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- This invention relates to ferromagnetic elements possessing temperature regulation when electrically heated.
- the current may be fed through the ferromagnetic element directly, as by electrical conductors connected between the element and a source of current, or by induction.
- the known prior art employing a pure ferromagnetic element has the drawback that it will not hold the temperature constant over a wide range of cooling loads.
- the Carter-Krumme patent in col. 7 states the effectiveness of the device in terms of R max where R max is the resistance of the device below Curie and R min is the resistance of the device above Curie.
- the Carter-Krumme patent teaches that the preferred frequency range is 8 to 20 MHz.
- a pure ferromagnetic element is preferably used; although a composite element such as that taught by the Carter-Krumme patent could be used.
- radio frequency current preferably in the general range of 5 to 20 MHz is passed through the ferromagnetic element, either directly or by induction.
- the amplitude of the current is selected so as to heat the element well above its effective Curie.
- the element then cools below the effective Curie and the current is restored so as to again heat the element to its effective Curie.
- the process then repeats itself, hence a pulsating large current is fed to the element in such a manner as to hold its temperature fairly constant.
- the sharp drop in permeability may, according to this invention be sensed in several different ways. On such way is to have the winding of an auto-transformer around the ferromagnetic element. Another way is to sense the change in power drawn by the ferromagnetic element, since the device may be so designed that the power will decline when the permeability declines. When the power sharply declines the current is cut-off for a brief period and is then restored.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a prior art arrangement wherein the RF current is fed through a ferromagnetic element by direct electrical connection thereto.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a prior art arrangement wherein the RF current is fed through a ferromagnetic element by induction.
- FIG. 3 is a graph of the temperature regulation of the devices of FIGS. 1 and 2.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of one form of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of another form of the present invention.
- FIG. 5A is a modified form of FIG. 5.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of still another form of the present invention.
- FIG. 6A shows a modified form of FIG. 6.
- FIG. 6B a schematic diagram of a modified form of FIG. 6.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a prior art ferromagnetic strip B which may be 0.010 inches thick and 0.2 inches wide, composed of nickel-iron alloy having a permeability of over 100 and an effective Curie temperature in the range of 150° C. or more.
- the constant current power supply PS is capable of delivering sufficient power to the strip to heat it well above the effective Curie temperature, for example 70° C. above the effective Curie. If then the current is turned on, the strip B will be heated to temperature T (FIG. 3) which is say 70° C. above the effective Curie C. If now a source of cooling fluid, for example gaseous carbon dioxide is passed over strip B in progressively increasing quantity the temperature will fall along line E to level C and will remain there until ultimately the cooling is so great that the temperature will fall off along tail line D.
- a source of cooling fluid for example gaseous carbon dioxide
- FIG. 2 illustrates a similar prior art arrangement in which current is induced in ferromagnetic strip B by induction. This device will function in the same way as the device of FIG. 1.
- the present invention avoids the portion E of the curve above the effective Curie temperature and also either avoids tail line D or at least postpones it to such a high cooling rate that it is no problem.
- a ferromagnetic strip or bar 10 has a diameter or thickness of at least several thousandths of an inch.
- the configuration of element 10 may vary depending on the desired end use. For example, if the end use is a soldering iron, element 10 may have the shape of a soldering iron.
- a small pick-up coil 11 is adjacent to, or around a part of, ferromagnetic strip, bar or rod 10.
- Coil 11 will function as an auto-transformer.
- the left half of the coil 11 is the primary and the right half of the coil 11 is the secondary.
- the voltage of source 19 may be in the range of 8 to 24 volts.
- the control relay 16, 17 will be energized by the voltage or current induced in the secondary of auto-transformer 11 and will close the circuit to ferromagnetic member 10 when the ferromagnetic member 10 is below Curie.
- the ferromagnetic member 10 has high permeability and current will be induced in the secondary of auto-transformer 11.
- the secondary of auto-transformer 11 applies an a.c. voltage across wires 12 and 14. This voltage is rectified by rectifier 15 and feeds relay coil 16, attracting armature 17 to close a circuit from source 18 through ferromagnetic member 10.
