An Alternator-Voltage Regulator Utilizing a Nonlinear Circuit

ALTHOUGH several different types of alternator-voltage regulators are in successful operation at present, the purpose of this paper is to describe a regulator which is believed to have several outstanding advantages over any of the present types. The inherent limitations of the various types of moving-contact regulators are well known, and a perusal of the circuit diagrams1 of the different types of electronic regulators will indicate the complexity of such circuits, even though they are superior in most respects to the moving-contact-type regulators.