The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 1986
Filed:
Jan. 14, 1983
Ernst Schroder, Hanover, DE;
Licentia Patent-Verwaltungs-GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Abstract
A circuit arrangement for generating a control voltage which is dependent upon an alternating voltage. A charging capacitor is provided which has a charge that is representative of the control voltage which can be varied by controllable charging and discharging of the capacitor. A charging circuit including a transistor is connected so that the alternating voltage is coupled to the transistor base and the transistor collector-emitter path is connected between a charging current source and the capacitor for charging the capacitor under control of the amplitude of the alternating voltage, with the collector voltage of the transistor being representative of the charge state of the capacitor. A capacitor discharge circuit is connected to provide a discharge path for the capacitor, the discharge path having a variable conductance. A capacitor discharge control unit, including a delay member is connected for increasing the conductance of the discharge path in dependence on the time elapsed after a decrease of the alternating voltage amplitude.