US2620443A - Circuits for generating electrical oscillations of sawtooth waveform - Google Patents

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US2620443A
US2620443A US89872A US8987249A US2620443A US 2620443 A US2620443 A US 2620443A US 89872 A US89872 A US 89872A US 8987249 A US8987249 A US 8987249A US 2620443 A US2620443 A US 2620443A
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Pemberton Max Eric
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    • H03K4/06—Generating pulses having essentially a finite slope or stepped portions having triangular shape
    • H03K4/08—Generating pulses having essentially a finite slope or stepped portions having triangular shape having sawtooth shape
    • H03K4/10—Generating pulses having essentially a finite slope or stepped portions having triangular shape having sawtooth shape using as active elements vacuum tubes only
    • H03K4/12—Generating pulses having essentially a finite slope or stepped portions having triangular shape having sawtooth shape using as active elements vacuum tubes only in which a sawtooth voltage is produced across a capacitor
    • H03K4/16—Generating pulses having essentially a finite slope or stepped portions having triangular shape having sawtooth shape using as active elements vacuum tubes only in which a sawtooth voltage is produced across a capacitor using a single tube with positive feedback through transformer, e.g. blocking oscillator

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  • This invention relates to circuits for producing electrical oscillations of sawtooth waveform, such as are employed for example for deflecting the beam of a cathode ray tube of television apparatus, oscillographs and the like, the circuits being of the type comprising an electron discharge tube of the pentode type having a pair of its electrodes other than its suppressor electrode intercoupled in such manner that on the operation of the circuit said tube is arranged to be rendered alternately conducting and nonconducting, and a .capacitor which is arranged to be charged via a charging resistance during the nonconducting periods of said tube to generate the long flanks of a sawtooth voltage waveform and to be discharged via said tube when the latter is rendered conducting whereby to generate the short flanks of the sawtooth voltage waveform.
  • the object of the invention is to provide an improved circuit of the type referred to and, in accordance with the invention, there is provided a circuit of the type described wherein said suppressor electrode is connected via a resistance to a source of positive voltage whereby to bias said electrode positively, and a further capacitor is provided which is arranged to be charged via said resistance during nonconducting periods of said tube and to be discharged via said tube during conducting periods of said tube.
  • the circuit includes an electron discharge tube I of the pentode type having a cathode 2, a control electrode 3, a screen electrode 4, a suppressor electrode 5 and an anode 6.
  • Cathode 2 is connected to ground, and anode 6 is connected via a charging resistor l to the positive terminal 8 of a voltage source.
  • Screen electrode 4 is also connected to positive terminal 8, via the primary winding of a transformer 9, the secondary winding of which is included in the circuit of control electrode 3 whereby a regenerative coupling is provided between the control electrode and screen electrode circuits.
  • Said secondary winding is connected between control electrode 3 and one electrode of a capacitor Hi the other electrode of which is connected to ground.
  • the ungrounded electrode of 2 capacitor I0 is connected via a resistor ii to positive terminal 8.
  • a capacitor 12 is connected between anode B andlibrarynd.
  • capacitor 12 is charged at a relatively slow rate via charging resistor l, the potential of anode 6 rising in a substantially linear manner as indicated by the long flanks or the sawtoothwaveform 43.
  • capacitor I0 is charged via resistor !l and the potential of control electrode 3 rises.
  • tube l oscillates by reason of the regenerative coupling afforded by transformer 9 so that the control electrode is driven strongly positive, thereby causing the flow of current in' the control electrode circuit, whereby control electrode 3 is driven strongly negative and the flow of current in the control electrode and screen electrode circuits ceases.
  • Resistor 1 must .be of low value compared with shunt resistances in the circuit to which the output of tube l is applied, for example the grid leak resistor of a subsequent tube, in order not to reduce the effective charging voltage of capacitor l2 appreciably below the voltage of terminal 8.
  • Capacitor i2 is preferably arranged to be discharged to a relatively low potential, since for a maximum permitted distortion the amplitude of the generated sawtooth voltage depends on the difference between tne anode supply voltage and the potential to which anode 6 drops during the conducting periods of tube I. For this and other reasons a relatively large current should flow between cathode 2 and anode 6 when tube I is conducting.
