Congratulations Atmasphere!


I noticed today that Ralph Karsten (whom regular and even occasional participants in this forum will of course recognize as the designer and proprietor of Atma-Sphere Music Systems, as well as a uniquely valuable contributor to the forum) was granted United States patent number 10,469,042 on November 5, 2019. It covers an audio amplification technique he had indicated here that he has been developing, which in simple terms appears to me to basically be a clever combination of an analog-to-pulse train converter (as used in traditional class D amplifiers for example, among other audio-related applications), with an output stage employing circlotron topology (analogous to the topology used in his OTL power amplifiers, but utilizing solid state devices).

Link to the Patent.

Congratulations Ralph!!

Best regards,
--Al


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FYI, patents are also presented at uspto.gov in an alternative format in which the claims section is identified more explicitly, and is placed near the beginning.

I chose the other format for the link I provided in my initial post, though, because with this alternative format it can be more difficult to find the figures/drawings.

In the immortal words of Roseanne Roseannadanna, it’s always something :-)

Best regards,
-- Al

I’ve been bugging Ralph for a release date on his new amps
-Shouldn’t be long now...
Bob
Congrats Ralph.....based on your contributions here, elsewhere, and the love, folks have with your gear, I am not surprised. Exciting times, for sure ! Always, MrD.
Great to see real amplification innovation in our hobby and passion.  I am thankful for Ralph.