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A PARALLEL-TRANSISTOR CASCADED AMPLIFIER FOR CONTROLLING VERY LARGE CURRENTS

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4183146

A method for controlling large currents at low voltages by means of paralleled high-power switching transistors was developed. The output current from a 3.5-volt 1000ampere filtered Ge rectifier is made to flow through a lowimpedance load at any desired rate by means of a seriesregulator amplifier circuit consisting of three cascaded parallel-transistor amplifier stages. A relatively small control signal range is sufficient to sweep the output current from 0 to 1000 amperes. (W.D.M.)

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, N.Y.
NSA Number:
NSA-14-011152
OSTI ID:
4183146
Report Number(s):
BNL-4651; ADD-RHR-5
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
English

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