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ZERO SUPPRESSION FOR RECORDERS

Patent ·
OSTI ID:4263336
A zero-suppression circuit for self-balancing recorder instruments is presented. The essential elements of the circuit include a converter-amplifier having two inputs, one for a reference voltage and the other for the signal voltage under analysis, and a servomotor with two control windings, one coupled to the a-c output of the converter-amplifier and the other receiving a reference input. Each input circuit to the converter-amplifier has a variable potentiometer and the sliders of the potentiometer are ganged together for movement by the servoinotor. The particular noveity of the circuit resides in the selection of resistance values for the potentiometer and a resistor in series with the potentiometer of the signal circuit to ensure the full value of signal voltage variation is impressed on a recorder mechanism driven by servomotor.
Research Organization:
Originating Research Org. not identified
NSA Number:
NSA-13-013826
Assignee:
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Patent Number(s):
US 2866939
OSTI ID:
4263336
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English