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A high intensity discharge electrodeless lamp having a segmented excitation coil and capacitor configuration offers minimum light obstruction and RF losses while providing maximum impedance matching and heat transfer from the coil to a heat sink. The excitation coil includes at least two pairs of interconnected windings, each pair disposed concentrically in its own plane. The windings are clustered in a toroidal shape, the center of which is positioned to surround the arc envelope of a high intensity discharge lamp containing an ionizable gas activatable by RF energy. The coil windings are of large cross-sectional area and the capacitors have short leads, so as to minimize EMI and power losses and facilitate heat condition to heat sink means. The windings are configured to follow the contours of the magnetic field lines created by current flow through the total coil.
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An MR magnet assembly includes a cylindrical vessel for housing a superconducting magnet and having a vacuum between its inner and outer walls. The vessel defines a magnet bore for receiving a patient to be imaged. A gradient coil assembly is mounted in the bore adjacent the inner wall of the magnet assembly. To reduce gradient coil noise, the inner wall is constructed of a non-conductive material which does not support eddy currents.
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A modified valley fill circuit, including a main ballasting inductor for supplying an electrolytic capacitor, has an additional charging winding on the main ballasting inductor for charging the electrolytic capacitor to a predetermined voltage which maximizes the power factor of the input current by optimizing the conduction angle of the input current. In a discharge lamp ballast, the modified valley fill circuit reduces the lamp current crest factor by controlling the frequency with a lamp current control loop.
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The resolution .DELTA.C of a binary capacitance ladder having a plurality of N branches is precisely determined by appropriately selecting the value of a fixed capacitor in each branch relative to the parasitic capacitance of a corresponding series-connected switch. The capacitance of each respective branch varies by 2.sup.n-1 .DELTA.C, where n is the number of the branch, adjacent branches being numbered sequentially. The total capacitance is variable between C.sub.Total and C.sub.Total -(2.sup.N -1).DELTA.C in steps of .DELTA.C, where C.sub.Total is the sum of the capacitances in the ladder with all switches closed, and C.sub.Total -(2.sup.N -1).DELTA.C is the capacitance of the ladder with all switches open. For any particular branch of the ladder, the switch capacitance may be further controlled by adding a fixed capacitance in parallel with the respective switch. Such a variable capacitance is useful as a tuning capacitor in an electrodeless HID lamp ballast.
摘要翻译:具有多个N个分支的二进制电容梯的分辨率DELTA C通过相对于相应的串联开关的寄生电容适当地选择每个分支中的固定电容器的值来精确地确定。 每个分支的电容变化为2n-1个DELTA,其中n是分支的数量,相邻的分支依次编号。 总共电容在DELTA C之间CTotal和CTotal-(2N-1)DELTA C之间是可变的,其中CTotal是梯形图中所有开关闭合的电容之和,CTotal-(2N-1)DELTA C 所有开关的梯子电容都开启。 对于梯子的任何特定分支,可以通过与相应开关并联地添加固定电容来进一步控制开关电容。 这种可变电容可用作无电极HID灯镇流器中的调谐电容器。
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An impedance matching circuit for a self-oscillating electrodeless fluorescent lamp ballast of the type having an inductor connected in series with the parallel combination of a capacitor and the lamp's drive coil includes an additional capacitor connected in series with the drive coil. The capacitance value chosen for the additional capacitor is dependent on: stresses on the parallel capacitor; matching the impedance of the ballast; and the impact of the capacitor on the loaded coil phase angle. The additional capacitor reduces the phase angle presented to the ballast, thereby lowering the sensitivity of the ballast to component and lamp variations. In addition, the overall impedance of the network is reduced, such that the required inductance of the series inductor is reduced; hence, the inductor can have fewer turns and lower conduction losses. The current in inductor for the required power level is lower, resulting in a further reduction in conduction losses as well as a reduction in core losses due to lower flux in the core. Still further, a reduction of stresses on the inductor results in a reduced operating temperature, and hence increased efficiency, reliability and ballast life.
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A power factor correction circuit employs a metal oxide varistor in series with a filter capacitor. The varistor provides a low-impedance path for pre-charging the filter capacitor, thus enabling the avoidance of high inrush current to circuit devices, while the filter capacitor energizes the circuit when the capacitor voltage exceeds the AC source voltage. The circuit is insensitive to normal line transients. One application is for use in a gas discharge lamp ballast.
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A method of collecting data from wireless sensor units arranged in a network. The method may comprise the steps of initiating distribution of control signals to the wireless sensor units, acquiring data with the wireless sensor units by sensing one or more physical parameters, each of the wireless sensor units transmitting the acquired data in response to the control signals; and each of the wireless sensor units transmitting of at least a portion of the acquired data according to a prioritizing algorithm associated with each respective wireless sensor unit.
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A wireless network is provided, that may comprise wireless sensor units organized in chains of wireless sensor units. Each wireless sensor unit may comprise plural sensors and at least a wireless transceiver connected to communicate by wires or wirelessly with the plural sensors. Each chain of wireless sensor units may include a terminal wireless sensor unit and intermediate wireless sensor units, each intermediate wireless sensor unit being configured to relay data along the chain of intermediate wireless sensor units towards the terminal wireless sensor unit. The terminal wireless sensor unit in each chain of wireless sensor units is adapted to communicate wirelessly with at least one backhaul unit of plural backhaul units; and the backhaul units are adapted to communicate with a central computer.
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A multi-resonant boost power factor correction circuit includes a full-wave rectifier; a high frequency filter capacitance coupled across the input terminals of the full-wave rectifier; a series half-bridge converter; a diode connected between the output of the rectifier and the dc bus voltage such that its cathode is connected to a dc bus; a capacitance coupled between the output of the rectifier and the junction between the series-connected switching devices of the half-bridge converter; a resonant load circuit connected to the junction between the switching devices, including a resonant inductor, a resonant capacitor and a load, such as a fluorescent discharge lamp; and a driver circuit for alternately switching the switching devices via a dead time control for selecting a dead time after one of the devices switches off and the other device switches on. The multi-resonant boost high power factor circuit meets the IEC standard for low harmonic content on input current, thus operating with a very high power factor, and operates with a minimal number of circuit components. In addition, the circuit meets lamp current crest factor specifications for fluorescent discharge lamp ballasts and requires lower voltage power devices.
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A fixed duty ratio, variable frequency, square wave generator includes an astable multivibrator having a pair of resistors coupled in series between a supply voltage terminal and a capacitor, such as of a type implemented with a 555 timer, and further includes a JFET connected between the capacitor and ground. In a current-controlled version, the anode of a diode is connected to the gate of the JFET, and the cathode of the diode is connected to a sensing resistor for sensing current in a load. The multivibrator generates a ramp voltage across the capacitor which varies between predetermined fractions of the supply voltage with a fixed duty ratio. The capacitor of the multivibrator charges and discharges through the series connection of the resistors and the JFET channel resistance with charging and discharging times that vary with the input voltage to the JFET, thereby varying the generator frequency.