• DocumentCode
    931270
  • Title

    The Principle of a Servo-Type Mechanism Requiring Variable Elements

  • Author

    Drenick, R.

  • Author_Institution
    RCA Victor Div., Radio Corporation of America, Camden, N.J.
  • Volume
    41
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1953
  • fDate
    3/1/1953 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    373
  • Lastpage
    377
  • Abstract
    The subject of this article is the theoretical synthesis of a mechanism which has some essential features in common with conventional servomechanisms and some with analog computers. It operates on a feedback principle; that is, at one point of the system an input is compared with a signal fed back from the outputs of the device, and an error signal is derived from this comparison. The basic distinction lies in the fact that this one error signal is used in this mechanism to control two outputs which are subject to a constraint. This is accomplished by a suitable variation in the gains of the system.
  • Keywords
    Analog computers; Computer errors; Error correction; Filters; Helium; Output feedback; Senior members; Servomechanisms; Signal synthesis; Stability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IRE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0096-8390
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JRPROC.1953.274385
  • Filename
    4051321