US3323084A - Electric circuit with multiple nonlinear dielectric element - Google Patents

Electric circuit with multiple nonlinear dielectric element Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US3323084A
US3323084A US348689A US34868964A US3323084A US 3323084 A US3323084 A US 3323084A US 348689 A US348689 A US 348689A US 34868964 A US34868964 A US 34868964A US 3323084 A US3323084 A US 3323084A
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
dielectric
dielectric elements
electrode means
circuit
elements
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
US348689A
Other languages
English (en)
Inventor
Glanc Antonin
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Czech Academy of Sciences CAS
Original Assignee
Czech Academy of Sciences CAS
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Czech Academy of Sciences CAS filed Critical Czech Academy of Sciences CAS
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of US3323084A publication Critical patent/US3323084A/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03L—AUTOMATIC CONTROL, STARTING, SYNCHRONISATION OR STABILISATION OF GENERATORS OF ELECTRONIC OSCILLATIONS OR PULSES
    • H03L1/00—Stabilisation of generator output against variations of physical values, e.g. power supply
    • H03L1/02—Stabilisation of generator output against variations of physical values, e.g. power supply against variations of temperature only
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05D—SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
    • G05D23/00—Control of temperature
    • G05D23/19—Control of temperature characterised by the use of electric means
    • G05D23/20—Control of temperature characterised by the use of electric means with sensing elements having variation of electric or magnetic properties with change of temperature
    • G05D23/2033—Control of temperature characterised by the use of electric means with sensing elements having variation of electric or magnetic properties with change of temperature details of the sensing element
    • G05D23/2036—Control of temperature characterised by the use of electric means with sensing elements having variation of electric or magnetic properties with change of temperature details of the sensing element the sensing element being a dielectric of a capacitor
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03C—MODULATION
    • H03C3/00—Angle modulation
    • H03C3/10—Angle modulation by means of variable impedance
    • H03C3/12—Angle modulation by means of variable impedance by means of a variable reactive element
    • H03C3/20—Angle modulation by means of variable impedance by means of a variable reactive element the element being a voltage-dependent capacitor
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03F—AMPLIFIERS
    • H03F11/00—Dielectric amplifiers

