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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1982
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1978
Georges R Lezan, Roanoke, VA (US);
Marvin W Smith, Roanoke, VA (US);
Loren H Walker, Salem, VA (US);
General Electric Company, Salem, VA (US);
Abstract
A voltage regulating or control system employing a triac for controlling the power supplied to a load from an alternating current (a.c.) voltage source uses an oscillator as a phase controller to initiate a first switching pulse in each half-cycle of the voltage source. A feedback loop responsive to the first pulse in each half-cycle acts to increase the output frequency of the oscillator to thereby provide pulse train firing of the triac. An additional circuit acts to define a 'window' which serves to establish a period within each half-cycle of the a.c. source during which the delivery of switching of pulses is prohibited.