Dec.

12, 1967

F. GROSSOEHME

3,358,210

WOLTAGE REGULATOR

Filed June 25, 1964

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such changes and modifications that come within the true

spirit and scope of the invention.
What is claimed as new and desired to be secured by
Letters Patent of the United States is:
1. In a rectifier having an alternating current input and 5
a direct current output,
means for regulating the potential of the direct current
output comprising,
silicon-controlled rectifier means connected in series
with the alternating current input,

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2. In a rectifier as in claim 1 wherein,

the silicon-controlled rectifier means comprise a pair
of oppositely poled silicon-controlled rectifiers, each
having a control electrode and
the magnetic amplifier means comprise a pair of gate
windings of opposite polarity, driven from said alter
nating input with the gate windings being respec
tively connected to the control electrodes of the sil
icon-controlled rectifiers.

magnetic amplifier means having two control windings,

a fixed reference voltage connected across one control
winding, thereby providing a constant reference cur

rent therethrough, the other winding being connected

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current
flow fluctuating as the direct output potential 15 ,U3
fluctuates,
and the output of said magnetic amplifier
means
connecting
to said silicon-controlled rectifier means and control-

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ling the firing thereof to vary the alternating current 20 JOHN F. COUCH, Primary Examiner.
input tooutput
the rectifier
inversely to changes in the direct H. HUBERFELD, M. WACHTEL, Assistant Examiners.
current
potential.