Definitions

  • the invention relates to electric circuits with a nonlinear dielectric element which possesses a region in which the characteristic of the dielectric constant drops with temperature, the said element being heated by dielectric losses into the region of maximum non-linearities and maintained in this region by an autostabilization mode of operation which has been disclosed in patent application Ser. No. 318,302.
  • the general object of this invention is to remove or substantially suppress this drawback and to create an element which can limit said undesirable effects of the heating voltage.
  • the more specific object of this invention is an electric circuit with a multiple non-linear dielectric element the dielectric of which possesses a region in which the characteristic of the dielectric constant drops with temperature, the said element comprising at least one body made of a dielectric which possesses a maximum of at least the imaginary component of the dielectric constant, the said body being provided 'with two heating e ectrodes connected to the heating source, and the said element comprising further at least one other body made of a dielectric which possesses a maximum of at least the real component of the dielectric constant, the two maxima occurring at the same temperature and having a similar course, the said two types of bodies being in close thermal contact. Suitable electrodes of two adjacent bodies may coincide.
  • a further object of the invention is an electric circuit with the said multiple element forming a modulator or amplifier.
  • FIG. 1 shows the arrangement of a multiple dielectric element in accordance with the invention with two bodies
  • FIG. 2 is a similar arrangement as illustrated in FIG. 1, comprising three bodies;
  • FIG. 3 is the circuit arrangement of a frequency modulated oscillator with a dielectric element in accordance with the invention
  • FIG. 4 shows the circuit arrangement of a dielectric amplifier with a dielectric element in accordance with the invention.
  • the electrodes 112 and 113 are supplied with alternating high-frequency voltage for dielectric heating of the body 2 into the point of autostabilization of the temperature.
  • the body 1 is in good thermal contact with the body 2, this contact being achieved by the electrodes common to both bodies so that the body 1 reaches the same temperature and thus also the region of maximum nonlinear properties.
  • the electrodes 111 and 112 of the body are supplied with the signal voltage which has to be treated.
  • the pair of non-linear elements used for the purpose of this invention has to meet another object, namely: at least one of the two bodies, in the present case body 2, is arranged in the circuit of the heating source and serves for indirect dielectric heating of the remaining signal body or bodies 1.
  • both of them that is the signal body 1 and the heating body 2 need not be made of the same material. It is essential that the material of the heating body 2 possesses a region in which the imaginary component of the dielectric constant possesses a dropping characteristic, and that the material of the signal body 1 possesses in this region the maximum of the characteristic of the real component of the dielectric constant, and therefore also a maximum of dielectric non-linearities.
  • a suitable material is triglycin sulphate.
  • FIG. 2 shows another possible constructional modification of the invention.
  • 1 is the signal body of the non-linear dielectric element
  • 112 and 114 are the electrodes and leads of this body
  • 21 and 22 are heating bodies of the non-linear dielectric element
  • 113 and 115 are their electrodes and leads thereto.
  • the number of bodies employed to create an element in ac-' cordance with the invention is not limited to two and may even exceed three.
  • the number of bodies used depends on the type of circuit arrangement in which such an element is employed, as will be explained in more detail below.
  • FIG. 3 shows an example of a circuit arrangement in accordance with the invention which represents a simplified fundamental frequency modulated oscillator circuit.
  • 38 is the oscillator tube
  • 31 is the grid coil
  • 33 is the separating capacitor
  • 1 is the signal body of a multiple non-linear electrical element forming together with 33 and 31 the grid circuit
  • 32 and 34 are members of a feedback circuit
  • 36 and 37 are members of the grid circuit of the tube 38 and 39 denotes the output transformer.
  • the body 2 for dielectric heating is connected through the regulating capacitor 8 for full oscillator voltage.
  • the signal body 1 is connected through a separating choke 10 with the source of modulating signal 9 and, if required, also with the source of the direct-current polarization voltage through a separating resistor 35.
  • the tube 38 works as a feedback oscillator in which part of the capacity of the resonant circuit is formed by the dielectric body 1. Since the capacity of the element 1 depends on the voltage applied, this capacity changes; and with it also within certain limits, the oscillator frequency is modulated by the signal voltage 9.
  • the capacitors 33 and the signal body 1 acting as capacitor act as direct-current blocking elements of the polarization and modulation voltages from the oscillation circuit.