  • suppressor electrode 5 is maintained at a positive potential at least during the conducting periods of said tube. It is found that the current flow to anode 6 during said periods is thereby appreciably increased.
  • anode 6 may be arranged with the arrangement described 3 to pass up to 80 per cent of the screen electrode current, if electrode 5 is at 30 v. positive whereas with electrode 5 connected to cathode 2, as is usually the case with a suppressor electrode, the anode current may amount only to about per cent of the screen electrode current.
  • the electrode 5 In order to maintain the electrode 5 at said positive potential, it is connected to terminal 8 via a resistor M of high value and to ground via capacitor l5.
  • the capacitor When the tube l is nonconducting, the capacitor is charged from the voltage source connected to terminal 8 and the potential of the electrode 5 rises as the potential of the anode 6 rises.
  • the rise of potential of the electrode 5 is less than that of the anode so that the electrode 5 can still function as a suppressor electrode.
  • the electrode 5 when the tube I is rendered conducting, the electrode 5 is at a positive potential for the reason aforesaid.
  • the capacitor i5 is discharged substantially simultaneously with the capacitor [2.
  • This arrangement afiords a further advantage in that a second voltage of substantially sawtooth waveform is set up across capacitor I5, as indicated by the sawtooth waveform [6. If it is desired to arrange for the amplitudes of the sawtooth voltages across capacitors l2 and [5 to be independently variable, resistors 1 and I4 may be connected to independently adjustable sources of positive voltage instead of to a common terminal as shown. Said two sawtooth voltages may be employed for example for deflecting the beams of a pair of simultaneously operating cathode ray tubes.
  • the invention has been described by way of example as applied to a circuit of the blocking oscillator type. It will be appreciated however, that the invention can be applied to other types of circuit, for example circuits in which an additional electron discharge tube is provided, in place of the transformer 9, for effecting the phase reversal necessary to cause oscillation.
  • a circuit arrangement for producing sawtooth electrical oscillations comprising an electron discharge tube having an anode and a cathode and further electrodes disposed between said anode and cathode, said further electrodes comprising at least a control electrode, a screen electrode and a suppressor electrode, a capacitor connected in the anode-cathode circuit of said tube, a charging resistor to charge said capacitor, a further capacitor connected to said suppressor electrode, a charging resistor to charge said further capacitor, means for intermittently rendering said tube conducting between said cathode and said anode to discharge said capacitors, and means for maintaining all of said further electrodes at positive potentials with respect to said cathode during conducting periods oflsaid tube.
  • a circuit arrangement according to claim 2 including a regenerative coupling between said screen electrode and said control electrode, whereby said control electrode intermittently attains positive potentials with respect to said cathode.
  • a circuit arrangement for producing sawtooth electrical oscillations comprising an electron discharge tube having an anode and a cathode, a control electrode, a screen electrode and a suppressor electrode, a charging resistor, said anode being connected via said charging resistor to a point of positive potential, said screen electrode being connected to a point of positive potential, and said cathode being grounded, means for intermittently bringing said control electrode to a positive potential with respect to, said cathode, a capacitor connected between said anode and ground, a further capacitor connected between said suppressor electrode and ground, and a charging resistor connecting .said suppressor electrode to a point at a'positive potential with respect to said cathode.
  • said means for intermittently bringing said control electrode to a positive potential with respect to said cathode comprising a regenerative coupling betweensaid screen electrode and said control electrode.

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US2143397A (en) * 1935-03-21 1939-01-10 Emi Ltd Generator of electrical oscillations
US2462078A (en) * 1944-09-15 1949-02-22 Int Standard Electric Corp Oscillation generator
US2468420A (en) * 1945-12-11 1949-04-26 Rca Corp Blocking oscillator

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US2143397A (en) * 1935-03-21 1939-01-10 Emi Ltd Generator of electrical oscillations
US2462078A (en) * 1944-09-15 1949-02-22 Int Standard Electric Corp Oscillation generator
US2468420A (en) * 1945-12-11 1949-04-26 Rca Corp Blocking oscillator

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