Ultrasonic power generator
AssigneeWestinghouse Electric Corp.
InventorRichard C. Heim
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Abstract
An ultrasonic power generator for operation at a one and a half kilowatt power output from a 220 volt, 50 hertz AC line comprising a transducer coil impedance associated with a resonant capacitor, said generator being generally designed for a one kilowatt power output from a 110 volt, 60 hertz AC line. The generator circuit includes at least one thyristor for switching the resonant capacitor terminals and an oscillating circuit having a time basis including said capacitor designed for circulating a high frequency current at the desired ultrasonic operating frequency sufficient to generate one and a half ohmic kilowatts. A small high Q inductance is added to the inductive reactance of said transducer coil for adjustment to the capacitance values of the oscillating circuit.
Claims1
In an ultrasonic power generator adapted for operation under a 110 volts, 60 cycle standard power supply comprising a constant current source having input terminals for coupling with said standard 110 volts power supply and output terminals for delivering constant current under a voltage related to the voltage at said input terminals, a switching thyristor responsive to said related voltage, a transducer coil for converting high frequency electrical power into acoustic energy at a desired power output and operating frequency;
- an LC oscillating network including a main capacitor and the impedance of said transducer coil, the resonant frequency of said oscillating network corresponding to said operating frequency;
- a resonant charging network including said switching thyristor and said main capacitor and a triggering circuit for gating said switching thyristor to charge said main capacitor at the rate of said high frequency electrical power, the combination of:.
- said input terminals being adapted for coupling with a standard 220 volts, 50 cycle power supply;
- said main capacitor having a capacitance reduced in proportion to the voltage ratio between said related voltage for a standard 110 volt power supply to the related voltage for a standard 220 volt power supply, and increased in proportion to the high frequency circulating current required in said LC oscillating network to cause, under said 220 volt standard power supply, an increase of said related voltage to generate substantially said power output, said increase being within the voltage constraints of said switching thyristor;
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- a high Q inductance added to said LC network in order to match the required resonant frequency.
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