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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2020
Applicant:
Tdk Electronics Ag, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Alexander Melischnig, Graz, AT;
Markus Puff, Graz, AT;
Robert Krumphals, Deutschlandsberg, AT;
Amnon Lam, Kibbutz Giv'at Oz, IL;
Eliezer Fuchs, Kibbutz Megiddo, IL;
Betsalel Rechav, Nes Ziona, IL;
Assignee:
TDK Electronics AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05H 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05H 1/2481 (2021.05); H05H 2242/22 (2021.05);
Abstract
A method of operating a piezoelectric plasma generator including applying an input signal to a piezoelectric transformer of the piezoelectric plasma generator. An absolute value of a peak amplitude of the input signal is periodically reduced and increased to a level smaller and larger than an ignition voltage of the plasma generator, such that plasma generation periodically collapses.