Electric circuit arrangement
US4748382A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 25, 1986 |
| Grant date | May 31, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 25, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05B41/32
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An electric circuit arrangement for use in energising a flash tube (3) to provide a series of pairs of flashes, each pair consisting of a main flash and a rapidly following second flash, includes first and second capacitors (C9, C10) which are controlled to effect discharge of first only the first capacitor (C9) and then both the first and second capacitors (C9, C10) across the flash tube (3), cyclically, to provide the two flashes of each pair, in series. By varying the relative values of the first and second capacitors (C9, C10) the time interval between the flashes of each pair can be varied. All flashes produced can have the same peak intensity while the flashes in each pair can have different energy contents.
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