Abstract:
Noise potentials and radiation in an ultrasonic nebulizer are reduced by separating the oscillator and power supply and shielding the former, with one of the DC power lines to the oscillator passing through an aperture in the metal casing that shields the oscillator, while the other power supply line is connected to that casing. Oscillator control may be achieved by an unshielded variable resistor coupled by conductors of extended length to the oscillator by a filter circuit.
Abstract:
An electronic siren wherein push-pull output transistor stages are used to drive an inductive load for producing an audible signal. Thermally induced base leakage currents are diverted from the transistor stages through the use of a control network which alternately removes a constantly asserted forward biasing signal therefrom. A current diverting network operating in conjuction with a series connected common emitter resistor serves to limit excess current flow at the output transistor stages and a shutdown network responding to a non-saturated on condition at either transistor stage serves to shut the circuit down in the event of short circuits and the like.