OVER AND UNDER EXCITATION PROTECTION CIRCUIT FOR ALTERNATING CURRENT POWER SYSTEMS INCLUDING IMPROVED DEMODULATOR CIRCUIT
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1. A demodulator circuit comprising:
- a first pair of terminals for receiving an alternating voltage;
a first circuit branch connected between one of said pair of terminals and a common circuit point and comprising a first pair of diodes connected in series by like polarity electrodes thereof;
a second circuit branch connected between the other of said pair of terminals and said common circuit point and comprising a second pair of diodes connected in series by like polarity electrodes thereof, said electrodes being of opposite polarity to the interconnected electrodes of said first pair of diodes;
a Zener diode connected from the midpoint between said first pair of diodes and the midpoint between said second pair of diodes;
a transformer winding connected across said pair of terminals;
said winding having a center tap to which is applied a second alternating voltage to produce from said circuit an output at said common circuit point whose average voltage is proportional to phase difference between said alternating voltages.
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Polyphase generators operating in parallel are provided with a circuit to protect against over or under excitation of any one generator. The circuit comprises means for developing a direct voltage proportional to the differential reactive current of each generator and also means for developing a direct voltage proportional to the rectified phase voltages, such voltages being summed and the result compared with a reference.
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1. A demodulator circuit comprising:
- a first pair of terminals for receiving an alternating voltage;
a first circuit branch connected between one of said pair of terminals and a common circuit point and comprising a first pair of diodes connected in series by like polarity electrodes thereof;
a second circuit branch connected between the other of said pair of terminals and said common circuit point and comprising a second pair of diodes connected in series by like polarity electrodes thereof, said electrodes being of opposite polarity to the interconnected electrodes of said first pair of diodes;
a Zener diode connected from the midpoint between said first pair of diodes and the midpoint between said second pair of diodes;
a transformer winding connected across said pair of terminals;
said winding having a center tap to which is applied a second alternating voltage to produce from said circuit an output at said common circuit point whose average voltage is proportional to phase difference between said alternating voltages.
- a first pair of terminals for receiving an alternating voltage;
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