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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:
Mar. 14, 1989
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alfred W Morse, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G / ; G06G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
307491 ; 307246 ; 3072 / ;
Abstract
A class B or class C pulsed RF transistor amplifier having a passive LC energy storage network. The capacitors of the network are charged to a safe non-operating voltage substantially higher than the operating voltage. The inductances and capacitances of the network are sized so that the capacitors discharge with decreasing frequency; and the capacitor nearest the transistor discharges rapidly to the operating voltage during the first part of each pulse. The pulsed amplifier eliminates the need for a line-type modulator which would otherwise be required to modulate voltage to the switching transistor to prevent transistor breakdown.