Optically-initiated silicon carbide high voltage switch with contoured-profile electrode interfaces
Patent
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OSTI ID:1078294
An improved photoconductive switch having a SiC or other wide band gap substrate material with opposing contoured profile cavities which have a contoured profile selected from one of Rogowski, Bruce, Chang, Harrison, and Ernst profiles, and two electrodes with matching contoured-profile convex interface surfaces.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- Assignee:
- Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)
- Patent Number(s):
- 8,258,632
- Application Number:
- 13/171,281
- OSTI ID:
- 1078294
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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