Patents Assigned to Microvitec Plc
  • Patent number: 5012164
    Abstract: In a horizontal deflection and EHT generator circuit, the supply line is connected directly to one end of the primary winding of the EHT transformer through a series switching element, and a unidirectional element connects that end of the primary winding to the supply line to enable energy recovery to the supply line through the unidirectional element during and following retrace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1991
    Assignee: Microvitec plc
    Inventors: John Butterfield, Stephen Moorhouse, Stewart Marlow
  • Patent number: 4774439
    Abstract: A horizontal deflection stage for a raster scan device (e.g. a television receiver or a monitor) comprises a deflection generator, a d.c. supply regulator for the deflection generator, a voltage controlled oscillator providing drive pulses to the deflection generator, a phase detecting circuit for locking the oscillator to applied horizontal synchronizing pulses, and a sweep circuit for sweeping the oscillator through a range of frequencies until it achieves phase and frequency lock with the applied horizontal synchronizing pulses. An input to the regulator serves to control the output voltage of the regulator in accordance with the frequency to which the oscillator is locked. Thus the horizontal deflection stage automatically adjusts the horizontal timebase, and the regulated voltage supply of the deflection generator, in accordance with the frequency of the applied horizontal synchronizing pulses, without any operator adjustment being required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1988
    Assignee: Microvitec Plc
    Inventors: John Butterfield, Stephen Moorhouse