Abstract:
A constant voltage outputting circuit has a differential amplification circuit having two inputs and an output that is connected to a gate of an output transistor. The output transistor is connected between a power supply voltage and an output terminal and controls an output voltage at the output terminal based on an output of the differential amplification circuit. A voltage division resistor divides the output voltage and applies a divided voltage to one input of the differential amplification circuit, and a reference voltage is applied to the other input thereof. A capacitor connected between the power supply voltage and the gate of the output transistor stabilizes the output voltage when the power supply voltage changes.
Abstract:
A voltage controlled variable capacitor, formed of a larger number of fixed capacitor segments and a corresponding number of switching elements, linearly switches on each switching element, one after the other. Several techniques are disclosed to have only a minimum number of switching stages being in the active mode-of-change at any one time with a minimum overlap. The arrangement achieves a nearly linear change of capacitance versus tuning voltage change, while resulting in high Q-factor due to the low RDSon and high RDSoff of the fully switched stages.
Abstract:
An AC sensor for measuring voltage and detecting power outages is disclosed. In a disclosed embodiment, the AC sensor includes a plurality of integrators for independently integrating an AC voltage present on the AC power line. It also includes a timing circuit in communication with the integrators. The timing circuit initiates the integration cycles of the integrator such that the integration cycles are staggered in time and such that every two sequentially occurring integration cycles partially overlap.
Abstract:
A drive circuit for a high-speed integrated circuit, bipolar switching regulator is disclosed. The circuit runs at megahertz frequencies, yet is efficient as previously available bipolar integrated circuit switching regulators operating at much lower frequencies. The circuitry provides three switch drive currents: a first (nominal) current that is provided while the switch is off in order to conserve power; a second (boosted) current, provided while the switch is transitioning from off to on in order to increase the speed at which the switching element switches on; and a third (drive) current, provided after the switch has turned on for maintaining the switch at a desired point in saturation. The drive current, additionally, varies as a function of the load on the switch in order, again, to conserve power. Additional circuitry increases the speed at which the switch turns off, by momentarily boosting base discharge current during the on-to-off transition period of the switch. The circuitry also increases speed by enabling the drive current prior to switch turn on. The circuitry can regulate both positive and negative outputs using a common error amplifier, as well as providing a multifunction node for shutdown and synchronization. Additionally, the circuitry provides improved recovery from output overshoot conditions. An improved clamp, to prevent the switch from spending too much time in a high power state (which would slow the switch down), increases the stability of the switch as compared with previously known designs.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for deriving a signal from the AC line and conveying it to processing circuitry employs two wires each of which is non-conductively attached and capacitively coupled to a respective one of a two-wire AC power line. Each of the capacitive pick-offs is coupled to a respective input of a differential amplifier for amplification. Advantageously, because the output signal is a replica of the AC power line signal, the detection threshold can be set at or near zero volts. This makes the detection point insensitive to the amplitude variations of the AC power line. In one embodiment, an output signal is developed at a single ended output of the differential amplifier, and applied to a low pass filter to remove undesired higher frequencies. A further amplifier provides greater amplification of the filtered representation of the AC power line signal, and includes an amplitude limiting circuit to accommodate the wide range of AC line voltages which may be applied to the instrument.
Abstract:
A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a pad receiving a power supply potential and a pad receiving a ground potential both formed on a chip, and a power supply potential line and a ground potential line connected to respective pads and formed in a loop manner along a circumference of the chip. The semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a first data output circuit provided for a data output terminal proximate to a predetermined potential pad, and a second data output circuit provided for a data output terminal distant from the predetermined potential pad. First and second data output circuits drive corresponding data output terminals to the predetermined potential in two steps at a lower rate and a higher rate in accordance with an internal output data signal. First and second data output circuits include components for compensating for and canceling an influence on driving the corresponding output nodes due to the difference of distances to the predetermined pad therefrom. As a result, data is provided at a high speed and without overshoot, undershoot or ringing.
Abstract:
An integrated circuit for driving an active or passive matrix liquid crystal display panel or the like provides an analog output signal which switches through a voltage range that exceeds the safe operating voltage of the CMOS transistors from which it is formed. Duplicate digital to analog conversion circuits are provided on the integrated circuit but are operated from two different power supply voltage ranges. Each voltage range has a magnitude less than the safe operating voltage. The analog output signals generated by the duplicate digital to analog conversion circuits are coupled to an output multiplexer that is responsive to a control signal for selecting one of the two analog output signals to the output terminal of the integrated circuit. The output multiplexer includes an n-channel pass transistor and a p-channel pass transistor coupled to the output terminal in parallel with each other and responsive to the control signal for passing one or the other of the dual analog signals to the output terminal. Exposure of the pass transistors to voltages exceeding the safe operating voltage is avoided by inserting shielding transistors in series therewith.
Abstract:
In an electron beam device having a cathode (1), in which a high-power electron beam propagating along a beam axis (5) is generated, an anode (3) arranged behind the cathode (1) in the direction of beam axis (5), and a collector (4), arranged behind the anode (3) in the direction of the beam axis (5), for decelerating the electrons of the electron beam, the collector (4) is constructed of several collector stages (6) which are arranged successively in the direction of the beam axis (5) and which successively decrease in potential. A high-voltage direct-current supply (13), which consists of a series of similar switching stages (S1, . . . , S6) which are in each case constructed as switchable medium-voltage sources and the outputs of which are connected in series, is provided for the feed arrangement. The potentials of the collector stages (6) are provided by corresponding taps between the switching stages (S1, . . . , S6) of the high-voltage direct-current supply (13 ).
Abstract:
A voltage reference circuit (2) is provided that operates with a minimal amount of headroom. A low threshold voltage transistor (M71) is incorporated into a bandgap reference circuit (Q4, Q3, Q2, Q1, R2 and R1) to eliminate base current errors that a current mirror (Q3 and Q4) of the bandgap may introduce. A low threshold voltage transistor (M72) is incorporated into the gain circuit (Q7) to eliminate base current error that a gain transistor (Q7) may introduce. A third low voltage transistor (M73) may be incorporated into a feedback circuit (QS) to eliminate any voltage variations possibly caused by the addition of the first two low threshold transistors (M71 and M72). Using P channel type MOS low voltage threshold transistors for base drive cancellation allows the circuit to operate effectively with a very low input voltage of around about 2.0 volts. These CMOS low threshold devices absorb process variations in the transistors that may occur between different lots of silicon and thereby provide a more manufacturable voltage reference circuit.
Abstract:
A video apparatus capable of operating at different line deflection frequencies incorporates a CRT electron gun assembly heater supply voltage circuit that maintains a constant rms voltage level independent of the line deflection frequency. The heater supply includes a transformer winding located on the line deflection driver transformer. The duty cycle of the developed AC voltage waveform remains substantially constant independent of the line deflection frequency, so that the AC voltage may be applied to the heater circuit.