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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1981
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1980
Jerrold J Rogers, Beaverton, OR (US);
John Durecka, Beaverton, OR (US);
Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
A circuit, including a dual-mode amplifier, for producing a controlled current through an inductance; in particular, the inductive yoke of a cathode-ray tube electromagnetic deflection system. A diode coupled to a fly-back capacitor operates automatically to connect the capacitor in parallel resonant connection with the yoke whenever the voltage induced in the yoke exceeds a predetermined value, thereby switching the circuit from a linear mode to a non-linear mode. In a repetitive beam-sweeping environment, the circuit operates in the linear mode during forward scan time and in the non-linear mode during reverse retrace time. In the more general case, the circuit switches from linear operation to non-linear operation whenever the rate of change of a single input signal exceeds a predetermined design rate.