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Electrical angle delay circuit

US3988618A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 1, 1974
Grant dateOct 26, 1976
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Expiry dateNov 1, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K2005/00286
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A Schmitt trigger circuit produces synchronizing signals during and of a pulse width equal to the positive half cycles of an alternating current input signal. A monostable multivibrator circuit is triggered to the alternate state by the leading edge of each synchronizing signal and the resulting series of alternate state output signals charges a capacitor to a direct current potential level range signal directly proportional to the frequency of the input signal. A direct current potential ramp timing signal generating circuit, which is reset and disenabled by the leading edge and enabled by the trailing edge of the synchronizing signals, generates a timing signal which increases linearly in potential level at a rate determined by the range signal. A potential level detector circuit responsive to the timing signal and a delay signal of a selectable direct current potential level produces an output signal when the potential level of the timing signal increases to that of the delay signal.

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