Regulated power supply for very high current with voltage and current programmable to zero
Patent 4012685 Issued on March 15, 1977. Estimated Expiration Date: March 15, 1994. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
307/53, Load current division307/48, Storage battery or accumulator-type source323/268, Including plural final control devices323/275With plural condition sensing
A first low voltage power supply having silicon controlled rectifier regulation in the primary of the power transformer, capable of supplying very high direct current, and a second well regulated feedback power supply providing a fixed current in reverse polarity are connected in parallel across a load. The first power supply is feedback controlled to maintain constant current sinking in the second power supply. The second power supply is programmed to regulate the load current or voltage, to provide fine regulation at the load, and to reduce ripple voltage at the load.
Other References
Klein, "Dual Response Regulator", IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 10, No. 8, Jan. 1968, pp. 1212, 1213