- the source may be in the range of 5 to 20 MHz, for example, and feeds sufficient RF current through member 10 to heat it well above Curie. As the member 10 is heated near or above Curie the auto-transformer 11 is no longer effective since the permeability of member 10 has dropped toward unity, hence the voltage in the secondary of the autotransformer falls.
- the relay coil 16 is deenergized and armature 17 opens the circuit under the pull of spring 20.
- the current to the ferromagnetic member 10 from R.F. source 18 is cut off.
- the ferromagnetic member 10 then cools and when its temperature falls below Curie the autotransformer 11 again becomes operative due to the high permeability of member 10.
- the secondary of auto-transformer 11 now puts out full voltage, the relay 16, 17 closes and current from source 18 is again passed through member 10 to heat it to Curie. The cycle then repeats over and over.
- Solid state controls may replace parts 15, 16, 17.
- the member 10 may be of high permeability such as Invar, Alloy 42, or a ternary alloy composed of 45% nickel, 46% iron and 9% molybdium.
- the parameters such as the amplitude of the current from source 18, time delay etc. of relay 16, 17 may be selected so that the relay 16, 17 opens and closes rapidly (several times a second).
- the time delay of the parts will be selected to get the proper frequency for the opening and closing of the solid state switch corresponding to relay 16, 17. If then there is a high rate of extraction of heat from member 10 the relay 16, 17 will be closed longer than it is open etc. But if one section 21 of the member 10 has much more heat extracted therefrom than is extracted from other equally wide sections, the section 21 will receive more heat from the current as will be explained. In such case, the section 21 will remain far below Curie and will not rise above Curie when the relay armature 17 is closed.
- section 21 will have higher resistance per unit of length than the rest of member 10. Since the same current traverses the entire length of member 10, section 21 will get more heat per unit length, and thus provide more heat to offset the fact that there is greater extraction of heat from section 21.
- R.F. source 18 may be a constant current source but this is not necessary. The fact that it is disconnected from the load above Curie is sufficient control over the current.
- a key point is that means are employed to detect the transition from below Curie to Curie and in response to detecting that transition the current thru the ferromagnetic bar is cut off. If the device is arranged to cycle on and off, and if the "off" periods are kept of short, the device should hold its temperature quite constant.
- relay 16, 17 it is preferable for the relay 16, 17 to completely disconnect the source 18 from the ferromagnetic strip 10.
- FIGS. 5 and 6 illustrate a different way of sensing the Curie transition.
- the change in power, that occurs when the temperature increases through the Curie transition is sensed, and in response to sensing that change in power, the current to the ferromagnetic element is either cut-off or reduced.
- the load 69 is the high permeability ferromagnetic element and may have the composition, shape, and size described above, or as desired for any given end use.
- FIG. 5 illustrates a constant voltage power supply for use with the invention.
- This power supply has conventional oscillator 50, conventional buffer 51, conventional driver 52, and conventional class C amplifier 53, stages. While a wide variety of such equipment is available, one suitable form is shown in The ARRL 1985 Handbook (62nd Ed., 1985), published by the American Radio Relay League, Chapter 30, pages 30-24 to 30-26. A copy of the applicable pages of this handbook was filed with the parent application Ser. No. 749,637 of which is a continuation in part.
- the driver 52 has an input to key the same on and off and this corresponds to the key jack J1 on page 30-24 of said handbook.
- the driver 52 is keyed by the contacts of a small fast electromagnetic or solid state relay (not shown) in a conventional fashion; the relay coil being energized by the pulses on wire 67 from timer 66.
- the output 67 of timer 66 may bias the driver 52 off.
- the linear power amplifier 54 is optional, and may be any, of many, suitable linear amplifiers, for example it may be the 140 Watt Solid State Linear Amplifier, shown on pages 30-27 to 30-30 of said ARRL 1985 Handbook. See also the Motorola RF data Data Manual (3rd. Ed., 1983), pages 4-194 to 4-199.
- the output of linear power amplifier 54 is fed through resistor 61, which feeds impedance matching transformer 68 in which turn feeds the load 69.
- the voltage at the output of the linear power amplifier 54 is held constant by the components 55-60 as follows.
- Resistors 55 and 56 form a voltage divider across the output of power amplifier 54.
- the diode 57 feeds resistor 58, capacitor 81, and amplifier 59, so that the output of the latter reflects the voltage at the output of power amplifier 54.
