Abstract: Provided is a transcranial magnetic stimulator capable of providing a magnetic stimulation with a required intensity inside a brain even when a current value and a voltage value applied to magnetic stimulation coils in a plurality of resonant circuits are reduced. The transcranial magnetic stimulator includes a plurality of resonant circuits for applying respective pulse currents to a plurality of magnetic stimulation coils to generate variable magnetic fields, and a power source that supplies an electric power to the plurality of resonant circuits. The plurality of resonant circuits are connected in parallel to the power source, and therefore, the plurality of magnetic stimulation coils are also connected in parallel to the power source. The plurality of magnetic stimulation coils are formed in approximately a same shape, and adjacently disposed such that directions of magnetic fluxes generated by the applied pulse currents are matched.

Abstract: An inverter apparatus includes a basic control section including a main circuit which includes an inverter, and a control unit which controls the main circuit. The inverter apparatus also includes an I/O block which is connected to the basic control section, and is selected from a plurality of different types of I/O blocks. The I/O block includes an input/output interface. The input/output interface includes a signal connection terminal which transmits an input/output signal to/from the control unit. Operation management specifications of the main circuit are fixed independently of operation management specifications of the input/output interface.

Abstract: This specification discloses an overcurrent protective circuit for detecting an overcurrent flowing through an electrostatic self-turn-off device and suppressing the overcurrent.The overcurrent protective circuit according to the present invention comprises a power source for supplying a driving voltage to the electrostatic self-turn-off device to turn on the device, a switching circuit for performing on-off control of the driving voltage to provide a driving signal to the self-turn-off device, and a circuit for detecting the voltage of the driving control terminal and holding the potential of the driving control terminal below the driving voltage in response to the detected voltage reaching a predetermined value.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for controlling a pulse width modulated (PWM) inverter controlled for ignition by a (PWM) pulse produced with a carrier wave and a modulation wave. The method comprises sampling an amplitude of the modulation wave at a cycle rate related to the frequency of the carrier wave. The modulation wave and the carrier wave are synchronized when the sample modulation wave amplitude has a peak value greater than an amplitude of the carrier wave. The modulation wave and the carrier wave are asynchronized when the sampled modulation wave has a peak value less than the amplitude of the carrier wave.

Abstract: A control system for controlling a PWM inverter so that the inverter drives an induction motor at a variable voltage and a variable frequency while keeping constant a ratio of the output voltage of the inverter to the output frequency thereof, is disclosed which includes current component detecting means for detecting an effective current corresponding to a load, from the input current of the induction motor, frequency setting means for setting the output frequency of the PWM inverter, flux setting means for setting the amount of magnetic flux generated in the induction motor, correcting-frequency calculating means for calculating a frequency correcting quantity proportional to the effective current, and correcting-flux calculating means for calculating a flux correcting quantity proportional to the effective current.

Abstract: A single phase, full wave diode bridge circuit is connected with a chopper on its DC output side. An output voltage of the chopper is smoothed by a smoothing capacitor and thereafter supplied for a load. A current control apparatus forms a current reference signal which is synchronized with an AC voltage applied to the bridge circuit and has a magnitude corresponding to a current flowing through the load and produces a deviation signal between the current reference signal and an actual AC input current of the bridge circuit. The chopper is controlled in accordance with the deviation signal so that the AC input current follows the current reference signal, whereby the power factor and the waveform of the AC input current in the bridge circuit are improved.

Abstract: An inverter for converting DC power to AC power, an oscillation control circuit for stepwise generating a command value concerning the conversion condition of the inverter, and an operation controller which, when the command value from the oscillation control circuit changes, controls the oscillation control circuit to repetitively generate alternate new and old or present command values before and after change of the command value. Particularly, this invention provides an inverter capable of continuing smooth operation even when the control system has a limited resolution.

Abstract: A power inverter including a converter unit for rectifying AC power into DC power, an inverter for inverting the DC power into AC power for driving a load apparatus, and a protection apparatus for protecting the load apparatus from being overloaded. The load protecting apparatus comprises current detecting means for detecting a current supplied to the inverter unit from the converter unit, a memory for storing a thermally limited operation time characteristic determined in consideration of cooling effect proper to the load apparatus, and an abnormality detecting circuit for producing an abnormality signal to stop the operation of the inverter unit when an accumulated value calculated on the basis of the current value detected by the current detector at a predetermined sampling interval exceeds the characteristic value previously stored in the memory. The load apparatus can be positively protected from overload notwithstanding variations in the output voltage and the output frequency of the power inverter.

Abstract: A pulse width modulation inverter is controlled by the use of the fundamental wave voltage E.sub.1 of the inverter output as a feedback quantity, the fundamental wave voltage E.sub.1 being obtained as the product of a function g(K.sub.H) which is determined by the amplitude ratio K.sub.H of a carrier wave and a modulated wave, and a d.c. voltage E.sub.D input of the inverter.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling an induction motor, in which an AC power source is connected to the induction motor through a switch and a frequency converter, and the motor speed is controlled by controlling the output frequency and output voltage of the frequency converter. In the starting operation, the induction motor in a free-running state is supplied with an initial voltage in a given frequency which is expected to make the absolute value of the motor current minimum or near minimum, and then the supply voltage is increased gradually from the initial voltage with its frequency being retained at the given voltage. When the output frequency of the frequency converter reaches a predetermined value, the output frequency and voltage thereof are increased gradually with the ratio therebetween being maintained at a given value.