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Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 16, 2021
Applicant:

Epcos Ag, Munich, DE;

Inventors:

Michael Weilguni, Hagenberg, AT;

Markus Puff, Graz, AT;

Pavol Kudela, Deutschlandsberg, AT;

Bernhard Döllgast, Deutschlandsberg, AT;

Assignee:

TDK Electronics AG, Munich, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10N 30/40 (2023.01); C01B 13/11 (2006.01); H05H 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10N 30/40 (2023.02); C01B 13/11 (2013.01); C01B 13/115 (2013.01); H05H 1/24 (2013.01); C01B 2201/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

In an embodiment a method includes applying an AC voltage to an input region, converting, by the input region, the AC voltage into a mechanical oscillation, converting, by an output region, the mechanical oscillation into an electrical voltage and igniting a plasma at an output-side end side of an piezoelectric transformer, wherein the piezoelectric transformer includes the input region and the output region, wherein the piezoelectric transformer includes a longest edge and a shortest edge, and wherein the longest edge has a length that is twenty times a length of the shortest edge or less.


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