  • the non-linear dielectric element included only the signal body 1, as just described, it would operate at a temperature which would not quite differ from the ambient temperature and would therefore vary in agreement with the latter. This would also cause a variation of the quies cent capacity of the dielectric element and in consequence thereof, the medium frequency of the oscillator would also vary. Moreover, at this temperature the element would possess unfavourable electric properties so that the frequency deviation obtained would be rather small. These properties cannot be improved in the given case by introducing'direct electric heating of the body 1 in accordance with the above mentioned patent application Ser. No. 318,302 due to the fact that the grid circuit of the tube does not comprise sufficient alternating voltage and such a large voltage cannot be introduced from the outside without seriously endangering the total operation of the oscillator.
  • the body 1 there is arranged in thermal contact with the body 1 another body 2 made of a non-linear dielectric.
  • the voltage in the anode circuit is suificient for electric heating, and dueto the fact that the two bodies 1 and 2 are in good thermal contact via their common electrode, the body 1 reaches the same temperature as the body 2, this temperature being stabilized just in the region of the most favourable electric properties. Due to the fact the two bodies 1 and 2 are grounded via their common electrode, the voltage is not transferred from the heating body 2 to the body 1, and further into the signal circuit.
  • the circuit arrangement according to FIG. 2 is stable both with regard to voltage and temperature. It is particularly adapted for those cases in which further amplification of the obtained frequency is required.
  • FIG. 4 shows the circuit arrangement of a dielectric amplifier in accordance with the invention.
  • 4 denotes the source of high-frequency voltage
  • 8 is a regulation capacitor for heating control connected to the outer electrodes of the heating bodies 21 and 22 respectively, of the multiple element 11 and 12 are the sigrial bodies of this dielectric element between whose central electrodes and one outer electrodes is connected a signal source 9 through a choke 10.
  • an inductance 7 forming with the capacity of the signal bodies 11 and 12 a resonant circuit which is connected with an output demodulator 100, 101, 102.
  • the source 5 of a direct-current polarization voltage may also be connected in the circuit.
  • the bodies 11 and 12 are here again used for the signal circuit and they work so that their capacity is changed by the signal voltage of the source 9. This causes mistuning of the circuit 7, 11, 12 with regard to the frequency of the high-frequency heating source 4 so that a high-frequency voltage is produced across the inductance 7, this voltage being amplitude modulated at the rhythm of the signal. This voltage'is then demodulated by the diode 100 and an amplified signal is created across the rectifying member 101 and 102.
  • This known function is improved in accordance with the invention by means of further bodies 21 and 22 which are arranged in the circuit of the high-frequency heating source 4 so that they become heated into the autostable state by dielectric heating.
  • the temperature of the said bodies 21 and 22 is also indirectly imparted to the signal bodies 11 and 12 which thus reach the temperature at which their electric properties are most favourable.
  • the heating body 21 has in this case also another function. It blocks the polarization bias source 5 against ground and it also grounds the lower end of the resonant circuit 7, 11, 12 for high-frequency voltage.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 show examples of how the invention may be usefully employed but do not exhaust the full scope of the invention.
  • An electric circuit comprising four dielectric elements, each of said dielectric elements having a dielectric material the permittivity of which varies with tempera ture, first electrode means common to adjacent dielectric elements and connecting said elements'in series, second electrode means positioned on the external ones of said dielectric elements, the internal dielectric elements form- 1 tric losses are in equilibrium with heat dissipated into ambient space, a signal source connected to one of said common electrodes of said first electrode means between the internal dielectric elements and to one of said second electrode means, an inductor connected to two of said common electrodes of said first electrode means between said external and said internal dielectric elements, said inductor forming with said internal dielectric elements a tuned circuit, and an output connected to said tuned circuit.
  • An electric circuit comprising a first and a second dielectric element, each of said dielectric elements having a dielectric material, the permittivity of which varies with temperature, a common electrode connecting said dielectric elements for close thermal contact, an external electrode positioned on each of said dielectric elements, the dielectric material of said first dielectric element forming with its external electrode and said common electrode a capacitor as part of said electric circuit, the dielectric material of the second dielectric element comprised of a material with a permittivity having a dropping characteristic at temperatures above its Curie point, an alternating current heating source connected between the external electrode of said second dielectric element and said common electrode, said second dielectric element maintained by said alternating current heating source by dielectric losses at a temperature above its Curie point in a temperature autostabilized state Where dielectric losses are in equilibrium with heat dissipated into ambient space.

