A voltage transformer for use with high voltages. The transformer includes an insulating body in which is disposed a high-potential winding and a bushing laterally joined to the insulating body. In accord with the invention, the transformer is further provided with control electrodes in the form of conducting cylinders which are disposed concentrically with respect to the longitudinal axis of the bushing, thereby affording control of the bushing at both its ends. Moreover, in further accord with...

This invention discloses a voltage generator circuit having a voltage regulator and a voltage generator for supplying voltage to a load. The voltage regulator is powered by a power source which supplies a first voltage level and the voltage regulator provides a regulated output at a second voltage level lower than the first voltage level. The voltage generator receives power from the regulated output and provides a multiplied output having a third voltage level. Therefore, any level of voltage b...

Improved voltage regulators of a type wherein a feedback network is used for developing an error signal having a magnitude dependent upon the degree to which a portion of the voltage being regulated departs from a voltage proportional to the extrapolated bandgap potential of the material from which first and second semiconductor junctions in the network are formed. More particularly, this error signal is generated at the output of a differential-input amplifier which differentially compares (a) ...

A voltage regulator for converting an unregulated input voltage into a regulated D.C. voltage. The voltage regulator includes a driver transformer which periodically receives energizing current from a voltage source through a transistor switch. A switching regulator controller regulates the conduction time of the transistor so as to control the amount of energizing current supplied to the driver transformer. The driver transformer secondary windings drive the base of output transistors which, wh...

A voltage multiplier of the Cockroft-Walton type in which the ac-- and dc-- operated capacitors are arranged in respective separate capacitor winding rolls, the two rolls being arranged side by side on a common axis and the diodes being arranged between the two rolls.

A voltage regulator using CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) signal processing. A sample of the regulator's output voltage is supplied to a voltage-controlled oscillator which produces an unsymmetrical output waveform which in turn drives a switching transistor. The switching transistor, when ON, supplies power from an unregulated source to a load circuit. Any deviation in the regulated output voltage from the desired level causes a compensating change in the ratio of ON to OFF times...

A voltage tap intended as a low-cost broad-band device is made by interconnecting the center conductors of two coaxial lines by a metal plate, and connecting the center conductor of a probe to a second plate lying parallel to and in close proximity to the first plate.

A voltage rail comprising an elongated support of an insulating synthetic material manufactured by extrusion and in which two or more elongated slots are recessed. A current conductor is accommodated in each slot, and separated from the support material by a thin heat-resistant foil. Preferably, between the slots the support is a thin-walled hollow structure.

A voltage stabilizer includes the series combination of a series regulator element and inductor and an inverter circuit connected across a direct voltage supply. The series regulator is controlled by a comparator which compares the stabilized output voltage with a reference voltage. A diode energized in the forward direction by inductive turn-off voltage appearing on the inductor is connected in shunt with the series combination of inductor and inverter circuit. A series combination of a diode e...

A voltage generator comprising a first and a second mechanical system which systems are arranged for relative rotation to one another by means of a shaft incorporated in the first system being supported in bearings mounted in the second system, the shaft of the first system carrying an off-axis biassing weight of sufficient magnitude to restrain by gravitational force the first system from rotation when the shaft is horizontally orientated and the second system is rotated about an axis coinciden...