Abstract:
A high power acoustic transducer is disclosed, comprised of a number of piezoelectric elements acoustically coupled together. To maximize the available energy in each element, the piezoelectric elements are simultaneously charged by a high voltage source through a high impedance path over a relatively long period. An electrical means is provided for discharging each in succession through a low impedance path. The stored energy is thereby released by each element in a very short time to provide an acoustical pulse of high peak power. Each element is discharged with an electrical phase delay such that the elastic wave of each element adds in phase to the elastic wave of the preceding element, resulting in an amplification of the acoustic wave as it progresses down the transmission path. The entire sequence is repeated at a desired rate to produce an acoustical beam of high-peak power.
Abstract:
A constant current transistor circuit employs a pair of PNP transistors disposed adjacent to each other on a single monolithic integrated circuit. Also included are a pair of NPN transistors disposed adjacent to each other on the same monolithic integrated circuit, with respective ones of the PNP transistors and the NPN transistors being connected to each other to form first and second combined transistor circuits. In each of the combined transistor circuits, the emitter of the PNP transistor is connected to the collector of the NPN transistor, while the collector of the PNP transistor is connected to the base of the NPN transistor, the respective bases of each PNP transistor also being connected directly to each other. Also provided is a third NPN transistor to provide constant current, the collector of which is connected to the emitter of the NPN transistor of one of the combined transistor circuits, while a diode is connected between the connected bases of the PNP transistors of the two combined transistor circuits and the collector of the third NPN transistor, while a DC power source is connected in series with a load and is provided across the third NPN transistor and said combined transistor circuits.
Abstract:
An ultrasonic cleaning apparatus has a plurality of electroacoustic transducers mounted to a container for providing ultrasonic energy to a liquid confined in the container. Each transducer is coupled to an individual electrical circuit for forming therewith a separate oscillatory circuit.
Abstract:
An oscillator circuit is provided for ultrasonic apparatus such as ultrasonic cleaners employing a resonant transducer. The circuit includes a pair of transistors connected in series to a source of power with the transducer connected across one of the transistors in series with the primary winding of a transformer which has secondary windings connected in opposite polarity to the bases of the transistors so that one transistor is saturated while the other is nonconducting. The circuit accordingly oscillates at substantially the resonant frequency of the transducer as a result of the feedback provided by the secondary windings of the transformer.