synchro receiver

synchro receiver

[′siŋ·krō ri′sē·vər]

(electricity)

A synchro that provides an angular position related to the applied angle-defining voltages; when two of its input leads are excited by an alternating-current voltage and the other three input leads are excited by the angle-defining voltages, the rotor rotates to the corresponding angular position; the torque of rotation is proportional to the sine of the difference between the mechanical and electrical angles. Also known as receiver synchro; selsyn motor; selsyn receiver; synchro motor.

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