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Current sense circuit for a bubble memory voltage booster

US4514648A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 27, 1982
Grant dateApr 30, 1985
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Expiry dateAug 27, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K17/64
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a voltage boost circuit for use in conjunction with a bubble memory operational driver, an output transistor is alternately turned on and off. When turned on, current flows through an inductor. When turned off, a high voltage is built up across the inductor which causes charge to be transferred to and stored in a capacitor. When the output transistor is turned on so as to permit current to flow through the inductor, a .DELTA.V.sub.BE /R current representative of the current flowing through the output transistor is compared with a .DELTA.V.sub.BE /R reference current. When the first current reaches and exceeds the reference current, the output transistor is turned off.

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