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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5495226 | Secondary brake light switch A secondary brake light switch comprising a hollow housing having a first end and a second end; an electrically conductive plunger slidably disposed within the housing; a switch coupled to the second end of the housing with switch having an input terminal... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5491367 | Transition time converter A transition time converter for a pulse having steep slopes includes a coil in a series path between an input terminal and an output terminal, as well as a capacitor and a resistor in a shunt path between an input terminal and a reference potential. This ... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5469321 | Magnetizing device having variable charge storage network and voltage control A magnetizing device for generating a high current magnetizing pulse includes a plurality of charge storage devices and a source of current connected by selector switches for charging selected ones of the charge storage devices to a predetermined voltage ... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5434456 | Lumped transmission line avalanche pulser A lumped linear avalanche transistor pulse generator utilizes stacked transistors in parallel within a stage and couples a plurality of said stages, in series with increasing zener diode limited voltages per stage and decreasing balanced capacitance load ... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5412254 | High voltage pulse generator A high voltage pulse generator for providing a high voltage pulse across a dielectric switch comprises a main high voltage pulse generator, an energy storing pulse forming line connected at one end to the main pulse generator and connected at the other en... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5381298 | Electric fence charger The invention provides an electric fence charger of the type that periodically provides high voltage electrical shock pulses through an electric fence wire. The fence charger has a low voltage power source that powers the fence charger and supplies a char... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5331213 | Pulse transmission circuit with undershoot eliminating circuitry An undershoot eliminating circuit is provided between a pulse transformer of a pulse transmitter coupled to a transmission line and a pulse transformer driving circuit for driving the pulse transformer. The pulse transformer driving circuit has an impedan... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5311067 | High performance pulse generator The device is a compact Marx-type generator capable of producing a high-vage burst of pulses having risetimes less than 10 nanoseconds at repetition rates up to 10 kHz. High-pressure hydrogen switches are used as the switching elements to achieve high re... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5274271 | Ultra-short pulse generator An inexpensive pulse generating circuit is disclosed that generates ultra-short, 200 picosecond, and high voltage 100 kW, pulses suitable for wideband radar and other wideband applications. The circuit implements a nonlinear transmission line with series ... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5266840 | Circuit for detecting the failure of a load which is connected in series with an electronic switch A circuit for detecting the non-operating condition of a load which is connected in series with an electronic switch wherein a comparator has a first input which is connected to the junction point between the load and the electronic switch and has a secon... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5202894 | Electric supply device for one or more metal vapor lasers using an electric power charging circuit with a variable inductor to provide a variable charging gradient Electric supply device for at least one metal vapor laser includes a convertor for converting an a.c. voltage into a d.c. voltage of fixed amplitude. Means are provided for supplying a pulse voltage with a maximum amplitude that can be regulated. An elect... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5196735 | Circuit arrangement A circuit arrangement is described with the aid of which a control signal can be indicated in dependence upon reaching a predetermined desired value voltage at an energy-storage element at the end of a charging cycle. In the course of said charging cycle ... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5187421 | Electrostatic transformer The present invention is an electrostatic transformer, and more particularly an electrostatic transformer capable of electrically insulating the input and output sides thereof without using any transformer. One A of input terminals A and B is connected to... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185767 | Method and arrangement for regenerating timing information from a pulse train of the NRZ-type The present invention relates to a method and to an arrangement for regenerating timing pulses from an information-carrying pulse train of the NRZ-type. The method can be used in a telecommunication system to create a timing signal which is synchronous wi... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5153460 | Triggering technique for multi-electrode spark gap switch A spark gap switch having a mid-plane or triggering electrode is brought o a conductive state using a photoconductive switch or other suitable switch, closed by a laser pulse on other pulsed light source. The photoconductive switch is connected between o... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5138193 | Electric pulse generator of the saturable inductor type An electric pulse generator for the formation of high power electric pulses. The generator includes a capacitor having coaxial electrodes and a coaxial electrode shaping line. Magnetic compression means include the capacitor for charging the shaping line ... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5122674 | Semiconductor switching apparatus In a pulse generator circuit for a laser unit etc., plural semiconductor switches arranged in matrix alignment on an outer surface of a first tube are connected in series and parallel with one another, and an end of each series-connection of the semicondu... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121066 | Variable load dump simulator system A variable transient simulator employs a source of pulsating DC voltage for charging a first capacitance bank to a desired potential difference. After a device under test (DUT) is connected to a second capacitance bank, the charged-up first capacitance ba... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5105097 | Passive magnetic switch for erecting multiple stage, high-pulse-rate voltage multipliers Megavolt voltage multipliers having an output impedance of less than 10 ohms and capable of operating at high pulse repetition frequencies, are switched with high performance saturable core inductors having multiple windings to provide voltage and current... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5089727 | Pulsed driver circuit A modulator circuit provides pulses of electrical energy to an electrical load in response to a trigger signal. A normally nonconductive Mosfet is included in a series circuit path with the electrical load and a capacitor. A silicon controlled rectifier (... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5079689 | Pulse-type electric supply for a load equipped with means for diverting the electric power liable to be reflected by the load A pulse-type electric supply system for a load, equipped with means for diverting the electric power liable to be reflected by the load. The system includes an electric pulse generator (8) for supplying pulses to the load (12), a direct current electric s... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5038052 | Double swing power unit A double swing power unit for use in a plasma nuclear fusion experimental system comprising a bias bank, a bias switch provided by a semiconductor switch element having a rectifying function, a decoupling inductor, and a load coil connected in series, a s... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5023470 | Electronic flash charging circuit An electronic flash charging circuit for use with a camera having a power source common to a microcomputer that controls a plurality of camera functions and to an electronic flash. The charging circuit has a booster circuit for boosting a charging voltage... | 06/11/1991 |
