Cermet insert high voltage holdoff improvement for ceramic/metal vacuum devices

Title: Cermet insert high voltage holdoff improvement for ceramic/metal vacuum devices

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An improved metal-to-ceramic seal is provided wherein the ceramic body of the seal contains an integral region of cermet material in electrical contact with the metallic member, e.g., an electrode, of the seal. The seal is useful in high voltage vacuum devices, e.g., vacuum switches, and increases the high-voltage holdoff capabilities of such devices. A method of fabricating such seals is also provided.

Inventors:: Ierna, W.F.

Publication Date:: 1986-03-11

Research Org.:: General Electric Co., St. Petersburg, FL (USA)

OSTI Identifier:: 6710884

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 6710884; Legacy ID: DE87007217

Application Number:: ON: DE87007217

Assignee:: Dept. of Energy TIC; EDB-87-073989

DOE Contract Number:: AC04-76DP00656

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 42 ENGINEERING; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; CERAMICS; SEALS; ELECTRON TUBES; METALS; FABRICATION; VACUUM SYSTEMS; CERMETS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELEMENTS; MATERIALS 420800* -- Engineering-- Electronic Circuits & Devices-- (-1989); 360000 -- Materials

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