摘要 |
Apparatus for limiting the peak magnitude of voltage applied to a chopper excited load to the magnitude of the source voltage. In a system including a chopper, a smoothing reactor and a load serially connected to a direct current power source, a clamping circuit is connected in parallel with the chopper and smoothing reactor and provides a current path between the load and the direct current source when load voltage attempts to exceed source voltage as a result of commutation transients in the voltage-turn-off chopper. Where the load is a direct current motor, the clamping circuit in combination with a freewheeling diode provides a suppression circuit for power source transients.
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