US3803471A - Variable time ratio control having power switch which does not require current equalizing means - Google Patents

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US3803471A
US3803471A US00317595A US31759572A US3803471A US 3803471 A US3803471 A US 3803471A US 00317595 A US00317595 A US 00317595A US 31759572 A US31759572 A US 31759572A US 3803471 A US3803471 A US 3803471A
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  • a pulse width modulation control having a power switch arrangement which does not require external current equalization means has a plurality of paralleled power transistors whose forward current transfer ratio decreases abruptly with increase in collector current and whose base drive is supplied by a constant current switching regulator having a plurality of paralleled clamping transistors in shunt to the regulator output terminals which are turned on by variable ff 3 k 33 width pulses to shunt current away from'the power transistors and thereby turn the power switch off and [58] Field of Search 318/341, 307/297 on.
  • the regulator output is coupled to the base of [56] References Cited each power transistor by a diode whose forward drop promotes base current sharing and which prevents UNITED STATES PATENTS multiple transistor failure. 3,381,145 4/1968 vSterff; 318/341 X 3,213,343 10/1965 Sheheen. 318/341 21 Claims, 10 Drawing Figures 0:1 R1 Fl :l FLO 6656 :22 1 2 3 BATT M DRlVE cumem' aeeumroa VARlABLE DE LAY VDS PATENTEWR 9 ma SHEET 3 BF 6 FOO :ivllll,
  • This invention relates to variable time ratio controls and in particular to a power switch arrangement for a variable time ratio control such as a pulse width modulation control system for a DC. traction motor used to propel a fork lift truck.
  • traction motors energized from a battery are known wherein a power switch of the germanium transistor type provides variable width pulses to the motor to vary the average voltage applied to the motor terminals.
  • the torque demands of such a traction motor require switching of very high currents which makes it necessary to parallel power transistors to meet the required current level.
  • the collector currents of the individual transistors. of the paralleled combination can be quite different, and it has heretofore been necessary to match the transistors or use feedback resistors tov compensate for variation between transistors.
  • Emitter resistors are generally used for current equalization because they also provide thermal stability, and current equalization can be ob tained with a base resistor having a value equal to that of the emitter resistor times the forward current gain hp Germanium transistors switch relatively slowly and suffer switching losses when rapidly switched which heat the transistors, and such switching losses in germanium power transistors have heretofore limited the frequency of switching in PWM motor control systems. Such relatively low switching frequency, necessitated because of switching losses in germanium power transistors, also limits the average current that can be supplied by the paralleled transistors to the motor. Failure of one transistor of a prior art paralleled transistor power switch often resulted in multiple transistor failure or necessitated turning off the power switch. When the base-emitter junction of one power transistor of a prior art power switch burned open, its base assumed the potential of the collector supply with the result that current could feedback through the shorted junction and burn out the remaining transistors.
  • a variable time ratio control in accordance with the invention has a power switch comprising a plurality of paralleled power transistors whose forward current transfer ratio h decreases abruptly with increase of collector current and whose base drive is supplied by a constant current switching regulator so that increase in collector current of one transistor decreases its gain to thereby promote current sharing between paralleled transistors.
  • the constant current switching regulator is preferably coupled to the base of each power transistor by a diode whose forward drop increases with increase in base drive current to thereby promote base current sharing, and the diode blocks feedback of collector voltage in the event one transistor fails and thus prevents multiple transistor failure.
  • the output of the switching regulator is across a plurality of output clamping transistors, and variable width pulses are coupled to the bases of the clamping transistors to shunt current away from the power transistors and thus turn the power switch off and on.
  • the power transistors are of the single-diffused silicon type whose collector-to-emitter saturation voltage V (sat) and base-to-emitter voltage V increase with increase in collector current to thereby further promote current equalization.
