Circuit arrangement for the supply of an electrical coil with a predetermined operating current

Abstract

In a circuit arrangement for the supply of an electrical coil (L), particularly the coil of a solenoid valve, with a predetermined operating current from a voltage source with differing operating voltages (U ) , the coil (L) is arranged in series with a first controllable circuit element (T ) and a current sensor (R), and the measuring signal of the current sensor (R) being compared with a reference value (U ) through a first comparator ( ). A timed switch ( ) is triggered by the output signal (A) of the comparator ( ) when the measuring signal exceeds said reference value, the first circuit element (T ), activated by an operating signal (M), being disconnected by the output signal of the timed switch ( ), until the measuring signal exceeds the reference value again. In order to ensure that the increasing time (t ) of the operating current (I), from switching on the operating current by the operating signal (M) till the reference value is reached, is independent of the selected size of the operating voltage, a second comparator ( ) compares the measuring signal of the current sensor (R) with a signal (U ) that is steadily increasing independently of a change of the operating voltage, said signal also being triggered through the operating signal (M), and the timed switch ( ) is triggered by the output signal (B) of the second comparator ( ), when the measuring signal exceeds the steadily increasing signal (U ), before the measuring signal exceeds the reference value (U ).