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US3793576A
US3793576A US00258388A US3793576DA US3793576A US 3793576 A US3793576 A US 3793576A US 00258388 A US00258388 A US 00258388A US 3793576D A US3793576D A US 3793576DA US 3793576 A US3793576 A US 3793576A
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  • a servo apparatus having a servo loop including in series and forwardly a power unit, a first device for achieving relay operation and for controlling the power unit, and a second device for controlling the first device.
  • the second device is made to have lag characteristic when an input signal thereto increases, while is made to have characteristic stabilizing the servo loop when the input signal decreases to thereby decrease number of relay-like operations of the first device with keeping control accuracy of the servo loop.
  • the second advantage is that inexpensive, reliable and relatively long-lived apparatus can be obtained by replacing expensive, complicated and unreliable means for controlling a power unit with a durable actuator performing the function equivalent to a relay.
  • Typical examples of such servo system are a marine auto-pilot, a marine motor-driven hydraulic steering gear and so on.
  • Such servo system has a dead zone relative to substantially constant input which is determined by a dead zone of the actuator performing the function equivalent to a relay, so that if the servo system is designed to have a small dead zone sufficiently for practical use, the actuator accurately and finely responds to control order of low speed but the actuator also finely responds to control order of relatively high speed with substantially the same accuracy as that in the case of the control order of low speed.
  • This inevitably causes a great increase in the number of operations of the actuator to result in shortening of its lifetime. Namely, this can be compared to the case where when required to hurry, a person whose step is constant extremely increases the number of steps per minutes and gets tired..
  • the present invention has for its object to provide a servo apparatus which is free from the aforesaid defect and finely responds to control order of low speed with high accuracy as is the case with conventional servo apparatus but in which, when a control order of high speed is supplied, a change in the manipulated variable obtained with one operation of the actuator is automatically increased.
  • the servo apparatus of this invention increases the step with an increase in the speed of control orders, that is, performs the operation resembling, for example, a foot racer who increases his step when required to hurry. This provides for extremely prolonged lifetime of the actuator thereby greatly to enhance reliability of the entire servo system.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a conventional servo system to which the present invention is applied;
  • FIG. 2 is a graph for explaining the operation of the conventional servo system depicted in FIG. 1;
  • FIGS. 3A and 3B are graphs illustrating the relationship between a control order signal and manipulated variable in the conventional servo system of FIG. I;
  • FIG. 4 is a graph showing the relationship between a control order signal and manipulated variable in a servo system of this invention
  • FIG. 5 is a circuit diagram showing the principal part of a servo apparatus of this invention.
  • FIG. 6 is a graph for explaining the operation of the servo system employing the servo apparatus of this invention shown in FIG. 5;
  • FIGS. 7 to 15 are circuit diagrams showing the principal parts of examples of the servo apparatus of this invention respectively.
  • FIG. 1 a description will be given first of an ordinary servo system forwardly including a relay-like actuator.
  • a control order to the servo system and a manipulated variable are indicated by 8,, and 8 respectively.
  • the manipulated variable '0 is converted by a signal converter 6 into a feedback signal 8, of the same dimension as the instruction 5
  • Reference numeral 1 indicates an adding point and 2 a control unit.
  • the adding point 1 is supplied with the control order 8 and a signal 8, which is opposite in sign to the manipulated variable 8.
  • An output signal from the adding point 1 is 6 8,, that is, an error 6,, which is fed to the control unit 2.
  • An output s from the control device 2 is applied to a relay-like actuator 4.
  • the relay-like actuator 4 provides a positive control order when the input 6 thereto exceeds +13 and the positive control order is applied to a power unit 5 to drive it in a positive direction, causing an increase in the manipulated variable 8 at a constant speed A. Accordingly, the
  • the signal system is a voltage one
  • the relay-like actuator 4 a relay or a relay amplifier performing the function equivalent thereto.
  • the power unit 5 is formed with a like, which is convenient for providing the feedback signal 8, in the form of a DC voltage and, in this case, the control unit 2 may be a resistor network or a network including an operational amplifier.
  • the adding point 1 is incorporated in the aforesaid network to make up one block 3 as indicated by a broken line in FIG. 1, although this is not directly related to this invention.
  • FIG. 2 shows the error e, and the output relative to time.
  • the control order 8 and the feedback signal 8 are both voltage signals, that the block 3 is a simple adding amplifier whose gain is taken as l for the sake of simplicity and that the relay-like actuator 4 is a relay.
