Reusable fast opening switch
Patent
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OSTI ID:5388656
A reusable fast opening switch is described for pulse power applications comprising: a pair of spaced, plate, conductors; a bulk magnetic semiconductor disposed between the conductors, the magnetic semiconductor being highly conductive below a critical temperature (T/sub C/) and rapidly transforming into an insulator above T/sub C/ by undergoing at least an order of magnitude change in resistivity for a temperature change 10/sup 0/C: and shock absorber means for protecting the semiconductor from shock waves generated during a resistivity transition.
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4598338
- OSTI ID:
- 5388656
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
42 ENGINEERING
420800* -- Engineering-- Electronic Circuits & Devices-- (-1989)
CRITICAL TEMPERATURE
DESIGN
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTRICAL INSULATORS
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
EQUIPMENT
MAGNETISM
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PULSES
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
SHOCK ABSORBERS
SHOCK WAVES
SPACE DEPENDENCE
SWITCHES
TEMPERATURE EFFECTS
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
TRANSITION TEMPERATURE
420800* -- Engineering-- Electronic Circuits & Devices-- (-1989)
CRITICAL TEMPERATURE
DESIGN
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTRICAL INSULATORS
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
EQUIPMENT
MAGNETISM
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PULSES
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
SHOCK ABSORBERS
SHOCK WAVES
SPACE DEPENDENCE
SWITCHES
TEMPERATURE EFFECTS
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
TRANSITION TEMPERATURE