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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the degradation of characteristics and damages of an electron tube and alleviate loading of an power supply device by suppressing an excessive helix current flowing upon starting up of a power supply voltage, without causing deterioration of a maximum gain during normal operation of the electron tube such as a travelling wave tube. SOLUTION: The electron tube or a power supply device includes a detection circuit to detect current flowing in a helix electrode, a voltage restriction circuit which controls the potential difference between the helix electrode and an anode electrode to a prescribed voltage, and a switch which switches over whether to connect through the voltage restriction circuit or by short-circuiting between the helix electrode and the anode electrode according to the output of the detection circuit. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a power supply unit capable of shortening a preheating time by a heater which is necessary in recovering from a power failure state or powering-on without causing the instability of operation, a high-frequency circuit system, and a heater voltage control method. SOLUTION: In recovering from a power failure, a voltage higher than that in a normal operation is supplied to a heater, and, after a lapse of a preset time, a voltage supplied to the heater is changed over to a voltage in the normal operation, and a control signal for starting the operation of an electron tube is outputted. Alternatively, in turning power on, the rate of change of a heater current is determined in each period of time, when the rate of change is set to a value not larger than a preset threshold, a voltage higher than that in the normal operation is supplied to the heater; and, after a lapse of the preset time, the voltage to be supplied to the heater is changed over to the voltage in the normal operation, and a control signal for starting the operation of the electron tube is outputted. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a power source device in which current flowing in a helix form for the rise period of helix voltage and collector voltage can be reduced, by using low-cost general purpose parts without resulting in reduction of the maximum gain during the normal operation times of a traveling-wave tube, and to provide a high frequency circuit system equipped with the device. SOLUTION: There are provided a Zener diode connected between a helix electrode and an anode electrode, a transistor that short-circuits or opens between the cathode and the anode of the Zener diode, a photocoupler to turn the transistor on/off by a phototransistor, a first switch for supplying or cutting-off direct electric voltage to a photodiode of the photocoupler, a capacitor which is applied of the direct electric voltage supplied to the photodiode, and a control part in which the direct electric voltage is applied to the photocoupler and the capacitor by turning the first switch on, in advance, while the first switch is simultaneously turned off, when the helix voltage is applied. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a current measuring circuit for accurately measuring a current flowing through a high-voltage site while suppressing the increase of costs. SOLUTION: The current measuring circuit includes: a current-detecting resistor which is inserted in series between a high-voltage site and an output terminal of a power supply circuit supplying a predetermined direct voltage to the high-voltage site, and which generates, at both ends thereof, a potential difference proportional to a currents flowing through the high voltage site; a first resistor, a second resistor, a transistor and a third resistor connected in series between a ground potential and the output terminal of a power supply circuit, and configured to measure a current flowing through the high-voltage site; a differential amplifier for controlling a current flowing through the transistor so that a potential difference generated between both ends of the third resistor becomes proportional to a potential difference generated between both ends of the current-detecting resistor; and a direct voltage source for generating a direct voltage for operating the differential amplifier. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a power supply device of low cost in a simple structure capable of discharging a load accumulated in a rectifying capacitor in a shorter time than before at stoppage of power, while securing safety at working after stoppage of power supply, and a high-frequency circuit system equipped with the same. SOLUTION: The device is provided with a discharge switch as well as a first resistor connected in series to be connected between a cathode electrode and a first collector electrode, N pieces of arresters (N is a positive integer) connected in series inserted between a connection node of the discharge switch and the first resistor and a ground potential, N pieces of second resistors connected N pieces of arresters and between a second collector electrode to an Nth collector electrode and the ground potential respectively, and a discharge control circuit setting a discharge switch 'off' to be an open state at normal operation of the power supply device, and setting the discharge switch 'on' to be in a short-circuit state at operation stoppage of the power supply device. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a temperature detector that has a thermostat or a thermistor directly attachable to a heating unit and can detect temperature of the heating unit in a simple structure. SOLUTION: This temperature detector includes a transformer, a thermostat that is directly attached to a conductive portion of a heating unit and has a contact point which is opened or closed corresponding to whether or not temperature of the heating unit becomes equal to or higher than predetermined temperature and is connected to a secondary coil of the transformer, and a DC voltage source and a transistor which are adapted to supply a required AC power to a primary coil of the transformer. The temperature detector further includes a current detecting resistor for detecting a current flowing in the primary coil of the transformer, and a comparator circuit that detects a voltage generated between both ends of the current detecting resistor due to the current flowing in the current detecting resistor and outputs an alarm signal when a level of the current flowing in the primary coil of the transformer exceeds a preset threshold. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a power supply further reducing size and costs, and to provide a high-frequency circuit system having the power supply. SOLUTION: There are provided: a transformer; a primary power supply for supplying an AC voltage having at least two frequencies to the primary winding of the transformer; and a filter circuit that has a different amount of attenuation depending on the frequency of an AC voltage and is connected to the secondary winding of the transformer. The frequency of the AC voltage supplied to the primary winding of the transformer is controlled so that a desired AC voltage is outputted from the filter circuit connected to the secondary winding of the transformer. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT