Reusable fast opening switch

Patent · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:865908

Van Devender, John P ^[1]; Emin, David ^[1]

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1. Albuquerque, NM

A reusable fast opening switch for transferring energy, in the form of a high power pulse, from an electromagnetic storage device such as an inductor into a load. The switch is efficient, compact, fast and reusable. The switch comprises a ferromagnetic semiconductor which undergoes a fast transition between conductive and insulating states at a critical temperature and which undergoes the transition without a phase change in its crystal structure. A semiconductor such as europium rich europhous oxide, which undergoes a conductor to insulator transition when it is joule heated from its conductor state, can be used to form the switch.

• Research Organization: AT&T
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4598338
• OSTI ID: 865908
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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