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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1996
James Albert Wilber, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Joseph Curt Stephens, Fishers, IN (US);
Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A bus controlled pulse modulator receives a digitally coded signal and generates a pulse-width modulated signal. The pulse-width modulated signal is coupled to a base electrode of a non-committed or open collector transistor. The transistor switches with a controlled duty cycle. The collector of the transistor is coupled to an inverting input terminal of an amplifier via a resistor. The amplifier produces a compensation current in a tilt compensation coil. The voltage at the inverting input terminal is maintained constant in closed loop operation. The constant voltage produces a magnitude of a collector current in the transistor that is unaffected by the duty cycle of the pulse-width modulated signal. The compensation current thereby varies linearly with the duty cycle.