- That output feeds power regulator 60 which may be Texas Instruments, INc. Type LM 117, described on pages 99 to 103 of The Voltage Regulator Handbook published by Texas Instruments, Inc. A copy of the applicable pages of this handbook was filed with the parent application Ser. No. 749,637, of which this application is a continuation in part.
- This regulator 60 controls the main power input circuit 70 to the Class C amplifier 53 to thus raise or lower the output voltage thereof as necessary to keep the output voltage of linear amplifier 54 fairly constant.
- This regulator 60 has a built-in conventional standard reference voltage which is compared to the voltage at the output of amplifier 59, and the regulator 60 then functions to control the input voltage to Class C amplifier 53 so as to hold the voltage at the output of linear amplifier 54 constant.
- the voltage control elements 55 to 60 and 81 are unnecessary in those cases where the voltage of the radio frequency source remains sufficiently constant that elements 55 to 60 are not necessary.
- Timer 66 has a built in standard reference voltage which is compared with the voltage at the output of amplifier 64, and the timer 66 is triggered to start its time period when the voltage at the output of amplifier 64 becomes negative with respect to the standard reference voltage of timer 66. When this happens the timer 66 applies a pulse to wire 67 to cut-off all power at the output of linear amplifier 54.
- the timer 66 of FIG. 5 may be Type 555 manufactured by Texas Instruments, Inc., and the manufacture's data sheet for this timer 66 is being filed with said parent application Ser. No. 749,637, of which this application is a continuation in part.
- the input signal is fed into the Trigger (pin 2) of the timer 66.
- the impedance matching transformer 68 in FIG. 5 may be designed and/or selected according to conventional practices such as those described in said Motorola RF Device Data manual pages 4-145 to 4-153, or said ARRL 1985 Handbook, FIG. 44, page 30-28.
- the resistance values of the various resistors for FIG. 5 may be as follows; it being understood of course that changes are necessary for different designs:
- Capacitors 75, 80 and 81 may have a capacity of 0.001 mfd.
- the 555 timer is actuated to start its time period when its trigger input is fed with a declining voltage that falls below the built-in small positive threshold of the timer 66.
- This condition is met in FIG. 5 assuming that the amplifier 64 is biased to provide the desired trigger voltage.
- the output of amplifier 64 rises above the threshold of timer 66 and remains there until not only the pulse at the output timer 66 expires but thereafter until there is a sufficient increase in the current through resistor 61 to again trigger timer 66 to start a new timing period.
- the above overall cycle then repeats itself, providing a pulsating or intermittent current to the load 69 as required to provide a constant temperature.
- the parts 64, 65, 72, 73 and 74 may be omitted and the output of rectifier 62 fed directly to driver 52 to bias it off (or open a relay in its keying circuit) when the voltage at rectifier 62 rises. Further simplicity may be achieved by omitting the constant voltage regulating circuit 55 to 60 and 81 when the power supply 5-54 is of the usual type which has a fairly constant voltage at its output.
- FIG. 5A is a further modified form of FIG. 5 in which the radio frequency source 83 has very low power compared to the source 54 of FIG. 5, and the main heating power is supplied by the d.c. or 60 Hz source 90 compared to the source 54 of FIG. 5.
- the frequency of source 83 is high enough in the megahertz range so that its output current increases substantially when the high permeability ferromagenetic strip 85 increases in temperature and approaches the effective Curie temperature.
- the output voltage of source 83 may be controlled, or held constant, by a voltage regulating circuit 84 that is the same as or similar to the circuit 55 to 60 of FIG. 5; however in many cases the regulator 84 is not necessary since a simple low power r.f.
- the signal generator usually has a fairly constant output voltage without a regulator.
- the current from source 83 is for control purposes and need not, and usually is not, sufficient to substantially heat ferromagnetic element 69.
- the main source of heating current for element 69 is the source 90 which may operate as any frequency but to save cost it would preferably be a direct current source or a low frequency one such as 60 Hz.
- Source 90 feeds the ferromagnetic element through the contacts 87 of normally closed relay 86, 87 which may be an electromagnetic relay (with a spring normally biasing it open) or its solid state equivalent.
- Capacitors 88 isolate the r.f. source 83 from the source 90, and inductors 89 isolate the source 90 from the radio frequency currents.
