifying circuit with the power supply circuit electrically connected to the traveling wave tube.

Claim 4

The power supply circuit of claim 1 wherein said transformer winding comprises a secondary winding of a three-phase wye connected transformer, said taps and rectifiers being three in number.

Claim 5

The power supply circuit of claim 1 including filter means for filtering rectified d.c. voltage, said full wave rectifying means being adapted for electrical connection to the linear beam device through said filter means, said filter means being operative to filter both said first and second d.c. output voltages with the power supply circuit connected to the linear beam device.

Claim 6

The power supply circuit of claim 1 wherein the linear beam device comprises a traveling wave tube having a body, a collector and a cathode, said full wave rectifying means being adapted for electrical connection to said cathode and said body through said filter means and said common terminal being adapted for electrical connection to said cathode and said collector, whereby body current and collector current both flow through said filter means and said rectifying means with the power supply circuit electrically connected to the traveling wave tube.

Claim 7

The power supply circuit of claim 5 wherein said transformer winding comprises a secondary winding of a three-phase wye connected transformer, said taps and rectifiers being three in number.

Claim 8

A power supply circuit for supplying two d.c. potentials to first and second tube elements each referenced to a third tube element, said power supply circuit comprising: a transformer winding for providing a first a.c. voltage; first means operatively connected to said transformer winding for providing, between a first and second output terminal, a second a.c. voltage in phase with and of a lesser amplitude than said first a.c. voltage; means for full wave rectifying said first a.c. voLtage to provide a first d.c. voltage between third and fourth output termainsl: first and second rectifiers each having an anode electrode and a cathode electrode, one of said electrodes of said first rectifier being operatively connected to said first output terminal of said first means and the like of one of said electrodes of said second rectifier being operatively connected to said second output terminal of said first means; first circuit means for operatively connecting the remaining like electrodes of said first and second rectifiers to one of the first and second tube elements; and, second circuit means for operatively connecting said third and fourth output terminals respectively to the other of the first and second tube elements and to the third tube element, whereby the power supply circuit is operable to supply a first d.c. potential between said other of said tube elements and said third tube element in response to said first a.c. voltage and is operable to supply a second d.c. potential between said one of said tube elements and said third tube element in response to said second a.c. voltage and a portion of said first a.c. voltage.

Claim 9

A power supply circuit for supplying two d.c. potentials to first and second tube elements each referenced to a third tube element, said power supply circuit comprising: a transformer winding for providing a first a.c. voltage; first means operatively connected to said transformer winding for providing, between a first and second output terminal, a second a.c. voltage in phase with and of a lesser amplitude than said first a.c. voltage; means for full wave rectifying said first a.c. voLtage to provide a first d.c. voltage between third and fourth output termainsl: first and second rectifiers each having an anode electrode and a cathode electrode, one of said electrodes of said first rectifier being operatively connected to said first output terminal of said first means and the like of one of said electrodes of said second rectifier being operatively connected to said second output terminal of said first means; first circuit means for operatively connecting the remaining like electrodes of said first and second rectifiers to one of the first and second tube elements; and, second circuit means for operatively connecting said third and fourth output terminals respectively to the other of the first and second tube elements and to the third tube element, whereby the power supply circuit is operable to supply a first d.c. potential between said other of said tube elements and said third tube element in response to said first a.c. voltage and is operable to supply a second d.c. potential between said one of said tube elements and said third tube element in response to said second a.c. voltage and a portion of said first a.c. voltage.