  • the period of time 1- may be considered to be caused by inertia of the armature of the relay, movable parts of the servo motor and so on. Since the speed at which the output 6 decreases is the difference between the increasing signal Bt and 8 At, the output 6,, decreases by A-B every second. In this case, A B and the gain of the signal converter 6 is selected to be 1 for the sake of simplicity.
  • the power unit 5 remains in its stopped state for t, T, seconds and the power unit 5 operates for I T, seconds.
  • the power unit 5 continues to repeat the above operations and the error e, and the output s both repeat such changes as depicted in FIG. 2.
  • a maximum value of the constant B is generally known according to purposes and the speed A is usually selected greater enough than an expected maximum value of the constant B so as to prevent the manipulated variable 8 from becoming impossible to follow the control order 8 so that, in order to accomplish the purpose, it is sufficient only to discuss the case where a relationship B A holds.
  • the error 6 decreases at the speed (A B) between the points P, and P in FIG. 2 but this speed is substantially equal to the speed A because A B.
  • FIG. 38 there is shown the relationship between the control order 6 and the manipulated variable 8 in the case of the constant B being increased.
  • the change 8 in the manipulated variable hardly varies, so that the frequency or number of operation of the relay within a certain period of time T increases in proportion to the increase in the constant B, as compared with the case of FIG. 3A.
  • This nature presents a problem such as high frequency of operation of the relay to shorten the lifetime of the relay itself in the servo system in which the control order 5 varies variously as previously described.
  • the present invention is provide a servo system which is free from the aforesaid defect and in which when the constant B is extremely small the manipulated variable 5 finely follows the control order 5 with the same accuracy as in the conventional system, as depicted in FIG. 3A, but when the constant B increases the change 8 in the manipulated variable 8 is automatically increased to cause the manipulated variable 8 to follow the control order 8 as shown in FIG. 4 in which the constant B is equivalent to that in the case of FIG. 3B, thereby to provide for extremely prolonged lifetime of the relay.
  • FIG. 5 one example of this invention will hereinafter be described.
  • reference numerals and characters corresponding to those in FIG. I designate the same elements as those in the latter. Since the example of this invention shown in FIG. 5 is substantially identical in construction with the example of FIG. 1 except the control unit 2, the following description will be given only of the control unit 2.
  • an input to the control unit 2 is a voltage corresponding to the error e
  • an output therefrom is a voltage corresponding to that 6
  • Reference numeral 11 indicates an operational amplifier, whose negative input terminal 9 is connected through an input resistor 8 to an input terminal 7 of the control unit 2.
  • the input terminal 7 is supplied with the error e, from the adding point 1.
  • a positive input terminal 10 of the operational amplifier I1 is grounded through a resistor 10.
  • An output terminal of the opera tional amplifier 11 is directly connected to an output terminal 12 of the control unit 2.
  • Connected between the output terminal l2and the negative input terminal 9 of the operational amplifier 11 is a network consisting of diodes l3, l4, 15, 16, 17 and 18, resistors 26 and 27 and capacitors l9 and 20.
  • a series circuit consisting of a potentiometer 23 and a resistor 25 and a resistor 24 is connected at one end to a sliding terminal of the potentiometer 23 and at the other end to the negative input terminal 9.
  • a diode couple consisting of diodes 21 and 22 is connected between the negative input terminal 9 and one end of the resistor 25, and the diode couple suppress an output voltage of the operational amplifier 11 when it tends to rise the saturation level of the operational amplifier.
  • the resistance value R of the resistor 25 is selected such that a current flowing in the diode couple is negligible during normal operation but this is not directly related to the present invention, and hence will not be described.
  • the diodes and 16 are supplied with a voltage in a backward direction, and hence are nonconductive. While, when the absolute value of the output s decreases with the lapse of time, charge stored in the capacitor 19 is discharged with a decrease in the output 2 This discharge current i, flows through the diode 17, so that it does not flow into the negative input terminal 9 of the operational amplifier 11.
  • the diode 14 is nonconductive, and conse quently a circuit 77 including the diodes 13 to 18, the capacitors 19 and and the resistors 26 and 27 does not supply a feedback current to the negative input terminal 9 of the operational amplifier 11.
  • the condition in which the circuit 77 does not supply any feedback current to the operational amplifier 11 will hereinafter be referred to as a mode II.
  • a feedback circuit from the output terminal 12 of the operational amplifier 11 to the negative input terminal 9 thereof is only a circuit passing through the resistor 24. Accordingly, if the resistance value of the resistor 24 is taken as R, and if a voltage generated at the sliding terminal of the potentiometer 23 is taken as ye the following equation (1) holds.
