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Circuit for providing saw-tooth current in a coil

Assignee: SKEPSY SA
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Filing: 1978-04-11
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Granted: 1980-04-29
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Expires: 1998-04-11
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Abstract

Abstract A circuit for providing saw-tooth current, with a trace and a retrace interval, in a coil, in particular a deflection coil of a television kinescope, in which the coil is connected to a retrace condenser and a trace condenser so as to form a deflection circuit which oscillates freely during the retrace interval, is described. In this circuit, a first diode is connected parallel to the deflection circuit with such polarity as to be made conductive by the saw-tooth current during the first part of the trace interval, and the said deflection circuit is also connected parallel, by means of a second diode having such polarity as to be made conductive by the saw-tooth current during a second part of the trace interval, to a controllable switch, which is made conductive during part of the trace interval. The controllable switch is connected, by means of a first inductor, to a supply voltage source so that, during the interval in which the switch is conductive, energy is stored in the first inductor and later transferred, during the interval in which the switch is non-conductive, partly to the deflection circuit, by means of a third diode and partly to a first condenser. The main characteristic of this circuit is that means are provided whereby the energy transferred to the first condenser is subsequently restored to the supply source.

Inventors

  • 👤 Attilio Farina
  • 👤 Giuseppe Zappala

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03K; H03K4/00; H03K4/06; H03K4/08; H03K4/48; H03K4/60; H03K4/62

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim 299 words
In a circuit for providing saw-tooth current, with a trace and a retrace interval, in a coil, in particular a deflection coil of a television kinescope, in which the said coil is connected to a retrace condenser and a trace condenser so as to form a deflection circuit which oscillates freely during the retrace interval; in which a first diode is connected parallel to the said deflection circuit with such polarity as to be made conductive by the saw-tooth current during the first part of the trace interval; in which the said deflection circuit is also connected parallel, by means of a second diode having such polarity as to be made conductive by the saw-tooth current during a second part of the trace interval, to a controllable switch, with a control electrode, connected to a source of periodic control signals which make it conductive during part of the trace interval; and, finally, in which the said controllable switch is connected by means of a first inductor, to a supply voltage source so that, for each period of said saw-tooth current, during the interval in which the said switch is conductive energy is stored in the said first inductor and later transferred, during the interval in which the said switch is non-conductive, partly to the said deflection circuit by means of a third diode, and partly to a first condenser connected directly at one side to a common junction of said switch, said second diode and said first inductor and connected directly at the other side to said third diode, the improvement wherein energy restoring means are provided, operative in the non-conductive interval of said switch subsequent to the transfer of said energy to said first condenser, for restoring the energy transferred to said first condenser to said supply means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 299 words
In a circuit for providing saw-tooth current, with a trace and a retrace interval, in a coil, in particular a deflection coil of a television kinescope, in which the said coil is connected to a retrace condenser and a trace condenser so as to form a deflection circuit which oscillates freely during the retrace interval; in which a first diode is connected parallel to the said deflection circuit with such polarity as to be made conductive by the saw-tooth current during the first part of the trace interval; in which the said deflection circuit is also connected parallel, by means of a second diode having such polarity as to be made conductive by the saw-tooth current during a second part of the trace interval, to a controllable switch, with a control electrode, connected to a source of periodic control signals which make it conductive during part of the trace interval; and, finally, in which the said controllable switch is connected by means of a first inductor, to a supply voltage source so that, for each period of said saw-tooth current, during the interval in which the said switch is conductive energy is stored in the said first inductor and later transferred, during the interval in which the said switch is non-conductive, partly to the said deflection circuit by means of a third diode, and partly to a first condenser connected directly at one side to a common junction of said switch, said second diode and said first inductor and connected directly at the other side to said third diode, the improvement wherein energy restoring means are provided, operative in the non-conductive interval of said switch subsequent to the transfer of said energy to said first condenser, for restoring the energy transferred to said first condenser to said supply means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 47 words
The circuit of claim 1, wherein said energy to be restored to said supply source is transferred from said first condenser to a second inductor, from there to a second condenser and, finally, to the said supply source through a third inductor constituting said energy restoring means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 49 words
The circuit of claim 2, wherein the said first condenser and the said second inductor are connected to the said second condenser and to the said third inductor through the said third diode and wherein the said third inductor is connected to a terminal of the said supply source.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 21 words
The circuit of claim 3, wherein the said third inductor is connected to a positive terminal of the said supply source.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 20 words
The circuit of claim 3, wherein the said third inductor is coupled to a supply winding of an auxiliary load.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 55 words
The circuit of claim 2, wherein the said first condenser and the said second inductor are connected to the said second condenser through the said third diode and wherein the said second condenser is connected, through a fourth diode, to an intermediate tap of the said first inductor which also provides the said third inductor.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 36 words
The circuit of claim 3, wherein the said first condenser is connected, with its ends, to the series connection of a circuit comprising the said controllable switch, the said first diode and the said second inductor.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 36 words
The circuit of claim 6, wherein the said first condenser is connected, with its ends, to the series connection of a circuit comprising the said controllable switch, the said first diode and the said second inductor.

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