Charging circuit for a flash capacitor

US4034278A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Braun Corporation · DE

Inventors

• Egon Gahler
• Hans-Eberhard Heintke · Wächtersbach, DE
• Rolf Dietrich

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 2, 1975
• Grant date: Jul 5, 1977
• Expiry date: Oct 2, 1995

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H05B41/32
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A circuit arrangement for charging a flash capacitor of a designated rated voltage from a DC source of a higher rated voltage. A thyristor in the line from the DC source is blocked when the voltage for which the flash capacitor is designed is reached.