摘要 |
In a projectile carrying a plurality of payloads which are to be sequentially ejected, an electronic circuit for selectively firing ejection charges, which comprises a series of interlocked switches that are held in one position by the presence of the projectile backplate. Upon release of the backplate the switches assume a second position and thereby permit the application of voltage to an R-C network in which the capacitors charge up to a voltage sufficient to overcome a zener diode that in turn activates a silicon controlled rectifier via its conrol electrode. The rectifier is connected in series with an electrical energy source, ground interlock switches and a squib so as to fire the same sequentially after some selected period set by each of the R-C networks. The ground interlocks being connected so as to effectively short circuit the squibs prior to release of the backplate.
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