发明名称 Timer with adjustable time control based on an RC oscillator with a variable resistor, and toaster including such a timer
摘要 An RC oscillator having an oscillation frequency which is controllable by supplying a step voltage signal to a series arrangement of a capacitor and a resistor, the oscillation frequency being dependent on the time for the capacitor to be charged to a given voltage level. In order to vary the frequency, the amplitude of the supplied step voltage is varied instead of the resistance of the resistor via which the capacitor is charged. The amplitude variation can be provided, for example, by a potentiometer which acts as a voltage divider for the step voltage. The tolerance of the potentiometer in regard to its resistance value will not be relevant, because it is only the ratio between different portions thereof which is determinative. The step voltage, and consequently the oscillation frequency, will be proportional to the setting of the potentiometer regardless of the resistance tolerance thereof.
申请公布号 US5938960(A) 申请公布日期 1999.08.17
申请号 US19980115785 申请日期 1998.07.14
申请人 U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 发明人 LULOFS, KLAAS J.;BIJ DE LEIJ, TJERK
分类号 A47J37/08;H03B5/20;H05B1/02;(IPC1-7):H05B1/02 主分类号 A47J37/08
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