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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:
Dec. 26, 1978
Filed:
Aug. 03, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lawson P Harris, Scotia, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
315234 ; 315235 ; 315263 ; 315264 ; 315335 ; 361 16 ;
Abstract
An RLC triggering circuit employs an inductance coupled to the trigger electrode of a triggered vacuum gap device. A capacitance and a switch are coupled in series with the inductance. A diode in parallel with the series-coupled capacitance and switch serves to provide a long, unidirectional current pulse to prevent the triggered vacuum gap from chopping current and generating dangerous surge voltages.