Patents by Inventor Solomon M. Max

Solomon M. Max has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4191929
    Abstract: A transformer-coupled isolation amplifier which can accept signals over a wide dynamic range while maintaining very high linearity. An input signal is applied to an input winding of a transformer. The secondary winding of the isolation transformer is connected across the differential inputs of a high-gain amplifier. Negative feedback is provided around the amplifier so that the transformer secondary winding is connected across a virtual short; and the negative feedback tends to drive the voltage applied to the inputs of the amplifier to a very small value. The negative feedback from the amplifier induces a current in the transformer secondary which cancels the flux produced by current flowing in the primary, thereby reducing the effects of non-linearities in the BH curve of the transformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1980
    Assignee: Analogic Corporation
    Inventors: Solomon M. Max, Hans J. Weedon