摘要:
A switching system is described for use in for example AM transmitters comprising at least one pair of semi-conductor output switches connected in series across an AM modulated D.C. supply and arranged to be operated sequentially by a series of "on" and "off" command signals to energize a load, such as an antenna. The circuitry provides a delay interval between the "off" command to any one switch and the "on" command to the next switch in the sequence. Means are provided for detecting when two successive switches in the sequence conduct simultaneously, and means are provided for increasing the duration of the delay interval when such simultaneous conduction is detected.
摘要:
A high voltage switch arrangement comprising switches each defined by cascaded transistors connected effectively in the arms of a bridge for switching a high voltage across a capacitive load so that an a.c. voltage is supplied through the load when the bridge is fed from a d.c. source and the switches operated sequentially.
摘要:
A read/write drive circuit for a circuit having a driver and a plurality of read/write circuit units connected in parallel thereto, wherein when one desired circuit unit is driven with a potential of one polarity, a potential of the opposite polarity is applied to other circuit units, thereby preventing a flow of current through the other circuit units and through an inadvertent ground path including stray capacitances. A higher speed operation is feasible because no charging current flows through the other circuit units that are not driven.
摘要:
A phase or polarity selective electronic control or amplification circuit requiring no reactive components and capable of transforming a single-ended input signal into out-ofphase output signals. The circuit includes switching or gating means to which the input signal is applied and which control one or more output circuit means. When an input signal of a first phase is applied to the switching or gating means, one or more output circuit means are permitted to pass current. When an input signal of another phase is applied, other output circuit means are permitted to pass current. The output circuit means can be connected to separate loads so that the particular load energized is determined by the phase of the input signal. Alternatively, the output circuit means can be connected to a single load so that the direction of current flow through that load is determined by the phase of the input signal, as in a push-pull amplifier.
摘要:
A driving circuit for an emitter-switching configuration of transistors having first and second control terminals connected to the driving circuit, forms a controlled emitter-switching device having in turn respective collector, source and gate terminals. The driving circuit comprises a driving block coupled between the collector terminal and the source terminal of the controlled emitter-switching device and connected to the first control terminal of the emitter-switching configuration. Further advantageously, the driving block comprises at least one IGBT driving device coupled between the collector terminal and the first control terminal of the emitter-switching configuration and having, in turn, a third control terminal, as well as a driving bipolar transistor, coupled between the collector terminal and the first control terminal of the emitter-switching configuration for controlling a saturation condition of said bipolar transistor of said emitter-switching configuration maintaining a base-collector junction thereof at a voltage next to zero and having, in turn, a fourth control terminal.
摘要:
Embodiments of the present invention relate to an impedance-matched write driver circuit which comprises a voltage source, a write driver circuit electrically coupled to the voltage source, a signal input coupled so as to effect the output of the write driver circuit, and an impedance matching circuit electrically coupled to the write driver circuit, wherein the impedance matching circuit is enabled to damp the output oscillations in the output of the write driver circuit. Importantly, the impedance of the impedance-matched write driver circuit is selectable by component selection or by logic. Another embodiment of the present invention is directed to a system, e.g., a magnetic disk storage unit that makes use of the write driver as described herein.
摘要:
A HDD write driver circuit (30) having two sets of boost devices (Q1, M2, and Q2, M1) which are temporarily turned on during a current reversal to boost the normal current and increase the differential transient voltage across the coil (LS) while decreasing the TRTF. During a current reversal cycle, one set of transistors is turned on while the other set is left off. The on set to pulls the node at one end of the coil substantially to the positive rail, and pulls the other node at the other end of the coil substantially to the lower rail (Vee). The boost FETs (M1, M2) are preferably large PMOS devices that must be driven hard to achieve a quick transient switching time. Advantageously, when one of the PMOS FETs (M1, M2) are on, the associated series resistor (RS) is bypassed. The voltage at nodes HX and HY are no longer limited by an IR voltage drop associated with a resister (RS) therefore increasing the differential transient voltage across nodes HX and HY by increasing the maximum transient voltage of the pull-up node. Preferably, each node (HX, HY) of the coil (LS) can be pulled to within 0.2 volts of the positive rail.
摘要:
A programmable current source is provided for an H-switch to dampen overshoot resulting from a drop in voltage at a node during data transitions. The programmable current source is connected to both nodes of the H-switch on each side of the write head and is responsive to a voltage drop to below a threshold voltage at one node to injecting current into the one node during the period that the node voltage is below the threshold voltage. Preferably, a second programmable current source is connected to both nodes and is responsive to a voltage rise to above a second threshold voltage at the one of the nodes to sink current from the node to dampen undershoot.