- Suitable components such as rectifier 85 and amplifier 85A are used to interconnect resistor 61 to coil 86.
- FIG. 5A operates as follows.
- the source 83 continuously passes a radio frequency current through ferromagnetic element 69.
- the element 89 has a relatively high resistance and the voltage drop across resistor 61 is insufficient to open the normally closed relay 86, 87. Therefore, a large current from source 90 is fed through relay contacts 87 to the ferromagnetic element 69 heating the same.
- the permeability of element 69 falls, its skin depth increases and its resistance decreases. Hence, the current through resistor 61 increases, and the current through coil 86 increases, opening the relay 86, 87.
- FIG. 6 will next be described.
- the power generating stages 50 to 54 in FIG. 6 are essentially the same as for FIG. 5, although they are controlled in a different way; and therefore it is unnecessary to further describe those stages.
- the current from the output of power amplifier 54 to the load 69 is held constant by components 60, 62, 63, 64, 70, 75, 76 and 77 as follows.
- operational amplifier 64 whose output controls power regulator 60 (which may be Texas Instruments, Inc. Type LM 117 described above).
- the power regulator 60 controls the voltage on wire 70 fed to Class C amplifier 53 to thus hold the output current of power amplifier 54 constant.
- the regulator 60 has a built-in standard reference voltage which is compared with the voltage at the output of amplifier 64, and the regulator 60 functions to keep the two voltages the same and thus keep the current at load 69 constant.
- the timer 66 may have a built-in standard reference voltage which is compared with the voltage at the output of amplifier 59. When the voltage at the output of amplifier 59 becomes negative with respect to the reference voltage, the timer 66 cuts-off driver 52 for a predetermined time interval as explained in connection with FIG. 5.
- the 555 timer described above, is employed for timer 66 of FIG. 6 it is desirable for the voltage at the input (trigger) of the timer to become negative which respect to the reference (threshold) voltage of the timer; and to then again return to a voltage above that of the reference (threshold) value before the expiration of pulse at the output of the timer 66.
- This return voltage may be provided by one skilled in the art in many ways. One way is to insert suitable means in the output of amplifier 59 (FIG. 6) to produce a trigger pulse of proper shape to trigger the timer 66. Another way is shown in FIG.
- a feedback circuit comprising amplifier 66A and capacitor 66B provides a signal, from the positive going output pulse of timer 66, to the trigger input of that timer.
- the capacitor 66B holds the voltage at the trigger input of timer 66 above its reference (threshold) value for a sufficient timer period to allow the driver 52, Class C amplifier 53 and power amplifier 54 to apply full power to the load, so that the output voltage of amplifier 59 will be high enough to hold timer 66 off as long as the temperature of element 69 is below the Curie transition.
- a system embodying the feedback circuit 66A of FIG. 6A works in the same as the circuit of FIG. 6 except that the feedback circuit of FIG. 6A has been added.
- Such a system operates as follows. When the load 69 is below Curie the current to it through resistor 61 is held constant by the parts 60, 62, 63, 64, 70, 75, 76 and 77. When the temperature of the load 69 approaches Curie the resistance of the load declines and the voltage fed to the positive (+) input to amplifier 59 declines.
- the timer 66 When the output voltage of amplifier drops enough so it becomes negative with respect to the positive reference (threshold) voltage at the trigger input of timer 66, the timer 66 produces a pulse on its output turning off driver 52 and cutting off current to the load for the predetermined timer period for which the timer is set.
- the voltage through amplifier 66A returns the voltage on wire 59A to a value above the reference (threshold) voltage of the trigger input of the timer 66 and (due to capacitor 66B) holds the voltage at said trigger input above the reference voltage for a period a little longer than the time during which the timer 66 holds driver 52 off.
- the radio frequency signal generator 52, 53, 54 resumes its constant current output through resistor 61 to load 69.
- the voltage across voltage divider 55, 56 is again high since the load 69 cooled somewhat while the timer 66 held driver 52 off.
- full power is fed to load 69.
- the temperature of the load 69 again rises, causing the voltage at the input of amplifier 59 to fall and driver 52 is again cut off.
- the above cycle repeats itself indefinitely thus producing a series of pulses through resistor 61 to load 69 and holding the temperature of the load fairly constant.