  • e is a voltage corresponding that s and e, a voltage corresponding to that 6,.
  • the circuit 77 performs the function of a proportional amplifier whose gain is K.
  • a charging current flows to the capacitor 19.
  • the diodes 15 and 16 are nonconductive, so that the mode l is different from the mode ll only in that the diodes 14 and 13 are conductive.
  • e 0 and The charging current 1 is a feedback current to the negative input terminal 9 of the operational amplifier 11.
  • the above equation (5) represents the operation of the circuit of FIG. 5 in the mode I. Namely, the output signal e, has a property ofa first order lag relative to the input signal e,.
  • the diodes l4 and 13 are nonconductive but instead the diodes l5 and 16 are conductive, so that if the capacitance of the capacitor 20 is also C, the equation (5) holds, too.
  • the non-linear amplifier of this invention shown in FIG. 5. has a characteristic of the first order lag and in the mode 11 in which the absolute value of the input e; to the negative input terminal 9 of the operational amplifier 11 decreases and the circuit 77 does not. supply the feedback current to the operational amplifier 11, the non-linear amplifier of this invention has a characteristic of a mere proportional amplifier.
  • the output e still presents the first order lag characteristic thereafter and gradually decreases. However, when the output e reaches a point P Ie I which has been smaller than
  • the circuit 77 itself shifts to the mode II and the output s coincides with the error e, and decreases together therewith and at a point P the output 6 becomes equal to a and 7 second thereafter the power unit 5 stops at a point P If the constant B of the control order 8 is constant, the error e,- and the output s repeatedly undergo the changes depicted in FIG. 6.
  • the error e, and the output s in FIG. 2 are shown by heavy chain lines for convenience of comparison. As will be apparent from this,
  • the stopping period 1,, "r, of the power unit 5 is by far longer than that t, 'r, in FIG. 2 and the period t, T is also by far longer than that t,, T in FIG. 2. Since this phenomenon is the result of utilization of the property first order lag, little time lag is caused if the constant B is extremely small. Consequently, although accuracy does not ever differ from that in the prior'art, the periods t, and t,, automatically become equal to those t, and t in FIG. 6 respectively and increase with an increase in the constant B and the manipulated variable 8 and the control order 6,, vary as depicted in FIG. 4.
  • the use of the present invention greatly improves the frequency of operation of the relay to provide for remarkedly prolonged life time of the relay, solenoid valve, reed relay, a clapper switch or the like ususally employed as the actuator 4 in FIG. 1, without lowering accuracy of the servo system.
  • the servo apparatus of the present invention is greatly featured in the mode I in which the control unit 2 shows the time lag-characteristic and the mode II in which the unit 2 shows the proportional characteristic without any time lag. Since the control unit 2 has the time lag characteristic in the mode I, it is possible to lower the frequency of the relay operation to prolong the lifetime of the relay as above described. The control unit 2 does not show the time lag characteristic in the mode II for the following reason.
  • the loop when the time lag characteristic exists in the servo loop of the servo apparatus the loop generally tends to become unstable and if the frequency of the relay operation is lowered as much as possible, the servo loop readily becomes unstable to cuase huntingslf sensitivity of the servo system is lowered so as to avoid the hunting, accuracy of the servo system is extremely deteriorated.
  • the servo apparatus of this invention no time lag characteristic is present in the mode II, so that the servo loop remains stable and its accuracy is not ever lowered.
  • T is a function between the diodes 13, 14 or l5, l6 and the capacitor 19 or 20. Since T T, the operation in the case of using the equation (6) is substantially the same as that in the case of using the equation (5). Accordingly, even ifa resistor of a small resistance value exists in series with the diodes l4 and 16 in FIG. 5, it is in the range of application of the equation (6) and, also in this case, the purpose of this invention can be attained, so that it will be seen that this lies in the scope of the present invention.
  • the resistance value Rd is preferred to be selected sufficiently smaller than Ri and accordingly that the value RdC is a certain small value different from the time constant T, KRiC in the mode I.
  • FIG. 7 illustrates another example of this invention, showing only the portion corresponding to the control unit 2 of FIG. 5.
  • the power unit 5, the actuator 4, the signal converter 6 and the adder l which are components of the servo apparatus, are identical with those in FIG. 5, and hence are not illustrated for the sake of brevity.
  • parts corresponding to those in FIG. 5 are identified by the same reference numerals and characters.
