Precision high speed magnetic coil driver circuit
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsSamuel K. Doran, William A. Enichen
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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsSamuel K. Doran, William A. Enichen
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Accuracy of correction of offset drift with temperature and noise are corrected in a high voltage, high current amplifier is improved by thermal isolation and/or temperature regulation of another amplifier having greater gain and connected to a different power supply in a closed loop feedback servo system. A clamping network connected to the higher gain amplifier to avoid hard saturation due to transient feedback signals from a reactive load, especially an inductive load, also prevents hard saturation of the high voltage, high current amplifier. An adjustable feedback circuit connected to the higher gain amplifier allows adjustment to obtain critical damping of a second order system and faster response to achieve proportionality of output current to input voltage with an accuracy of very few parts per million error and with minimum settling time.
A circuit for driving an inductive load comprising
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