Abstract :
A growing demand for power supplies brings with it the need for custom-engineered units of high efficiency to operate sophisticated types of electronic equipment. A new concept of electrical energy conversion, which for the first time makes possible the use of the variable width pulse technique in a power supply of the 1-kw and higher output range was described by Dr. Victor Wouk in a paper delivered at the recent IRE convention in New York City. In this new type of unit, the Convertron, silicon-controlled rectifiers are used to generate high-frequency pulses of variable width. Changing the width of the pulse regulates the output voltage.
