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7187569 Signal generation apparatus and method for seafloor electromagnetic exploration  
An apparatus for generating electronic signals for application in subsea electromagnetic exploration. A surface generated high-voltage low-current source signal stabilized at a first frequency is...
7050313 Aircraft AC-DC converter  
An AC-DC converter includes a DC reference voltage generation unit that creates a DC reference voltage waveform based in part on a feedback signal. The AC-DC converter also includes an SCR firing...
6867570 Circuit arrangement for the static generation of a variable electric output  
The novel circuit arrangement is used for the static generation of a variable electric output, as is common in static reactive-power compensation systems. According to the invention, a voltage is...
6587362 AC-DC converters with bi-directional thyristor valves  
An ac-dc converter using bi-directional thyristor valves made up of back-to-back connected thyristors as converter valves. The bi-directional thyristor valves permit operation of the converter as a...
6552598 Semiconductor high voltage electrical energy transmission switching system and method  
A method for controlling fault interruption in a high voltage electrical energy transmission system semiconductor high voltage electrical energy transmission switching system which includes a...
6388906 Backslope regulator system  
A regulator system includes a circuit regulating the output of a power supply such as a capacitive input filter power supply and preferably also a transformer and full-wave diode bridge. Included...
6385066 Method and system for detecting a zero current level in a line commutated converter  
A method and system for determining zero current level occurrences in a reversible power converter without requiring additional component complexity and costs. A digital controller selectively...
6377482 Device and method for line-voltage dependent thyristor controlled pre-charging of output capacitors in a three-level pulse rectifier system  
The invention relates to an apparatus for initial charging of the output capacitors of a three-phase three-point pulsed rectifier system. According to the invention, a thyristor is arranged in each...
6362604 Electrostatic precipitator slow pulse generating circuit  
An apparatus and method for generating slow rise-time, high voltage electrical pulses to a load, preferably using an existing transformer/rectifier set or power supply to charge an inversion or...
6108224 Phase shift triggering circuit for thyristor and an integrated module of the triggering circuit and the thyristor  
A phase-shift thyristor trigger circuit, including a synchronous signal sampling circuit, a waveform shaping, integrating and comparator circuit, a high-frequency modulating pulse distributor...
6075717 PWM rectifier control with switching losses equally distributed among multiple switching devices  
Switching losses are distributed equally between multiple switching devices in a rectifier bridge (50) in which the rectifier bridge comprises at least a first pair of serially connected switching...
6018473 Power supply and printing machine containing same  
A power supply includes a diode bridge rectifier. The diode bridge rectifier output provides direct current to a primary capacitor. A current-limiting resistor is connected in series with the...
5995395 Control of a composite bridge at zero voltage  
The present invention relates to a device for controlling a composite bridge including two anode-gate thyristors, the cathodes of which are connected together to a positive output terminal, the...
5986903 Control apparatus for a converter for transmitting electric power between an alternating voltage network and a direct voltage network  
A plant for transmitting electric power between a direct voltage network and an alternating voltage network through a power station. A converter of a station has two current valves connected in...
5982646 Voltage clamp snubbers for three level converter  
A three-level NPC converter includes at least one phase leg including four series coupled electrical switches having a first pair junction between the first two switches and a second pair junction...
5981925 Power supply for a continuous wave microwave magnetron  
A power supply for a CW magnetron, devoted for use in microwave heating equipment. A power supply according to the present invention (FIG. 1) has a high-voltage line transformer (1) with secondary...
5969959 Converter circuit arrangement with protection circuit  
A converter circuit arrangement is specified having a rectifier, an intermediate circuit and an invertor connected thereto. In order to protect the circuit against failures and overvoltage, a...
5963441 Alternating current rectifier bridge and system for measuring average current per bridge segment  
A three-phase controlled rectifier bridge for converting alternating current to direct current includes six segments for each of the positive and negative polarities of each of three AC phases....
5852556 Power converter  
A power converter comprises a pulse generator capable of outputting two different levels of gate power. A thyristor (LTT) is turned on by the first gate power output from the pulse generator, and...
5838555 Two-wire power supply electronic switch  
A two-wire power supply switch connected in series with a load between two poles of an alternating current mains electrical power supply conventionally includes a main triac between two terminals...
5757169 Electric circuit for pulse energized electrostatic precipitator and pulse energized electrostatic precipitator using this circuit  
An electrostatic precipitator circuit has an input terminal supplied DC voltage, an output terminal connected to a precipitating capacitor, a storage capacitor connected between ground potential...
5532562 Apparatus for controlling DC motor with H-bridge switching circuit  
A control circuit for an H-bridge circuit comprises a single capacitor, a charge/discharge circuit for charging/discharging the capacitor in response to a control command signal, a voltage detector...
5521810 Rectifying saturable reactor  
A rectifying saturable reactor generates a magnetic force in a magnetic iron core in response to a current that flows through an electronic circuit. The saturable reactor makes use of saturable...
5451846 Low current compensation control for thyristor armature power supply  
A control system for energizing a direct current (DC) motor with alternating current (AC) power includes a first voltage sensor for a peak voltage of AC power; a second voltage sensor for a counter...
5347441 Thyristor converter system with higher harmonics suppression  
A semi-conductor bridge thyrister converter circuit for converting AC power into DC power with suppression of the higher harmonics generated by the circuit including a semi-conductor converter...
