Active clamp circuit with immunity to zener diode microplasmic noise
CA 2033236 C · Owner: Eccleston, Rex James · Inventors: Eccleston, Rex James; Bator, Philip Mark; Rutkowski, David John
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An active clamp circuit for an inductive load switching circuit includes a zener current control resistor to set the breakdown current in a zener diode of the clamp circuit. The zener breakdown current is set at a sufficiently high level to ensure that the zener diode is operated at a point beyond its "knee" region and therefore does not generate interfering levels of microplasmic noise (MPN). The zener current control resistor is provided in addition to a circuit speed control resistor such that there is substantially independent control of the switching circuit operating speed and the breakdown current of the zener diode of the active clamp circuit.
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- Filed December 27, 1990 and granted April 29, 1997. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 27, 2010.
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