Predetermination of Control Characteristics of Half-Wave Self-Saturated Magnetic Amplifiers

The control characteristic of a self-saturated magnetic amplifier is dependent upon the magnetic properties of the core material. A method is outlined for the experimental determination of the control magnetization curve, a plot of the locus of the minor dynamic hysteresis loops, which may be used with a firing angle analysis to predict the performance of simple magnetic amplifiers with high-control circuit impedance.