5337228 Differential charging circuit  
A differential charging circuit comprising an active switch device controlled by a differential trigger circuit and a current impedance device to charge a storage battery through an intermediate...
5321343 Digital motor control system  
A control system for one or more dc motors in which thyristor power modules selectively gate portions of half cycles of ac voltage to the motor field and armature windings, has digitally...
5155673 Thyristor converter protection method and apparatus  
A method and apparatus for protecting thyristors in a power converter from overvoltages. Voltage detectors determine if the forward voltage of each thyristor has increased in the converter. If such...
4811189 AC rectifier circuit with means for limiting the rectified voltage  
The invention relates to an AC voltage supplied rectifier circuit with a downstream smoothing capacitor. A prior art problem with this type of circuit was that the inductive impedance of the supply...
4785388 Gate pulse generator for thyristor converter  
In a gate pulse generator for a thyristor converter of the type in which in order to fire thyristors of the thyristor converter in which each arm is comprised of a plurality of series-connected...
4780804 Method and an arrangement for enabling the magnetizing current passing through a transformer to be minimized when an asymmetric load is applied to the secondary side of the transformer  
The invention relates to a method and to an arrangement for controlling the respective conduction times of two directionally opposed electrical devices (9,10) which are mutually connected in...
4772998 Electrostatic precipitator voltage controller having improved electrical characteristics  
A control system for controlling high power from an AC source for electrostatic precipitators. The AC power is gated both on and off during the same half-cycle of the AC sources. The gating off of...
4744017 High tension power supply with means for preventing transformer saturation  
A high tension power supply for use in an x-ray tube drive circuit which uses a step-up transformer to raise an input line signal to the desired voltage level. A partially open bridge or other...
4731723 Power supply installation for DC electric railroad  
The power supply installation for a direct current railroad comprises two diode bridge-connected circuits, only two thyristor breakers each connected in parallel to each of the two diode...
4731722 Low AC harmonic DC power supply  
A DC power supply which generates little or no harmonics on the supply line includes a bridge circuit having high frequency controlled unilateral switching devices in the four legs thereof and a...
4730245 Power cut detection apparatus for power converter  
A power converter having an ac side connected through a reactor to an ac power source and a dc side connected to a smoothing capacitor and a load, the converter being capable of converting and...
4719551 Optically controlled power converting apparatus  
The present invention provides an optically controlled power converting apparatus using light trigger/light quench electrostatic induction thyristors, as switching elements, which can execute the...
4709322 High efficiency transformerless AC/DC converter  
An electronic power supply that converts alternating current to a regulated DC voltage with high efficiency is accomplished by a switch that connects the input AC power source directly to the DC...
4665476 High-voltage pulse power source and pulse-charging type electric dust collecting apparatus equipped therewith  
A novel high-voltage pulse power source comprising an ON-OFF type high-voltage switch element, as high-voltage switch element, which can be reset in OFF state immediately after an ON action, and a...
4618921 Power supply system and a starting method thereof  
A power supply system for supplying a load current to a load including a serially connected circuit of a controlled rectifier, a switch and a capacitor. A diode is connected in parallel with the...
4607324 Reduced harmonic current rectifier including sequentially switched secondary windings  
A rectifier circuit for receiving an A.C. electrical power signal at a pair of circuit input terminals and for providing a rectified, D.C. electrical power signal at a pair of circuit output...
4600982 Low power consuming AC to DC converter  
A circuit for converting an AC potential to a regulated DC potential which circuit consumes a minimum of power and is relatively inexpensive to build is described. A capacitor is used to couple the...
4564819 Phase detecting apparatus  
A phase detecting apparatus comprises a first PLL and a second PLL having a response time shorter than the response time of the first PLL. An AC voltage signal produced by the first PLL which is in...
4535400 Means and method for simultaneously triggering series SCR's  
A method for simultaneously triggering a plurality of serially connected SCR's transfers energy from a relatively low voltage energy source to each of a plurality of energy storage devices which...
4517635 Line-commutated converter circuit  
This line-commutated converter, in one form, has a pair of D.C. terminals for connection to a D.C. system and a pair of A.C. terminals for connection to an A.C. system. The converter comprises...
4480298 Multiple output DC-to-DC voltage converter apparatus  
A voltage converter apparatus is provided to energize a first load and a second load from a power supply connected through an inverter and a coupling transformer, with the transformer having a...
4468724 Method and apparatus for controlling load current  
A load DC motor is supplied with a DC current through a converter principally consisting of thyristors controlled by an ON-state control signal. The load current is detected both as to the mean...
4467408 Means for controlling a forced commutated ac-to-dc electric rectifying circuit to avoid commutation failure  
A phase-controlled ac-to-dc rectifying circuit includes a pair of alternately conducting main controllable electric valves and cyclically operative forced commutation means for turning off the main...
4449054 Electronic circuit for controlling the supply voltage of electromagnets, electric motors, resistors, in single- and three-phase systems  
The control circuit comprises a solid state controlled switch coupled to a terminal of the mains and a terminal of the load the supply voltage whereof has to be controlled, and a non controlled...
4432034 Bridge rectifier for selectively providing a full-wave or a half-wave rectified voltage  
An automatic power reduction circuit having a single silicon controlled rectifier in one leg of a bridge rectifier which is gated off when a capacitor reaches a predetermined voltage level so as to...
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