摘要:
An MR magnet assembly (10) includes a cylindrical vessel for housing a superconducting magnet and having a vacuum between its inner and outer walls (14,13). The vessel defines a magnet bore (36) for receiving a patient to be imaged. A gradient coil assembly (66) is mounted in the bore adjacent the inner wall (14) of the magnet assembly. To reduce gradient coil noise, the inner wall is constructed of a nonconductive material which does not support eddy currents.
摘要:
A quadrature coil (24) suitable for use with an open frame MRI system provides crossing pairs of arrays (32a-32d) of parallel conductor elements (34a-34d), respectively. Compact configuration is provided through use of an isolating circuit (66) for incorporating parasitic capacitances at the resonance frequency of the coil into a blocking parallel resonance. Termination of the parallel conductor elements may be accomplished by equal impedance node connectors formed from branching pairs of conductors or a triangular least resistance connection form. RF shields are provided by pairs of conductive sheets containing eddy current reducing slots aligned with the parallel conductors elements of the coil.
摘要:
A power factor correction circuit employs a metal oxide varistor (24) in series with a filter capacitor (C1). The varistor (24) provides a low-impedance path for pre-charging the filter capacitor (C1), thus enabling the avoidance of high inrush current to circuit devices, while the filter capacitor (C1) energizes the circuit when the capacitor voltage exceeds the AC source (10) voltage. The circuit is insensitive to normal line transients. One application is for use in a gas discharge lamp (14) ballast.
摘要:
A power factor correction circuit employs a metal oxide varistor (24) in series with a filter capacitor (C1). The varistor (24) provides a low-impedance path for pre-charging the filter capacitor (C1), thus enabling the avoidance of high inrush current to circuit devices, while the filter capacitor (C1) energizes the circuit when the capacitor voltage exceeds the AC source (10) voltage. The circuit is insensitive to normal line transients. One application is for use in a gas discharge lamp (14) ballast.
摘要:
A quadrature coil (24) suitable for use with an open frame MRI system provides crossing pairs of arrays (32a-32d) of parallel conductor elements (34a-34d), respectively. Compact configuration is provided through use of an isolating circuit (66) for incorporating parasitic capacitances at the resonance frequency of the coil into a blocking parallel resonance. Termination of the parallel conductor elements may be accomplished by equal impedance node connectors formed from branching pairs of conductors or a triangular least resistance connection form. RF shields are provided by pairs of conductive sheets containing eddy current reducing slots aligned with the parallel conductors elements of the coil.
摘要:
An MR magnet assembly (10) includes a cylindrical vessel for housing a superconducting magnet and having a vacuum between its inner and outer walls (14,13). The vessel defines a magnet bore (36) for receiving a patient to be imaged. A gradient coil assembly (66) is mounted in the bore adjacent the inner wall (14) of the magnet assembly. To reduce gradient coil noise, the inner wall is constructed of a nonconductive material which does not support eddy currents.
摘要:
A dual feedback control system for a Class-D power circuit maximizes efficiency by controlling the magnitude and phase angle of the resonant load circuit using two separate feedback loops. The first feedback loop 40 changes the value of a first variable capacitor in response to difference in magnitude between the actual load impedance and the desired load impedance. The second feedback loop 30 changes the value of a second variable capacitor in response to the phase difference between the actual phase angle and the desired phase angle. In this way, the real and imaginary components of the load impedance are controlled so that the Class-D circuit is in tune , and hence efficiency is maximized, over a wide range of load impedances. The dual feedback control of the present invention may be advantageously employed in the ballast of an electrodeless HID lamp system.