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Automation & Control Theory (AREA)
  • Control Of High-Frequency Heating Circuits (AREA)
  • Inductance-Capacitance Distribution Constants And Capacitance-Resistance Oscillators (AREA)
US348689A 1963-03-07 1964-03-02 Electric circuit with multiple nonlinear dielectric element Expired - Lifetime US3323084A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CS129863 1963-03-07
CS147263 1963-03-15
CS147363 1963-03-15

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
US3323084A true US3323084A (en) 1967-05-30

Family

ID=27179328

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US348689A Expired - Lifetime US3323084A (en) 1963-03-07 1964-03-02 Electric circuit with multiple nonlinear dielectric element

Country Status (5)

Country Link
US (1) US3323084A (xx)
AT (1) AT260998B (xx)
BE (2) BE644417A (xx)
GB (1) GB1053114A (xx)
NL (1) NL6402326A (xx)

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3686591A (en) * 1970-07-24 1972-08-22 Us Army Anisotropic crystal circuit
US20130141834A1 (en) * 2011-12-02 2013-06-06 Stmicroelectronics Pte Ltd. Capacitance trimming with an integrated heater
US8988849B2 (en) 2009-12-21 2015-03-24 Epcos Ag Varactor and method for producing a varactor
US9027400B2 (en) 2011-12-02 2015-05-12 Stmicroelectronics Pte Ltd. Tunable humidity sensor with integrated heater
US9140683B2 (en) 2010-12-30 2015-09-22 Stmicroelectronics Pte Ltd. Single chip having the chemical sensor and electronics on the same die

Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2484636A (en) * 1947-09-26 1949-10-11 Bell Telephone Labor Inc Modulation system
US2788446A (en) * 1953-10-21 1957-04-09 Cleveland Patents Inc Oscillator
US3050638A (en) * 1955-12-02 1962-08-21 Texas Instruments Inc Temperature stabilized biasing circuit for transistor having additional integral temperature sensitive diode
US3210607A (en) * 1961-09-07 1965-10-05 Texas Instruments Inc Ferroelectric capacitor apparatus

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2484636A (en) * 1947-09-26 1949-10-11 Bell Telephone Labor Inc Modulation system
US2788446A (en) * 1953-10-21 1957-04-09 Cleveland Patents Inc Oscillator
US3050638A (en) * 1955-12-02 1962-08-21 Texas Instruments Inc Temperature stabilized biasing circuit for transistor having additional integral temperature sensitive diode
US3210607A (en) * 1961-09-07 1965-10-05 Texas Instruments Inc Ferroelectric capacitor apparatus

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3686591A (en) * 1970-07-24 1972-08-22 Us Army Anisotropic crystal circuit
US8988849B2 (en) 2009-12-21 2015-03-24 Epcos Ag Varactor and method for producing a varactor
US9140683B2 (en) 2010-12-30 2015-09-22 Stmicroelectronics Pte Ltd. Single chip having the chemical sensor and electronics on the same die
US20130141834A1 (en) * 2011-12-02 2013-06-06 Stmicroelectronics Pte Ltd. Capacitance trimming with an integrated heater
US9019688B2 (en) * 2011-12-02 2015-04-28 Stmicroelectronics Pte Ltd. Capacitance trimming with an integrated heater
US9027400B2 (en) 2011-12-02 2015-05-12 Stmicroelectronics Pte Ltd. Tunable humidity sensor with integrated heater

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
GB1053114A (xx)
NL6402326A (xx) 1964-09-08
BE644417A (xx) 1964-06-15
AT260998B (de) 1968-04-10
BE644832A (xx) 1964-07-01

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US2648823A (en) Thermoelectric translation device
US3323084A (en) Electric circuit with multiple nonlinear dielectric element
US2382615A (en) Oscillator tuning system
US4119826A (en) Dielectric heat generator
US3023378A (en) Voltage-controlled capacitance converter-modulator
US2100756A (en) Alternating current control
Imori et al. A photomultiplier high-voltage power supply incorporating a ceramic transformer driven by frequency modulation
US4574256A (en) Varactor tuned microstrip oscillator for Ka band operation
US3309527A (en) Chopper amplifier
US2315658A (en) Negative resistance device
US3689779A (en) Controlled gunn-effect device
US3076945A (en) Electric oscillators
US2623954A (en) Electron discharge tube amplifier for signal voltages
US3868588A (en) Microwave oscillator or amplifier using parametric enhanced trapatt circuits
US2621264A (en) Neutralized regenerative amplifier
US2454933A (en) Frequency modulation
US2510787A (en) Variable reactance circuit
US3416105A (en) Variable reactance element
US2960666A (en) Transistor oscillator with impedance transformation in feedback circuit
US2510026A (en) Frequency modulation system for microwave generators
US2453243A (en) Frequency modulating and harmonic producer apparatus
US2897451A (en) Multifrequency devices and systems associated therewith
US3313950A (en) Reactance parametric amplifier
US2600292A (en) Frequency discriminator circuit
US2125507A (en) Magnetron modulation system