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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 1978
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
William F List, Linthicum, MD (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
315150 ; 315171 ; 315173 ; 315208 ; 331 / ;
Abstract
A self-triggering circuit for a gas-filled laser is disclosed. Electrical pulses which stimulate laser emission are applied to the laser cavity in response to an electrical energy change in the laser charging circuit when ionizing radiation is injected into the laser cavity. A semiconductor device of the type responsive to dv/dt, or of the type responsive to di/dt, is used as the self-triggering switch.