  • each of the paralleled power transistors is in a Darlington circuit with a base driver transistor so that the forward current transfer ratio decreases much more steeply with increase of collector current to thereby further promote current sharing.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram representing in block form a DC. traction motor PWM control system incorporating a preferred embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram representing in block form the drive current regulator shown in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a circuit diagram of the drive current regulator shown in FIGS. 1 and 2;
  • FIGS. 4, 5 and 6 are graphs showing characteristics .of the single-diffused silicon power transistors of the embodiment of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 7 represents the output current waveform from the drive current regulator and the voltage across the Darlington transistor switch
  • FIG. 8 is a circuit diagram of the saturation voltage limit circuit which is shown in block form as in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a control incorporating an alternative embodiment of power switch hav-. ing paralleled Darlington arrangements of power transistors and wherein current gain is not only an inverse function of collector current but also the current gain decreases much more steeply with increase of collector current than in the FIG. 1 embodiment.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates in block form a pulse width modulation control for a DC.
  • series traction motor M having an armature A and a field winding FLD fordriving the wheels of a fork lift truck (not shown).
  • Armature A may be connected in series with field winding FLD and a power switch PS across the terminals of a battery BATT either through the contacts Fl of a forward contactor and R2 of a reverse contactor to drive the motor M in one direction to propel the fork lift truck forward or through the contacts R1 of the reverse contactor and F2 of the forward contactor to reverse the motor M and propel the fork lift truck to the rear.
  • a diode D11 in parallel with the inductive motor path provides a circuit for the inductive motor current when power switch PS is turned off.
  • Motor M is energized by unidirectional pulses of current from battery BATT conducted by power switch PS, and the speed of motor M is regulated by a pulse width modulation system which controls the variable width pulses of voltage applied to motor M to proportionally vary the average voltage applied to motor M and includes an oscillator OSC shown in block form which produces a train of pulses that establish the frequency of the PWM system.
  • a pulse width modulation system which controls the variable width pulses of voltage applied to motor M to proportionally vary the average voltage applied to motor M and includes an oscillator OSC shown in block form which produces a train of pulses that establish the frequency of the PWM system.
  • each pulse from oscillator OSC may be coupled to a PWM LOGIC circuit shown in block form and set a bistable element (not shown) therein which provides an output pulse over a lead S1 to the drive current regulator DCR shown in block form to turn on power switch PS and thus initiate a variable width voltage pulse applied to motor M.
  • each pulse-from oscillator OSC is also coupled to a variable delay circuit VDS shown in block form which isreset by the oscillator output pulse and subsequently produces an output pulse .to PWM LOGIC circuit after a'selectively variable time delay determined by the setting of a speed potentiometer SP whose wiper is controlled by a manually operated foot pedal (not shown) on the fork lift truck.
  • variable delay circuit VDS resets the bistable element in the PWM LOGIC circuit which terminates the pulse to the drive current regulator DCR to turn off power switch PS.
  • the on-time and the power duty cycle of power switch PS is thus controlled by the time delay of the variable delay circuit VDS and is a function of the position of the speed potentiometer SP.
  • POWER SWITCH Drive current regulator DCR is a constant current switching regulator that supplies constant base drive to power switch PS which comprises a plurality preferably 15 for a 225 ampere power switch) of transistors Q1, Q2, Q3...Q15 of the single-diffused NPN silicon type such as are commercially available from RCA Corporation under the type designation 2N3771.
  • Each transistor O l-Q15 has its collector connected directly to a common collector bus CB that is coupled to one side of motor armature A and its emitter connected directly to an emitter bus EB which is coupled to one output terminal from drive current regulator DCR and to the negative terminal of battery BATI".
  • the other output terminal from the drive current regulator is connected to a base drive lead BDL which is coupled through individual diodes D1 to the base of each power transistor Ql-QlS, and the base of each power transistor Ql-OIS is also coupled through a resistance Rl to the emitter bus EB.
  • the collector current levels of paralleled power transistors Ql-QlS are substantially equal without the presence of current-sharing emitter resistors or other external current equalizing means utilized in prior art paralleled-transistor power switches.
  • the amount of current each transistor will conduct is dependent upon its forward current transfer ratio, or current gain h its saturated colIector-to-emitter drop Vcman and its base-to-emitter voltage drop V
  • the current gain h of a single-diffused silicon power transistors is a strong inverse function of collector current I and falls off very rapidly as collector current increases as shown in the representative I vs. h curves illustrated in FIG. 4 and also falls off rapidly as junction temperature increases.
