A low-level linear rundown circuit for pulse-height to pulse-width conversion
- Resource Type
- Periodical
- Authors
- Endsley, David L.; Grannemann, W. W.; Summers, Thomas
- Source
- Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Part I: Communication and Electronics Trans. AIEE, Part I: Comm. Electron. American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Part I: Communication and Electronics, Transactions of the. 80(2):150-152 May, 1961
- Subject
- Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Equations
Gases
Thyristors
Geometry
Transistors
Resistance
Electrodes
- Language
- ISSN
- 0097-2452
2379-674X
The two-transistor linear rundown circuit analyzed here is desirable because of its size and economy. The circuit uses one transistor for the constant-current generator and another for an emitter-follower. Waveforms obtained from both experimental and theoretical analysis correlated well enough to plot them as a single waveform. With the addition of a differentiating circuit, this rundown circuit is well suited for the problem of low-level pulse-height to pulse-width conversion.