摘要:
Power-processing unit uses AC buses (30, 32) to supply all current dependent needs such as connections (54, 56) to an ion thruster through an inductor (88) and the primary of a transformer (90), to assure limited currents to such loads. Where temperature control is also required, such as to the main discharge vaporizer heater connection (36, 38), switches (100, 102) are serially connected with inductor (96) and the primary of transformer (98). Temperature sensor (104) controls the switches (100, 102) for temperature regulation.
摘要:
A dual mode flyback power supply 10 capable of automatically transitioning between operational modes in response to changes in the impedance of a load 12 connected thereto. The dual mode power supply 10 of the present invention includes an input voltage source 15 for providing input voltage and current. The power supply 10 also includes a first transformer 20 having primary N1, secondary N2 and tertiary N3 windings for supplying a first current to a load 12 operatively coupled to the secondary winding N2. The primary winding N1 is coupled to the input voltage source 15. A feedback circuit 50 provides a first signal in response to the current through the load 12 and a second signal in response to the load voltage exceeding a threshold voltage. The power supply 10 of the present invention further includes a switch 30 for controlling the input current through the primary winding N1 of the first transformer 20 in response to the first and second signals. A second transformer 25 having a primary winding operatively coupled to the tertiary winding N3 of the first transformer 20 supplies a second current to the load 12 in response to the current through the tertiary winding N3.
摘要:
Disclosed herein is an arrangement for shielding individual electronic units from undesired microwave or millimeter wave radiation while providing a means of transferring input and output signals and operating power through the shield wall. A metal box encapsulates an electronic unit. Input and output signals are fed into and transferred from the electronics unit through the shield wall using optical links and photo transmitting and receiving components. Power is transferred through the shield box wall using piezo crystals secured to the outside and inside of the shield box wall and a dielectric rod connected between the two piezo crystals through a hole in the wall. Electrical energy therefore can be transferred into mechanical energy transferred through the box wall to the piezo crystal within where it is received and transferred back into electrical energy. Accordingly, metal feedthroughs are not needed, eliminating any paths for radiation to enter the shield box.
摘要:
An emission current control system for balancing the individual emission currents from an array of hollow cathodes has current sensors for determining the current drawn by each cathode from a power supply. Each current sensor has an output signal which has a magnitude proportional to the current. The current sensor output signals are averaged, the average value so obtained being applied to a respective controller for controlling the flow of an ion source material through each cathode. Also applied to each controller are the respective sensor output signals for each cathode and a common reference signal. The flow of source material through each hollow cathode is thereby made proportional to the current drawn by that cathode, the average current drawn by all of the cathodes, and the reference signal. Thus, the emission current of each cathode is controlled such that each is made substantially equal to the emission current of each of the other cathodes. When utilized as a component of a multiple hollow cathode ion propulsion motor, the emission current control system of the invention provides for balancing the thrust of the motor about the thrust axis and also for preventing premature failure of a hollow cathode source due to operation above a maximum rated emission current.
摘要:
Current flow in a transistorized series resonant inverter is switched in an inherently simple and stable manner by time integrating the difference between the electrical output and a reference and varying the switching frequency of the inverter so as to null the time integrated difference in a feedback control loop. Each transistor is on for about half the resonant period of the tank circuit so that it is cut off at or slightly after the zero-crossing of the sinusoidal collector current.