  • the base-to-emitter voltage drop V and the collector-to-emitter saturated voltage drop Velma of a single-diffused silicon transistor are both strong functions of collector current as illustrated in the representative I vs. V curves of FIGS. 5 and 6 respectively.
  • one of the paralleled transistors Ql-QlS has a higher gain than the others or is driven harder than the others due to base current unbalance, its Velma and V voltage drops will increase with collector current until a stable current balance is achieved among the plurality of paralleled transistors within the current handling capability of each transistor.
  • the base-to-emitter voltage drops of such a single-diffused silicon transistor also increase as temperature increases, thereby further promoting stable operation and balanced collector currents in all of the paralleled transistors 01-015.
  • each transistor 01-015 The base drive to each transistor 01-015 is through a diode D1 which further promotes base current sharing between paralleled transistors Ql-QIS because of its current-voltage dependency, and diode D1 also prevents multiple transistor failure.
  • the voltage drop across the intemal impedance of each diode D1 increases in proportion to the base current flowing through it to the associated transistor, and since the base drive supplied by drive current regulator DCR is constant, the increase in voltage drop across each diode D1 with base current is in a direction to decrease the base current to the corresponding transistor and thus tend to equalize the base current levels of all the paralleled transistors Ql-QlS.
  • Each diode D1 isolates the associated transistor from the others so that if the transistor fails, the diode blocks the collector to base voltage V from feeding back and burning out the other transistors as frequently occurred in prior art paralleled-transistor power switches. If a transistor burns out, its collector-to-base junction may short so that the base assumes the collector potential, but diode D1 prevents the collector voltage of such a failed transistor from feeding back and turning on (or from burning out) the remaining paralleled transistors. Each diode D1 also provides an additional 0.60 volts of off-state voltage immunity so that power transistors Ql-QIS will not be affected by the output voltage drop of drive current regulator DCR during the off-time of the power switch.
  • the resistors R1 are connected between base and emitter of eachpower transistor 01-015 and provide bias for the power transistors in their off state.
  • a conduction limit, or saturation voltage limit circuit SL shown in block form in FIG. 1 senses the voltage drop across power switch PS and provides a signal over a lead CL to the PWM LOGIC circuit when power transistors Ql-Q began to pull out of saturation which terminates the pulse over lead S1 to drive current regulator DCR and turns power switch PS off. Since power switch PS pulls out of saturation at a magnitude of current below the maximum current carrying capabilities of transistors Ql-QlS, saturation limit circuit SL prevents excessive peak currents in the PWM control.
  • FIG. 9 schematically illustrates a variable time ratio control incorporating an alternative embodiment of power switch PS wherein the forward current transfer ratio decreases much more steeply with increase of collector current than in the FIG. 1 embodiment.
  • Power switch PS has a plurality of paralleled Darlington arrangements of power transistors, only two Darlington circuits Q70 and Q71 being shown in FIG. 9.
  • Each Darlington circuit O70, 071 includes a main power transistor Q having its emitter and collector connected respectively to emitter bus EB and the collector bus CB and a base drive power transistor Q, whose emitter is connected to the base of main transistor Q and whose collector is connected to the collector bus CB.
  • each driver transistor Q is connected through a resistance R70 to emitter bus EB and its base is coupled through a resistance R71 to its emitter.
  • FIG. 9 illustrates that drive current regulator DCR supplies constant base drive to the base of each drive transistor Q through a diode D1 which promotes base current sharing as described hereinbefore.
  • Each Darlington circuit Q70, Q71 may be a NPN, triple-diffused Darlington power transistor'unitary device of the type commercially available from the Delco Division of General Motors Corporation under the designation DTS-0730 wherein base drive transistor O and main transistor Q are integral and in a unitary package with the baseemitter resistors.
  • each Darlington circuit Q70, Q71 may be a six-device Darlington unitary device of the type commercially available from RCA Corporation under the designation TA 8624-V2 or separate power transistors may be used for Q and 0
  • Base drive source DCR provides substantially constant base drive current to the base of drive transistors Q, so that the Darlington devices O70, O71 operate on the very steep portion of the h vs. I characteristic shown in FIG. 10 wherein current gain decreases very steeply with increase of collector current.
