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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2016
Lawrence Livermore National Security, Llc, Livermore, CA (US);
Scott D. Nelson, Patterson, CA (US);
George J. Caporaso, Livermore, CA (US);
Steven A. Hawkins, Livermore, CA (US);
Hoang T. Nguyen, Livermore, CA (US);
Stephen Sampayan, Manteca, CA (US);
Li-Fang Wang, Livermore, CA (US);
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for photoconductive switch package configurations. In some aspects, a photoconductive switch package includes of a wide bandgap photoconductive material (e.g., GaN, ZnO, diamond, AlN, SiC, BN, etc.), a source for energetic photons (e.g., a laser), a mechanism to couple the laser into the switch, and a mechanism for high voltage to enter and leave the switch package. In some implementations, the disclosed photoconductive switch packages can be configured as a three terminal device, e.g., similar to transistors, with one of the terminals being laser input or the voltage input to the laser system.