- the upper temperature of load 69 is the Curie temperature and the lower temperature is determined by the reference voltage of the trigger of timer 66.
- the modified form of FIG. 6B has a constant current radio frequency system 91, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97 to sense the resistance of the load 69 to radio frequency currents, and thus sense the Curie transition.
- a d.c. or low frequency (60 Hz) source 90 is connected across the load 69. This latter source 90 is disconnected from the load 69 when the temperature rises to Curie.
- the low power radio frequency source 91 has a constant current output. If the resistance of resistor 61 is sufficiently high it may keep the output current from source sufficiently constant that no further regulation is needed. If further regulation is needed, a regulating circuit 92, when used, may conform to the circuit 60, 62, 63, 64, 70, 75, 76, 77 of FIG. 6. The power output of source 91 is insufficient to provide significant heat to load 69, since source 90 is relied on to provide the heating current for the load 69.
- the load 69 is a ferromagnetic strip or element of such high permeability, and of such size that the radio frequency current from source 91 will have a much greater skin depth at Curie than at temperatures well below Curie.
- source 91 preferably has a frequency above 5 MHz.
- the operational amplifier 59 and 64 of both FIGS. 5 and 6 may be Type uA741M or uA741C, manufactured by Texas Instruments, Inc., and a data sheet describing these amplifiers was filed with the parent application Ser. No. 749,637, of which this application is a continuation in part.
- the current fed to the load 10 or 69 is not limited by the permissible temperature T (FIG. 3).
- the current that may be applied to the load 10 or 69 may be much higher than is permissible with FIGS. 1 and 2 or with any other known prior art. If a very large cooling load is applied to ferromagnetic elements 10 or 69, the heavy current to those elements will be "on" a much larger percentage of the time than will be the case for a small cooling load.
- the cooling load is light
- the heavy current will quickly reheat the ferromagnetic load element 10 or 69, after the current is restored by the closing of relay 16, 17 or by the expiration of the same interval of timer 66.
- the cooling, load is very heavy the time period for heating the ferromagnetic load element after the current is turned on will be longer than was the case for the light load.
- the curve instead of the curve T, E, C, D of FIG. 3, which is typical of the prior art, the curve would consist of a single horizontal substantially straight line at the effective Curie temperature C.
- Another advantage of the invention over the prior art referred to above, is that it will work over a very wide band of frequencies.
- the device of FIG. 4 will work, even if power supply 18 has a d.c. output or has an output frequency as low as 60 Hz or even lower. In such a case the invention would lose the value of providing greater heat to a limited section 21 (FIG. 4), that is cooled more than other sections.
- the feature of providing increased heating to a limited section such as 21, is applicable to all forms of the invention (FIGS. 4, 5 and 6), if the frequency is high enough to provide the necessary change in skin depth.
- the frequency and the size of the ferromagnetic element should be so related that there is a substantial change in skin depth, due to the change in permeability, as the temperature goes through the Curie transition if a section such as 21 is to get added heat when it is cooled.
- a strip several thousandths of an inch thick will meet this requirement in the 8-20 MHz range.
- the ferromagnetic load may be several skin depths thick, for example, to meet this requirement.
- impedance matching poses no problem at least in some forms of the invention.
- impedance matching is a serious problem in the prior art; for example in said Carter-Krumme patent the resistance of the load may be 40 times as high below Curie as it is at Curie.
- the impedance is matched at temperatures below Curie it is not matched at the Curie temperature. This can result in large losses in the power supply including any power transmission line for feeding the load.
- the impedance need only be matched at temperatures below Curie since the current is turned off when the temperature reaches Curie.
- the change in skin depth during the Curie transition will result in a change in resistance of the load 69, which will result in a change in power, which is sensed and used as a control parameter.
- the invention has end uses whenever it is desired to hold the temperature of a strip, rod, bar, or other configuration constant.
- One such use for example is in soldering as it is often undesirable to overheat apparatus being soldered.
- the ferromagnetic element 10 or 69 may be all or part of an element being soldered, or it may be located in contact with an element being soldered.
- the ferromagnetic elements 10 or 69 may also be used as heaters to heat chemicals to make sure that chemical reactions occur at predetermined fairly constant temperatures.
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