Abstract:
A bidirectional coupling circuit is provided for carrier based communication and control networks in which a coupling transformer is employed having relatively decoupled primary and secondary windings which are each tuned to the carrier frequency. Separate secondary windings are wound on the same core leg, one of these secondary windings being employed as a transmitter winding which is referenced to a positive supply voltage and the other winding being employed as a receiver winding which is referenced to ground. The coupling transformer is arranged to have a relatively high input impedance at the carrier frequency but due to series resonant effects has a relatively low impedance for undesired signals on either side of the carrier frequency. An operational amplifier is connected to the receiver winding to provide high gain amplification for a signal received from the common network power line without loading the other windings of the transformer. A transistor or FET is connected in series with the transmitter secondary winding to a positive voltage supply so that a relatively high amplitude transmitter signal is produced on the common power line.
Abstract:
A method for temperature compensating a position indicator which includes a sensor for producing an output signal whose magnitude corresponds to the position of an element that is linearly movable between first and second positions and which is subject to changes in temperature within a given temperature range and wherein the output signal of the sensor contains a temperature variable offset component and the rate of increase of the output signal as the element moves from the first to the second position fluctuates with changes in temperature. The method includes measuring the temperature of the medium; generating an electrical representation of an offset correction, relative to a reference temperature, required in the offset component of the output signal of the sensor at the temperature of the element; generating electrical representations of a rate correction factor, relative to a reference temperature, required for the rate of increase in the output signal of the sensor at the temperature of the element; causing the sensor to produce an output signal corresponding to the position of the element; and compensating the output signal of the sensor by forming an electrical representation of the product of the sensor output signal and the rate correction factor at the measured temperature of the medium, and adding to such product the offset correction at the measured temperature of the medium.
Abstract:
The "f" stop of a camera having a fixed shutter speed is automatically set by a galvanometer type control component that is energized by a mechanically powered electric generator which constitutes an integral part of the camera. The shutter is tripped in predetermined time-delayed sequence relative to tripping of the generator and the latter is automatically recocked along with the shutter when the film is advanced. Precise and reliable dynamic regulation and setting of the "f " stop as the picture is being taken is thus achieved without the aid of a battery.