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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 14, 2016
Applicant:

Lawrence Livermore National Security, Llc, Livermore, CA (US);

Inventors:

Scott D. Nelson, Patterson, CA (US);

Steve Hawkins, Livermore, CA (US);

Brian R. Poole, Tracy, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/57 (2006.01); F16H 15/38 (2006.01); H03K 17/78 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 15/38 (2013.01); H03K 17/78 (2013.01); F16H 2015/383 (2013.01); H03K 3/57 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices describe bi-triaxial photoconductive switch modules that that eliminate the need for external DC blocking capacitors, while providing a highly compact structure that can produce bipolar output waveforms conducive to feeding to radio-frequency (RF) devices, such as antennas. Some implementations of the disclosed bi-triaxial photoconductive switch modules utilize unified cast-in-place capacitors that can be designed with an appropriate geometry, volume and orientation to provide desired energy storage capacity while eliminating or reducing parasitics.


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