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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 1980
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1978
Gerald Dufrenne, La Verne, CA (US);
Unitek Corporation, Monrovia, CA (US);
Abstract
A welding power supply that includes a combination of series and shunt regulating circuits controlled by a single controller, in the charging circuit for a welding energy storage capacitor. The series circuit, which includes a series thyristor, regulates the supply of charging energy to the capacitor from a full wave rectified power source. The series circuit also phases forward to replenish charge lost by leakage by controlling the thyristor firing angle as a function of the difference between the capacitor charge and a pre-selected value. The shunt regulating circuit utilizes a shunt thyristor coupled to the output of the power source to divert energy delivery away from the energy storage capacitor when a preselected charge level on the capacitor is reached. The shunt regulating circuit shorts out the unneeded balance of the charging cycle thereby eliminating capacitor voltage overshoot during the charging process.