  • the example of FIG. 7 is different from that of FIG. 5 in that the connection point of the diodes l3 and 15 is connected not to the output terminal 12 of the operational amplifier 11 but to the sliding terminal of the potentiometer 23. Accordingly, the characteristic of the example of FIG.
  • FIG. 8 shows another example of this invention, illustrating the part corresponding to the control unit 2 in FIG. 5. Since the power unit 5, the actuator 4, the signal converter 6 and the adder l which are components of the servo apparatus are identical with those in FIG. 5, they are not illustrated for the sake of simplicity.
  • the power unit 5, the actuator 4, the signal converter 6 and the adder l which are components of the servo apparatus are identical with those in FIG. 5, they are not illustrated for the sake of simplicity.
  • FIG. 8 parts corresponding to those in FIG. 5 are i'ndi-.
  • diodes 33 to 36 are connected between the negative input terminal 9 and the output terminal 12 of the operational amplifier 11 in the form of a bridge as depicted in the figure, a capacitor 28 is connected between those terminals of the bridge which are not connected to the operational amplifier I1 and a series circuit of a resistor 29 and a diode 31 and another series circuit of a resistor 30 and a diode: 32 are connected between the connection points of the capacitor 28 with the bridge and ground respectively.
  • a circuit 78 thus constructed is a replacement,with the circuit 77 in the example of FIG. 5.
  • the charging current i, for the capacitor 28 flows from the output terminal 12 to the negative input terminal 9 through the diode 33, the capacitor 28 and the diode 34. Atthis time, the diodes 35 and 36 remain nonconductive. If the internal resistances of the diodes 33 and 34 are neglected for the sake of brevity and if the capacitance of the capacitor 28 is taken as C, the charging current i, is exactly the same as that given -by the equation (3) inthe example of FIG. 5. Accordingly, the characteristic of the example of FIG. 8 in the mode I is exactly coincident with that of the example of FIG. 5 expressed by the equation (5).
  • thev circuit shown in FIG. 8 has the same characteristic as that of the example of FIG. 5. Accordingly, the operations and effects of the example of FIG. 8 as a servo apparatus are exactly the same as those previously described in connection withFlG. 5 and no description will be repeated for the sake of brevity.
  • FIG. 9 shows another example of this invention, similarly illustrating only the part corresponding to the control unit 2 in FIG. 5. Since the other parts are all identical with those in FIG. 5, they are not illustrated.
  • elements corresponding to those in FIG. 5 are desig nated by the same reference numerals and characters.
  • a circuit 79 which consists of diodes 13, I5, 41 and 42, resistors 26 and 27, transis-' tors 39 and 40 and capacitors 37 and 38 connected as depicted, is connected between the output terminal 12 and the negative input terminal 9 of the operational amplifier 11 in place of the circuit 77 in FIG 5.
  • the diode 13 is in the on state but the diode 15 in the off state. Accordingly, the transistor 39 is in the on state but the transistor 40 in the off state.
  • the operation of the transistor 39 is as follows.
  • the charging cur rent i for the capacitor 37 flows in a path from the output terminal 12 to the negative input terminal 9. through the diode 13, the capacitor 37, the base of the transistor 39 and the emitter thereof. If the capacitance of the capacitor. 37 is taken as C and if the forward voltage drop in the diode l3 and between the base and emitter of the transistor 39 are neglected for convenience of explanation, the base current i is such as given by the equation (9).
  • the charging current i is the base current of the transistor 39, a current i flows in its collector. If the DC current gain of the transistor 39 is taken as B, the value of the current i, is as follows s B z Consequently, the feedback current i, to the operational amplifier 11 which is produced by the circuit 79 is an emitter current of the transistor 39, so that it is given by the following equation (I I i i i3 If B and C are selected so that the current i, may be equal to i, in the circuit of the example of FIG. 5, the following equation (12) is obtained from the equations (1) and (11).
  • the characteristic of the control unit, depictedinFIG. 9 can, be regarded as identicalv I withthat-ofthe circuitsh owni n. FIG..5. Accordingly,
  • FIG. 10 illustrates another example of thisinvention, 1 I
  • circuit 80 is constructed with less parts than that 79 of FIG. 9 but performs the same operations as those of the. latter.
  • a brief description will be given oftheoperation with that of control unit shownin FIG. 5. Consequently,:theaoperationsand effects of the example of FIG. 10 as a servo. apparatus are the same as these described in connection with FIG. 5, and'hence no descriptionwill be given. 7
  • FIG. 11 shows another example of thisinvention
  • control unitZ of the example of FIG. 5 Since the other remaining parts areident ical with those in the example v'of FIG. 5, they are not illustrated. IIIFIGJII elements similar to those in FIG. 5 are indicated by the same reference numerals and characters.
