MULTI-ZONE LIGHTING SYSTEM AND METHOD INCORPORATING COMPACT RF FEED-THROUGH FILTER FOR MRI SCAN ROOMS

    公开(公告)号:US20180287596A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-04

    申请号:US15938648

    申请日:2018-03-28

    摘要: A filter with five or more electrically isolated inputs filtering EMI is provided for configurable lighting systems in an MRI room. The LED driver can be remote or on board the luminaire. Fixtures with no on-board electronics and Cat5 wiring are also possible given the MZPS characteristics. The embodiment of the filter includes independent, electrically isolated, low voltage, and low current feedthroughs. While the filter housing can take any form, the preferred embodiment is DB (or D-subminiature which contains two or more rows of pins or sockets surrounded by a D-shaped metal shield that, among other things, screens against EMI). Individual feedthrough filters may be paralleled to increase total current required for increase load demand for MRI lighting systems. Further, the use of electrically isolated AC/DC or DC/DC drive electronics, enable the use of a low cost multi-input filter which supplies an MRI scan room with power to drive luminaires.

    System and method of noise correcting PLL frequency synthesizers

    公开(公告)号:US09793904B1

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-17

    申请号:US15469434

    申请日:2017-03-24

    摘要: An improved noise-corrected phase-locked loop frequency synthesizer configured to reduce noise, such as phase noise and spurious signals, without the use of switching circuits. The synthesizer uses a phase shifter device configured to accept a noise containing frequency signal from a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) circuit, such as an integer-N single loop PLL synthesizer, as well as noise reducing control signals from a noise detecting sensor or circuit, and output a noise reduced VCO frequency signal. In some embodiments, the noise reducing sensor may be formed from a second, lower noise, phase locked loop circuit. The frequency synthesizer circuit, noise detecting sensor, and the phase shifter device are configured to all run continuously, with the noise reducing sensor and frequency shifter continually acting to reduce noise, produced by higher noise integer-N PLL frequency synthesizer.