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Title: Low sputtering, cross-field, gas switch and method of operation

Abstract

A gas switch includes a gas-tight housing containing an ionizable gas, an anode disposed within the gas-tight housing, and a cathode disposed within the gas-tight housing, where the cathode includes a conduction surface. The gas switch also includes a control grid positioned between the anode and the cathode, where the control grid is arranged to receive a bias voltage to establish a conducting plasma between the anode and the cathode. In addition, the gas switch includes a plurality of magnets selectively arranged to generate a magnetic field proximate the conduction surface that reduces the kinetic energy of charged particles striking the conduction surface and raises the conduction current density at the cathode surface to technically useful levels.

Inventors:
;
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1576399
Patent Number(s):
10403466
Application Number:
15/933,602
Assignee:
General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01J - ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
DOE Contract Number:  
AR0000298
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2018 Mar 23
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY

Citation Formats

Sommerer, Timothy John, and Selezneva, Svetlana. Low sputtering, cross-field, gas switch and method of operation. United States: N. p., 2019. Web.
Sommerer, Timothy John, & Selezneva, Svetlana. Low sputtering, cross-field, gas switch and method of operation. United States.
Sommerer, Timothy John, and Selezneva, Svetlana. Tue . "Low sputtering, cross-field, gas switch and method of operation". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1576399.
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