Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
260 words
A power supply circuit for an ozonator comprising: a. a DC/AC semiconductor switch bridge inverter coupled at its input terminals of a resonant network, said semiconductor switch bridge inverter comprising a first semiconductor switch means for conducting through the resonant network in a first direction and a second semiconductor switch means for conducting through the resonant network in a second direction; b. said resonant network having a step up high voltage transformer with its primary winding coupled to said semiconductor switch bridge inverter and its secondary winding coupled to the ozonator; and c. an inverter control circuit for controlling the gating electrodes of said first and second semiconductor switch means, said inverter control circuit comprising first and second AND gate means for controlling gating of said first and second semiconductor switch means, for generating a switching frequency square wave signal and applying it to a first input of each of said first and second AND gate means, and means for generating a high frequency pulse train and applying it to a second input of each of said first and second AND gate means, such that the first and second AND gate means generate gating signals to cause said first and second semiconductor switch means to operate in a pulse burst modulation mode wherein the switching frequency of the square wave signal controls the timing between pulse bursts, and the number of high frequency pulses within each pulse burst is controlled by the frequency of the high frequency pulse train and the width of each pulse in the square wave signal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
260 words
A power supply circuit for an ozonator comprising: a. a DC/AC semiconductor switch bridge inverter coupled at its input terminals of a resonant network, said semiconductor switch bridge inverter comprising a first semiconductor switch means for conducting through the resonant network in a first direction and a second semiconductor switch means for conducting through the resonant network in a second direction; b. said resonant network having a step up high voltage transformer with its primary winding coupled to said semiconductor switch bridge inverter and its secondary winding coupled to the ozonator; and c. an inverter control circuit for controlling the gating electrodes of said first and second semiconductor switch means, said inverter control circuit comprising first and second AND gate means for controlling gating of said first and second semiconductor switch means, for generating a switching frequency square wave signal and applying it to a first input of each of said first and second AND gate means, and means for generating a high frequency pulse train and applying it to a second input of each of said first and second AND gate means, such that the first and second AND gate means generate gating signals to cause said first and second semiconductor switch means to operate in a pulse burst modulation mode wherein the switching frequency of the square wave signal controls the timing between pulse bursts, and the number of high frequency pulses within each pulse burst is controlled by the frequency of the high frequency pulse train and the width of each pulse in the square wave signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
A power supply circuit as claimed in claim 1, said means for generating a high frequency pulse train operating between 1.0 and 1.6 kilohertz.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
A power supply circuit as claimed in claim 1, said means for generating a switching frequency square wave signal operating between two hundred and eight hundred hertz.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
41 words
A power supply circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein a capacitance and an inductance are coupled to the primary winding of the transformer to tune the resonant frequency of the resonant network to the range of 2.0 to 3.0 kilohertz.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
A power supply circuit as claimed in claim 4, wherein the pulse repetition frequency of the high frequency pulse train is one-half the resonant frequency.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
44 words
A power supply circuit for an ozonator as claimed in claim 1, wherein said means for generating the square wave signal comprises a pulse width modulator for generating two out-of-phase square wave signals which are coupled together to produce a single square wave signal.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
46 words
A power supply circuit for an ozonator as claimed in claim 1, said square wave signal being coupled to said means for generating the high frequency pulse train to synchronize the pulses in the high frequency pulse train with the pulses of the square wave signal.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
144 words
A power supply circuit for an ozonator as claimed in claim 1, said semiconductor switch bridge inverter comprising a full bridge inverter wherein said first semiconductor switch means comprises a first pair of semiconductor switches, said first AND gate means comprises a first pair of AND gates, said second AND gate means comprises a second pair of AND gates, said means for generating a switching frequency square wave signal being cooled to a first input of each of said first and second pairs of AND gates, and said means for generating a high frequency pulse train being coupled to a second input of each of said first and second pairs of AND gates, such that the first and second pairs of AND gates generate gating signals to cause said first and second pairs of semiconductor switches to operate in a pulse burst modulation mode.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
52 words
A power supply circuit for an ozonator as claimed in claim 1, said semiconductor switch means comprises a first semiconductor switch, said second semiconductor switch means comprises a second semiconductor switch, said first AND gate means comprises a first AND gate, and said second AND gate means comprises a second AND gate.