  • the forward current transfer ratios are approximately inversely proportioned to I and this means that a spread of n-to-l between forward current transfer ratios would contribute a collector current spread of approximately ⁇ /'n'-tol.
  • the collector-to-emitter saturation voltage and the base-to-emitter voltage of the par alleled Darlington devices Q70, Q71 increase with increase in collector current and are in a direction to promote current equalization between the paralleled power transistors of power switch PS.
  • a capacitor-resistor-diode filter comprising a capacitor C in series with a resistor R and also with the parallel arrangement of two steering diodes DH and DF 2, is coupled across the and terminals of battery BATI as shown in FIG. 1 and filters the battery voltage to remove ripples caused by switching of power switch PS and also provides a steering network so that the forward contactor when operated can energize regulator DCR through diode DF2 and the reverse contactor when operated can energize regulator DCR through diode DF1.
  • drive current regulator DCR is only connected to battery BATT when the forward or reverse contactor is operated, and consequently average power dissipation in the PWM control is reduced.
  • the filter also reduces high frequency current flowing of the wiring of the fork lift truck.
  • Drive current regulator DCR is schematically represented in block form in FIG. 2 and includes a transistor switch Q comprising two transistors Q20 and Q21 connected in a complementary Darlington arrangement and in series with a free-wheeling diode FWD across the and terminals of battery BA'I'l".
  • a path in shunt to free-wheeling diode FWD includes the series arrangement of a filter choke, or inductor FG, a current feedback resistor RF, and a plurality of output clamping transistors OCT shown in block form in FIG. 2.
  • the clamping transistors OCT are connected across the output terminals of drive current regulator DCR, and thus across base drive lead BDL to power switch PS and the negative terminal of battery BATT.
  • the PWM LOGIC circuit supplies a signal over lead S1 to drive current regulator DCR which results in turning off the output clamping transistors OCT and turning on power transistors Oil-Q15 to initiate a variable width voltage pulse to motor M.
  • drive current regulator DCR When clamping transistors OCT are turned on, base current drive is shunted away from power switch PS.
  • the clamping transistors OCT When the clamping transistors OCT are turned off, base current flows over lead BDL to the power transistors Q1-Q15 of power switch PS and turns them on.
  • Complementary Darlington transistor switch 0 provides the high current switching for regulator DCR, and when it is turned on current flows from the terminal of battery BATT through filter choke FC and the current feedback resistor FR to the terminal of battery BATT through either conducting clamping transistors OCT or through power switch PS.
  • filter choke FC causescurrent to continue to flow through feedback resistor FR, clamping transistors OCT or power switch PS, and free-wheeling diode FWD in series.
  • a constant current pre-driver stage PRD shown in block form in FIG. 2 supplies base drive to the Darlington switch 0,, so that the drive current will not vary with changes in battery voltage, and the pre-driver stage PRD is controlled by signals over a lead 40 from a feedback control circuit FCC shown in block form in FIG. 2.
  • Feedback control circuit FCC detects the magnitude of output current from drive current regulator DCR by sensing the voltage developed across feedback resistor FR and provides the proper switching and duty cycle signals over lead 40 to the pre-driven stage PRD to regulate output current from regulator DCR at a constant value.
  • Closed loop feedback control of the magnitude of output current from drive current regulator DCR is accomplished by controlling the ratio of the on-time to the off-time of Darlington transistor switch Q
  • feedback control circuit FCC supplies signals over lead 40 to turn on predriver stage PRD and thus turn on Darlington transistor switch Q Conduction by switch 0,, applies battery voltage across filter choke PC so that current begins to build up in filter choke FC until it reaches the upper current level I shown in FIG. 7 preset in feedback control circuit FCC.
  • feedback control circuit FCC senses that regulator output current flowing through feedback resistor FR has reached the upper level I and applies a signal over lead 40 which turns off the pre-driver stage PRD and thus turns off Darlington switch Filter choke FC tends to keep current flowing in the path through free-wheeling diode FWD,
  • the complementary Darlington transistor switch 0 comprises a NPN main current switching transistor Q whose base is coupled to the collector of a PNP driver transistor Q21 which provides base drive current to main transistor Q20.