| 5006726 | Pulse generator including coaxial type capacitor A pulse generator which employs a coaxial type capacitor, including at least one capacitor from which an accumulated charge is discharged when a pulse is generated, and another capacitor for adjusting the waveform of the pulse to be outputted. The coaxial... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4996494 | Droop compensated PFN driven transformer for generating high voltage, high energy pulses A pulse forming system for providing constant power pulses for variably resistive loads is disclosed. It includes a high voltage power source, a pulse forming network, and a transformer circuit. The high voltage power source outputs a voltage signal with ... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4908524 | High voltage pulse power converter A high voltage pulse power converter comprises a modified type E pulse charging network (74) in series with a nonlinear magnetic switch (76). The network comprises a ladder of charging elements (78) each of which comprises a shunt section of a pulse charg... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4897556 | High voltage pulse conditioning Apparatus for conditioning high voltage pulses from particle accelerators in order to shorten the rise times of the pulses. Flashover switches in the cathode stalk of the transmission line hold off conduction for a determinable period of time, reflecting ... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4897753 | Lasers A resonant power circuit which supplies pulsed power to a load, such as a pulsed laser, from a d.c. supply by cyclically charging a capacitor. The capacitor is discharged through the load on closure of a switch which should then open to allow the capacito... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4885974 | Overpulse railgun energy recovery circuit In an electromagnetic launcher such as a railgun for propelling a projectile at high velocity, an overpulse energy recovery circuit is employed to transfer stored inductive energy from a source inductor to the railgun inductance to propel the projectile d... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4859868 | Electric fence energizer This invention relates to an electric fence energizer, including: two or more transformers, the primary windings of said transformers being connected to the main circuitry of the energizer and the secondary windings of the transformers being connected to ... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4849649 | Electric pulse generator of the type with a saturatable inductance coil Electric pulse generator having at least one capacitor in the form of a coaxial line section and a saturatable inductance coil serving as a switch. According to the invention, the saturatable inductance coil is located within the internal conductor of the... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4843518 | Coaxial type capacitor for pulse generator A coaxial type capacitor for a pulse generator including at least a capacitor for discharging charge accumulated therein upon generating a pulse and a capacitor for adjusting a waveform of a pulse to be outputted. The coaxial type capacitor includes at least f... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4818892 | Laser device with high-voltage pulse generator, high-voltage pulse generator and pulse generating method A laser device equipped with a high-voltage pulse generator wherein the pulse generator supplies an electric energy from a dc power source in an on-off form of a supply voltage to a tank circuit through a transformer, with the switching on and off of the ... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4816703 | On-line serial communication interface from a current loop to a computer and/or terminal An on-line serial communication interface is established from the transmitter of a two line current loop transmitter to a digital circuit such as a computer or hand-held terminal which receives and processes digital voltage pulses. The interface includes ... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4803378 | Pulse generator A pulse generator comprises a capacitor, means for periodically discharging the capacitor to generate pulses of electricity and means for recharging the capacitor between pulses. Means is included for sensing a residual reverse polarity charge on the capa... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4803379 | Circuit arrangement for power supply for electrical and electronic control or regulating devices A circuit arrangement having a purely capacitive power supply, at least one power consumer, and a control element for causing power to be supplied to the power consumer. The power supply, the power consumer and the control element form a series circuit. T... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4782242 | Circuit arrangement for generating high voltage pulses A circuit arrangement for generating high voltage pulses from DC voltage. The circuit includes a transformer comprising at least two primary windings and secondary windings, in which the primary windings are serial connected with at least one diode, a swi... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4767999 | Method of and apparatus for radio-frequency generation in resonator tank circuits excited by sequential pulses of alternately opposite polarity A method of and apparatus for exciting harmonic generation of radio frequency in a tank resonant circuit by bipolar spaced, half-cycle pulses, wherein the period of the tank resonant frequency oscillations is 1/N the period between successive pulses of si... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4764685 | Method and circuit configuration for processing the output signals of a rotational speed sensor To process the output signal of a rotational speed sensor (2) which generates an alternating voltage dependent in respect of frequency and amplitude on the rotational speed, two low-pass filters (TP1, TP2) serve to produce a useful signal (I1), on the one... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4733153 | Switching system for capacitor charging/discharging First and second switches such as transistors are connected to a charge storage member such as a capacitance. The capacitance is charged through the first transistor from a positive supply when the transistor becomes conductive. The capacitances is discha... | 03/22/1988 |
