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VOLTAGE REGULATOR AND FAILURE CIRCUITS

  • US 3,440,492 A
  • Filed: 09/01/1966
  • Issued: 04/22/1969
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/01/1966
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A VOLTAGE REGULATOR INCORPORATING A PROTECTION AND WARNING CIRCUIT, COMPRISING:

  • A FIRST TERMINAL UPON WHICH A VOLTAGE IS APPLIED, A SECOND TERMINAL AT GROUND POTENTIAL, MEANS FOR DIVIDING SAID VOLTAGE INTO TWO LOWER VOLTAGES FOR SUPPLY TO A LOAD CIRCUIT, SAID MEANS INCLUDING A RESISTOR AND TWO ZENER DIODES COUPLED IN SERIES BETWEEN SAID FIRST TERMINAL AND SAID SECOND TERMINAL, MEANS SUPPLYING A REFERENCE POTENTIAL, A BRIDGE CIRCUIT CONNECTED TO SENSE ONE OF THE TWO LOWER VOLTAGES AND COMPARE IT WITH SAID REFERENCE POTENTIAL, AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO IMBALANCE IN SAID BRIDGE CIRCUIT TO DISCONNECT SAID LOWER VOLTAGES FROM SAID LOAD CIRCUIT.

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