  • the collector of main current switching transistor Q20 is coupled to the terminal of battery 'BAT'T through the capacitor-resistor-diode filter CF, RF, DFl-DF 2 and the emitter of main transistor Q20 is coupled through freewheeling diode FWD to the terminal of battery BA'IT and is also coupled to one side of filter choke FC.
  • filter choke FC is connected through current feedback resistor FR to the commoned collectors of output clamping transistors OCT (shown with a dotted line rectangle as including three NPN transistors, QCl, QC2 and QC3) and is also connected to base drive lead BDL to power switch PS.
  • the emitters of the three paralleled output clamping transistors QC 1, QC2 and QC3 are commoned and coupled to the terminal of the battery BAT'I.
  • Each clamping transistor QCl, QC2 and QC3 carries only relatively low current so that its Vcmm) voltage drop is very low, and this keeps the power switch transistors Ql-QlS well into the cutoff region during off-time of the power switch.
  • Feedback resistor FR develops a voltage signal on lead 41 proportional to the magnitude of regulator output current flowing therethrough, and this signal is an input over lead 41 to feedback control circuit FCC as described hereinafter.
  • a normally conducting transistor Q31 has its emitter connected to the commoned bases of output clamping transistors QCl, QC2 and QC3 and provides base drive thereto.
  • Feedback resistor FR acts as a collector resistor in a saturated Darlington arrangement for the output clamping transistors QCl, QC2 and QC3.
  • Feedback resistor FR permits the output clamping transistor OCT to operate in saturation and the regulator output voltage to be very low since it is developed across the parallel collectoremitter circuits of three saturated transistors.
  • Base drive to normally conducting transistor Q31 is provided through a resistance R41 which is connected to a regulated +10 volt source described hereinafter so that the base drive for Q31 is independent of changes in battery voltage.
  • Output clamping transistors QC 1, QC2 and QC3 are switched on and off at the 300 Hz output frequency of oscillator OSC and control switching by power transistors Ql-QlS.
  • a pulse over lead S1 from PWM LOGIC circuit turns on a transistor Q32 which clamps the base of NPN drive transistor Q31 to the terminal of battery BATT to turn off drive transistor Q31.
  • Turning off transistor Q31 diminishes flow of current through emitter resistance R42 and thus decreases the potential at the commoned bases of clamping transistors QCl, QC2 and QC3 to turn them ofi and thereby permit base drive current to flow over lead BDL to power switch PS and turn it on.
  • a series feedback regulator SR shown within a dotted line rectangle in FIG. 3 maintains a constant potential of 10 volts between a lead designated +1OV and lead EDI. and includes a series transistor Q29 which absorbs battery voltage changes having its collector connected to the terminal of battery BAT'T, a reference Zener diode ZD1, a control resistor R27, a voltage divider comprising two resistances R29 and R30 connected in series across the output of the regulator, and a control transistor Q28 which compares the reference voltage across Zener diode ZDl with a portion of the regulator output voltage across resistance R30 and varies the control current through control resistor R27 and the base drive to series transistor Q29 in a direction to maintain regulator output voltage constant.
  • the negative side of the regulated voltage supply SR on lead BDL is connected through clamping transistors OCT to the terminal of battery BA'IT so that it shifts in potential relative to the terminal of battery BATT (while the 10 volt supply is kept constant) depending upon whether the clamping transistors QCl, QC2 and QC3 are on or off.
  • Constant drive current for transistor switch Q regardless of the voltage level of battery BATT is provided by a pre-drive stage PRD including the Darlington arrangement of a main transistor Q26 and a driver transistor Q27 for Q26.
  • the collector of main transistor Q26 is connected to the base of drive transistor Q21 of transistor switch Q and also to the terminal of battery BATT through a collector resistor R22, and the emitter of transistor Q26 is connected to the terminal of battery BATT through the series arrangement of an emitter resistor R23, feedback resistor FR, filter choke FC and free-wheeling diode FWD.