  • FIG. 31-1 The example of FIG. 31-1 is different fro'm'thatof FIG. 1 5 mainlyin that acircuit 81 consisting of diodes 33, 34,
  • control unit depicted in FIG. 11 is the same as that of the control unit shown in FIG. 5. Accordingly, the operations and effects of the example of FIG. 11 are similar to those above described in connection with FIG. 5 and no description will be repeated.
  • connection point of the diodes 13 and 15 is connected to the output terminal 12 but in FIG. 7 it is connected to the sliding terminal of the potentiometer 23 and it will be seen that this can also be effected in the examples of FIGS. 8 to 11.
  • FIG. l2 illustrates another example of this invention, in which a circuit 82 for providing the non-linear lag characteristic is incorporated in an input circuit of the operational amplifier 11 although the non-linear lead circuits 77 to 81 are all inserted in the feedback circuit of the operational amplifier 11 to provide the non linear lag characteristic for the control unit 2 in the foregoing examples of FIGS. 5 and 7 to 11.
  • the circuit 82 for producing the non-linear lag characteristic which consists of diodes 86, 87, 94, 95, 96 and 97, resistors 88, 89, 90, 91, 98 and 99 capacitors 92 and 93 connected as illustrated, is incorporated in the input circuit of the operational amplifier 11 and this example is identical in construction with the exampl of FIG. 5 except in that the circuit 77 for producing the non-linear lead characteristic is left out from the feedback circuit of the operational amplifier 11.
  • the operation of the present example will be described in connection with the case where the input voltage e,- is positive.
  • the lower circuit portion of the input circuit 82 which consists of the diodes 87, 95 and 97, the resistors 89, 91 and 99 and the capacitor 93, has no relation to the operation of the present circuit because the diode 87 is in reverse biased condition. While, the diode 86 is biased in a forward direction and the upper circuit portion of the input circuit 82 performs the following operation. When the input voltage e,- is positive and is increasing, the diode 94 is in the on state to flow the charging current i to the capacitor 92.
  • the example shown in FIG. 12 has the lag characteristic in the mode I but does not present or loses the lag characteristic in the mode I but does not present or loses the lag characteristic in the mode II as is the case with the example depicted in FIG. 5. Therefore, the operations and effects of the example of FIG. 12 as a servo apparatus are similar to those previously described in connection with the example illustrated in FIG. 5.
  • the adding point 1 is provided separately as shown in FIG. 5 but, for example, when the adding point 1 is an adding amplifier, an output therefrom is used as the input voltage e, of the present example.
  • the circuit depicted in FIG. 12 is of the type that gain adjustment y is achieved with the feedback circuit of the operational amplifier but it will be evident that exactly the same characteristic as that of the example of FIG. 12 can be obtained with a circuit construction such that an amplifier is provided at the former stage for gain adjustment and an output therefrom is applied as an input to an amplifier employing as an input circuit thereof the non-linear lag circuit.
  • FIG. 13 shows another example of this invention in which the circuit for producing the non-linear lag characteristic is incorporated in the input circuit of the operational amplifier 11 as in the'example of FIG. 12 and in which a circuit 83 is employed in place of the input circuit 82 used in the example of FIG. 12.
  • the input circuit 83 consists of diodes 86, 87, 105 and 106, resistors 88, 89, 90, 91, 98 and 99, capacitors 103 and 104 and transistors 101 and 102 which are connected as illustrated.
  • the operation of this example will be described during possitive input voltage (e, O).
  • the operation of the circuit consisting of the transistor 101, the capacitor 103 and the diode 105 is as follows.
  • FIG. 14 illustrates another example of this invention in which the circuit 82 for producing the non-linear lag characteristic previously described in connection with the example of FIG. 12 is incorporated in the input circuit to the operational amplifier 11 shown in FIG. 5. It will be understood that the example of FIG. 14 also shows no lag characteristic in the mode II and lag characteristic in the mode I.
  • the lag characteristic in this example is a second order lag and the effect of lag in the mode I becomes higher. Accordingly, the operations and effects of the example of FIG. 14 as a servo apparatus are similar to those obtainable with the example shown in FIG. 5.
