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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
May. 21, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Timothy John Sommerer, Charlton, NY (US);
Joseph Darryl Michael, Schenectady, NY (US);
David John Smith, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Sergey Joseph Zalubovsky, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 13/08 (2006.01); H01J 13/52 (2006.01); H02M 7/00 (2006.01); H01J 17/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 13/08 (2013.01); H01J 13/52 (2013.01); H01J 17/08 (2013.01); H02M 7/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cold-cathode switching device is presented. The cold-cathode switching device includes a housing defining a chamber; an ionizable gas disposed in the chamber; and a plurality of electrodes disposed in the chamber. The plurality of electrodes includes a cathode and an anode defining a discharge gap, and wherein at least one of the cathode and anode comprises a material that is liquid at an operating temperature of the cathode or the anode.