  • the base of predriver main transistor Q26 is connected to the emitter of driver transistor Q27 whose base is set at a 5 volt level.
  • resistors R25, R26, R31 and R34 are connected in series across the output terminals of the regulated volt supply POW to form a voltage divider, and the base of driver transistor Q27 is connected to the junction of resistors R25 and R26 which is set at 5 volts.
  • the magnitude of current flowing through the emitter-collector circuit of pre-driver main transistor Q26 is thus determined by the value of emitter resistance R23.
  • main transistor Q26 will limit current by pulling out of saturation, thereby assuring relatively constant base drive to complementary Darlington transistor switch Q regardless of changes in battery voltage.
  • Feedback control circuit FCC shown within a dotted line rectangle in FIG. 3 includes a differential amplifier DA which on one inputPl receives a reference potential of 5 volts set on a voltage divider comprising resistance R34 in series with two resistances R35 and R36 across the regulated l0 voltsupply.
  • the other input P2 to differential amplifier DA is a signal proportional to regulator output current flowing through feedback resistor FR and appearing on lead 41.
  • the voltage signal proportional to regulator current appearing on lead 41 increases in a positive direction relative to the negative side of regulated supply SR (at lead BOL) and is coupled to differential amplifier input P2 through a resistance R40 and a high frequency, noise-removing pi filter comprising two capacitors C4 and C5 and a resistance R39.
  • a transistor Q50 of differential amplifier DA conducts, and the resulting voltage drop across its collector resistance R33 is coupled to the base of an PNP output transistor Q30 and turns it on. Conduction by transistor Q30 clamps the junction between resistances R26 and R31 to the +10V lead to thereby raise the potential on lead 40 at the base of predriver stage NPN transistor Q27, thereby turning on the pre-drive stage PRD and thus turning on Darlington transistor switch 0,, to start the flow of regulator current.
  • the series arrangement of a resistance R32 and a capacitor C12 connected between input P1 and the collector of transistor Q30 applies a transient spike to input P1 when transistor Q30 conducts which forces the voltage at input P1 in a direction to momentarily further forward bias the base of Q30 and thereby assure rapid switching.
  • output transistor Q30 turns off, its collector is coupled through relatively low resistances R25 and R26 to the negative side of the re gulated supply with the result that input P1 is forced to a voltage slightly below the 5 volt D.C. reference level and thereby causes transistor 030 to switch off rapidly.
  • the saturation voltage limit circuit SL shown in block form in FIG. 1 and in detail in FIG. 8 monitors the voltage drop across transistor 01-015 of power switch PS and. provides alogic l voltage signal at all times over lead CL to the PWM LOGIC circuit except when power switch PS is saturated, at which time it provides logic 0 voltage on lead CL to the PWM LOGIC circuit which terminates the pulse over lead S1 to drive currentregulator DCR and turn off power switch PS.
  • transistors Q1-Q15 of power switch P5 When transistors Q1-Q15 of power switch P5 are saturated, their collector voltage is low and is coupled through a diode D15 and a resistance R50 to the base of a PNP transistor Q60 which is forward biased and remains conducting to hold a transistor Q61 on and provide logic on lead C6 to the PWM LOGIC circuit.
  • the emitter of transistor Q61 is connected to ground and its collector is connected to lead CL so that lead CL is at logic 0 voltage when transistor Q61 conducts.
  • the emitter of transistor Q60 is coupled to the junction of two resistances R52 and R53 which are connected in series between a volt source and ground so that the emitter of Q60 is biased between +5V and ground.
  • transistor Ql-QIS When the power switch transistors Ql-QIS pull out of saturation to the point where their collector voltage minus the forward drop of diode D equals the voltage on the emitter of transistor Q60 minus its baseemitter drop, transistor Q60 becomes reverse biased and turns off, thereby turning transistor Q61 off so that its collector voltage increases to provide logic 1 on lead CL to PWM LOGIC circuit which turns off power switch PS. Positive feedback from the collector of transistor Q61 through a resistance R54 to the base of transistor Q60 is provided to assure quick switching.
