• DocumentCode
    866137
  • Title

    Tunnel-diode invertor for Ripple I and II

  • Author

    Third, S.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, UK
  • Volume
    1
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1965
  • fDate
    6/1/1965 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    94
  • Lastpage
    95
  • Abstract
    The electrical output from the thermoelectric generators used in the Ripple I and Ripple II equipments is 75 mW at 400 mV. Because of the low-voltage output, a gallium-arsenide tunnel-diode convertor is used. This unit supplies a trickle charge to a storage battery energising a pulsed navigation light, which requires a tube voltage of 500 V, a trigger voltage of 8 kV, and has a mean power consumption of 30 mW.
  • Keywords
    convertors; power supplies to apparatus; semiconductor switches; tunnel diodes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19650087
  • Filename
    4205449
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=866137