High PRF high current switch

Patent · Tue Mar 27 04:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:867315

Moran, Stuart L ^[1]; Hutcherson, R Kenneth ^[2]

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1. Fredericksburg, VA
2. College Park, MD

A triggerable, high voltage, high current, spark gap switch for use in pu power systems. The device comprises a pair of electrodes in a high pressure hydrogen environment that is triggered by introducing an arc between one electrode and a trigger pin. Unusually high repetition rates may be obtained by undervolting the switch, i.e., operating the trigger at voltages much below the self-breakdown voltage of the device.

• Assignee: United States of America as represented by Secretary of Navy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4912369
• Application Number: 07/247,801
• OSTI ID: 867315
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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