  • the positive +5V source is coupled through a resistance R55, diode D15, and resistor R50 to reverse bias transistor Q60 and thus hold transistors Q60 and Q61 off and maintain logic 1 on lead CL. Further, if the connection from power switch PS to saturation voltage limit circuit SL is accidentally opened, the base of transistor Q60 is reversed biased from the +5V source through R55, D15 and R50 to maintain transistor Q60 and Q61 off and logic 1 on lead CL so power switch transistors Q1-Q1 5 remain off.
  • a control for supplying variable time ratio pulses from an electrical source to a load including, in combination,
  • a power switch between said source and said load having a plurality of paralleled power'transistors with commoned collectors and commoned emitters, each said power transistor having a forward current transfer ratio characteristic with a portion wherein said ratio decreases abruptly with increase in collector current, a
  • a substantially constant current base drive source for said power switch coupled to the base of each of said power transistors and providing substantially constant current output sufficient to cause each of said power transistors to operate on said portion of said characteristic wherein said forward current transfer ratio decreases abruptly with increase in collector current
  • each of said power transistors is in a Darlington circuit with a base drive transistor and said base drive source is coupled to the base of said base drive transistor.
  • each of said power transistors is of the single-diffused silicon type.
  • each of said power transistors has a characteristic wherein collector-to-emitter saturation voltage increases with increase in collector current.
  • each of said power transistors has a characteristic wherein base-to-emitter voltage increases with increase in collector current.
  • each of said power transistors has a characteristic wherein collector-to-emitter saturation voltage increases with increase in collector current and also has a characteristic wherein base-to-emitter voltage increases with increase in collector current.
  • said base drive source includes a plurality of clamping transistors having commoned emitters, commoned bases and commoned collectors connected in shunt to the output of said drive source, said means for applying variable time ratio pulses is coupled to the commoned bases of said plurality of clamping transistors, and said base drive source also includes a transistor switch, a filter choke in a series circuit with said transistor switch and also with said plurality of clamping transistors, means for detecting the magnitude of current flowing in said series circuit, and duty cycle varying means responsive to said current detecting means for controlling said transistor switch to maintain the magnitude of current flowing in said series circuit substantially constant.
  • each said power transistor is a unitary Darlington device having said base drive transistor integral therewith.
  • each power transistor is a triple-diffused silicon Darlington power transistor.
  • each said power transistor has a collector-to-emitter saturation voltage characteristic which increases with increase in collector current and also has a base-toemitter voltage characteristic which increases with increase in collector current.
  • a control for supplying variable time ratio pulses from an electrical source to a load including, in combination,
  • a power switch between said source and said load having a plurality of paralleled power transistors with commoned collectors and commoned emitters, each said power transistor having a forward current ratio characteristic with a portion wherein said ratio decreases abruptly with increase in collector current
  • switching current regulator coupled to the base of each of said power transistors and including a transistor switch, output transistor clamping means, an inductor in a series circuit with said transistor switch and said output transistor clamping means, means for varying the duty cycle of said transistor switch to maintain substantially constant current output from said regulator sufficient to cause each of said power transistors to operate on said portion of said characteristic wherein said ratio decreases abruptly with increase in collector current
  • each of said power transistors is in a Darlington circuit with a base drive transistor and said switching current regulator is coupled to the base of said base drive transistor.
  • each said power transistor is a unitary Darlington device having said base driver transistor integral therewith.
  • each of said power transistors is of the single-diffused silicon type which has a collector-to-emitter saturated voltage characteristic that increases with increase in collector current and also has a base-to-emitter voltage characteristic which increases with increase in collector current.
  • each of said power transistors has a collector-to-emitter saturated voltage characteristic which increases with increase in collector current.
  • said output transistor clamping means includes a plurality of paralleled clamping transistors having commoned bases, commoned collectors and commoned emitters, and wherein said means for varying the duty cycle of said transistor switch includes feedback impedance means in said series circuit for deriving a feedback signal which is a function of the magnitude of current flowing in said series circuit, means for deriving a reference voltage signal, and differential amplifier means responsive to said feedback and reference signals for controlling said pre-driver stage to maintain the magnitude of current flowing in said series circuit substantially constant.

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