Low voltage drop, cross-field, gas switch and method of operation
Abstract
A gas switch includes an anode and a cathode spaced apart from the anode, wherein the cathode includes a conduction surface. The gas switch also includes a plurality of magnets arranged to generate a magnetic field that defines an annular path over a portion of the conduction surface at a radial distance from a switch axis, and a control grid positioned between the anode and the cathode. In operation, the control grid is arranged to establish a conducting plasma between the anode and the cathode, wherein, in the presence of the conducting plasma, a voltage drop between the anode and the cathode is less than 150 volts, and wherein the conducting plasma forms a cathode spot that circles the annular path.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1568183
- Patent Number(s):
- 10256067
- Application Number:
- 15/860,225
- Assignee:
- General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01J - ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01T - SPARK GAPS
- DOE Contract Number:
- AR0000298
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 01/02/2018
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; 42 ENGINEERING
Citation Formats
Sommerer, Timothy John, Smith, David John, Michael, Joseph Darryl, Aceto, Steven Charles, Marquard, Kirk Ernest, Trotter, Jason Frederick, Lawler, James E., and Hitchon, William Nicholas. Low voltage drop, cross-field, gas switch and method of operation. United States: N. p., 2019.
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Sommerer, Timothy John, Smith, David John, Michael, Joseph Darryl, Aceto, Steven Charles, Marquard, Kirk Ernest, Trotter, Jason Frederick, Lawler, James E., & Hitchon, William Nicholas. Low voltage drop, cross-field, gas switch and method of operation. United States.
Sommerer, Timothy John, Smith, David John, Michael, Joseph Darryl, Aceto, Steven Charles, Marquard, Kirk Ernest, Trotter, Jason Frederick, Lawler, James E., and Hitchon, William Nicholas. Tue .
"Low voltage drop, cross-field, gas switch and method of operation". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1568183.
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title = {Low voltage drop, cross-field, gas switch and method of operation},
author = {Sommerer, Timothy John and Smith, David John and Michael, Joseph Darryl and Aceto, Steven Charles and Marquard, Kirk Ernest and Trotter, Jason Frederick and Lawler, James E. and Hitchon, William Nicholas},
abstractNote = {A gas switch includes an anode and a cathode spaced apart from the anode, wherein the cathode includes a conduction surface. The gas switch also includes a plurality of magnets arranged to generate a magnetic field that defines an annular path over a portion of the conduction surface at a radial distance from a switch axis, and a control grid positioned between the anode and the cathode. In operation, the control grid is arranged to establish a conducting plasma between the anode and the cathode, wherein, in the presence of the conducting plasma, a voltage drop between the anode and the cathode is less than 150 volts, and wherein the conducting plasma forms a cathode spot that circles the annular path.},
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place = {United States},
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