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Method and apparatus for testing television yokes and flyback windings
Assignee: Sencore Inc
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Filing: 1975-05-07
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Granted: 1976-11-02
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Expires: 1995-05-07
Abstract
Abstract A plurality of capacitors are successively connected across a coil while a train of driving pulses is applied thereto to cause the coil to ring after each driving pulse, and the number of cycles which occur in the ringing signal between two voltage levels thereof are counted to indicate if the coil is defective.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert E. Baum
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 13:14
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N17/00; H04N17/04; G; G01; G01R; G01R31/00; G01R31/50; G01R31/62; G01R31/72
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
133 words
An instrument for testing television yokes and the windings of flyback transformers, comprising a plurality of capacitors having different values of capacitance, means for selectively connecting said capacitors in parallel with said coil, a source of a train of voltage pulses, means for connecting said source of voltage pulses to said yokes or windings to cause said yokes or windings to ring and produce dampened sine waves of voltage thereacross while each of said capacitors is respectively connected in parallel therewith, means for counting the number of cycles occurring in each of said dampened sine waves between two predetermined voltage values thereof, and means for indicating if the maximum number of cycles counted in said dampened sine waves exceeds a predetermined value with each value of capacitance connected across said yoke or winding.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
133 words
An instrument for testing television yokes and the windings of flyback transformers, comprising a plurality of capacitors having different values of capacitance, means for selectively connecting said capacitors in parallel with said coil, a source of a train of voltage pulses, means for connecting said source of voltage pulses to said yokes or windings to cause said yokes or windings to ring and produce dampened sine waves of voltage thereacross while each of said capacitors is respectively connected in parallel therewith, means for counting the number of cycles occurring in each of said dampened sine waves between two predetermined voltage values thereof, and means for indicating if the maximum number of cycles counted in said dampened sine waves exceeds a predetermined value with each value of capacitance connected across said yoke or winding.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
46 words
An instrument according to claim 1 wherein said means for counting comprises, means for producing a square wave voltage pulse of predetermined value and time duration for each of said cycles, and means for integrating the said square wave voltage pulses occurring after each driving pulse.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
An instrument according to claim 2 wherein said means for integrating comprises a capacitor, and said means for indicating comprises a voltmeter indicating the peak voltage developed across said capacitor.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
An instrument according to claim 1 wherein one of said voltage values is the voltage of said driving pulses, comprising means for adjusting the other of said voltage values.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
120 words
A method of testing television yokes and the windings of flyback transformers, comprising the steps of applying a train of DC voltage pulses across a yoke or flyback transformer winding to be tested, selectively connecting a plurality of different values of capacitance across said yoke or winding while said train of DC voltage pulses is applied thereto, continuously counting the number of ringing cycles of at least a predetermined amplitude occurring in said yoke or winding after each voltage pulse is applied thereto during the connection of each said different value of capacitance thereacross, and providing an indication as to whether any number thus counted exceeds a predetermined value for each value of capacitance connected across said yoke or winding.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
120 words
A method of testing television yokes and the windings of flyback transformers, comprising the steps of applying a train of DC voltage pulses across a yoke or flyback transformer winding to be tested, selectively connecting a plurality of different values of capacitance across said yoke or winding while said train of DC voltage pulses is applied thereto, continuously counting the number of ringing cycles of at least a predetermined amplitude occurring in said yoke or winding after each voltage pulse is applied thereto during the connection of each said different value of capacitance thereacross, and providing an indication as to whether any number thus counted exceeds a predetermined value for each value of capacitance connected across said yoke or winding.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
54 words
A method of testing according to claim 5 wherein said step of continuously counting comprises the further steps of generating a train of equal width, equal amplitude DC voltage pulses equal in number to said cycles to be counted, integrating said train of voltage pulses, and applying the resulting integral to a display device.
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