  • the example of FIG. 14 employs the feedback circuit shown in FIG. 5 as the feedback circuit of the lag characteristic to the operational amplifier 11 but it will be seen that it is possible to use the feedback circuits of the examples of FIGS. 7 to 11. Further, the present example employs the input circuit 82 of the example of FIG. 12 as the input circuit but it is also apparent that the input circuit 83 in the example of FIG. 13 can be used as the input circuit of this example.
  • FIG. 15 shows still another example of this invention, in which a non-linear lead circuit 84 is connected in parallel with the input resistor 8 in the example depicted in FIG. 5.
  • the circuit 84 consists of diodes 107, 108, 113, 114, 115 and 116, resistors 109 and 110 and capacitors 111 and 112 as illustrated.
  • the operation of this example will be described in connection with the case where the input voltage e, is positive.
  • the charging current i flows in the capacitor 111 of the circuit 84 but this current does not serve as an input current to the operational amplifier 11, so that the characteristic of this example is the same as that in the example of FIG. 5.- Namely, the circuit in the example of FIG.
  • the circuit 15 presents the lag characteristic in the mode I.
  • the discharge current i flows in the capacitor 1 l 1 through the negative input terminal 9 of operatinal amplifier 11 as shown in the figure. Since the value of the current i, is in proportion to the fluctuation rate of the input voltage e,, the circuit 84 shows the lead characteristic. Then, the feedback circuit to the operational amplifier 11 as described in connection with FIG. 5 has no lag characteristic in the mode II.
  • the circuit in the example of FIG. 5 performs the operation of the proportional amplifier in the mode II but as above described the circuit in the example of FIG. 15 presents the first order lead characteristic.
  • the lead characteristic serves to stabilize the servo loop without cancelling the lag characteristic in the mode I.
  • the frequency of the relay operation is decreased with the mode I of the lag characteristic, thereby to prolong the lifetime of the relay.
  • the present example shows the lead characteristic in the mode II to ensure stabilization of the servo loop.
  • FIG. 15 is identical with that of FIG. 5 except the input circuit 84 but it will be understood that the parts except the input circuit 84 may be those used in the examples of FIGS. 7 to 11.
  • FIG. 15 shows the case in which the circuit for providing the lead characteristic is provided in the input circuit of the operational amplifier 11 and the circuit for producing the lag characteristic is inserted in the feedback circuit.
  • the circuit for producing the lag chatacteristic is incorporated in the input circuit of the operational amplifier 1 1 and the circuit for providing the lead characteristic is inserted in the feedback circuit.
  • the pair of diodes 21 and 22 employed for restricting the output voltage e in the example of FIG. 5 (In the examples of FIGS. 7 to 15 this diode pair has no direct relation to the operation of the non-linear amplifier of this invention, so that they are not illustrated for the sake of brevity.) can be replaced with a known circuit consisting of a pair of Zener diodes or a pair of Zener diodes, a pair of diodes and a resistor.
  • a servo apparatus comprising a drive unit for positioning a controlled element, a relay like actuator with its output connected to the input of said drive unit, a first feedback generator driven by said drive unit, a summing device receiving an input command signal and an input from said first feedback generator, an operational amplifier with its output connected to the input of said relay like actuator and its input connected to said summing device, a resistive feedback path connected between the output and input of said operational amplifier, a second feedback path device connected betweenthe output and input of said operational amplifier and comprising first, second, and third unilateral current devices, a first capacitor connected in series between said first and second unilateral current devices and the combination connected between said output and input terminals of said operational amplifier, a first resistor connected in series with said third unilateral current device and the combination connected in parallel with said first capacitor and said first, second, and third unilateral current devices poled to pass current toward said input terminal of said operational amplifier when said output terminal is positive relative to said input terminal.
  • said second feedback path device further includes fourth, fifth, and sixth unilateral current devices, a second capacitor connected in series between said fourth and fifth unilateral current devices and the combination connected between the output and input terminals of said operational amplifier, a second resistor connected in series with said sixth unilateral current device and the combination connected in parallel with said second capacitor, and said fourth, fifth, and sixth unilateral current devices poled to pass current toward said output terminal of said operational amplifier when said input terminal is positive relative to said output terminal.
  • a servo apparatus according to claim 2 wherein the junction point between said first resistor and third unilateral current device and the junction point between said sixth unilateral current device and said second resistor are grounded.
  • a servo apparatus further including seventh and eighth unilateral current devices connected back to back with one common terminal connected to the input of said operational amplifier and the other common terminal connected to an intermediate point of said resistive feedback path.
  • a servo apparatus including a third resistor connected between ground and said other common terminal of said seventh and eighth unilateral current devices.

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