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Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 10, 2020
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Timothy John Sommerer, Ballston Spa, NY (US);

Joseph Darryl Michael, Delmar, NY (US);

David John Smith, Clifton Park, NY (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 17/44 (2006.01); H01J 13/52 (2006.01); H01J 13/08 (2006.01); H01J 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 17/44 (2013.01); H01J 13/08 (2013.01); H01J 13/52 (2013.01); H01J 17/066 (2013.01);
Abstract

A bidirectional gas discharge tube (GDT) includes a discharge chamber, first and second cathodes, a gas disposed within the discharge chamber, and a control grid. The first and second cathodes are disposed within the discharge chamber and include first and second faces, respectively. The first face and the second face are plane-parallel. The gas is configured to insulate the first cathode from the second cathode. The control grid is disposed between the first and second cathodes within the discharge chamber. The control grid is configured to generate an electric field to initiate establishment of a conductive plasma between the first and second cathodes to close a conduction path extending between the first and second cathodes.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Sommerer, Timothy. (2022). Bidirectional gas discharge tube (U.S. Patent No. 11482394). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11482394

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