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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 1982
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert H Ettinger, Schenectady, NY (US);
Walter J Pasko, Lee, MA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, , NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
336219 ; 336234 ;
Abstract
Transformer cores are made electrically conductive during impulse voltage condition when a certain voltage is attained by a coating of semiconductor material applied to the edges or surface of the core laminations. Under ordinary operating conditions the semiconductor material provides a high resistance path to charges in the core. Upon the occurrence of a high voltage impulse, the semiconductor material rapidly equalizes the charges in the laminations and so avoids the danger of breakdown of the insulating coatings between individual laminations.