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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2018
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Timothy John Sommerer, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
David John Smith, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Joseph Darryl Michael, Delmar, NY (US);
Steven Charles Aceto, Wynantskill, NY (US);
Kirk Ernest Marquard, Burlington, CT (US);
Jason Fredrick Trotter, Glenville, NY (US);
James E. Lawler, Madison, WI (US);
William Nicholas Guy Hitchon, Verona, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
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.