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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. 22, 1985
Filed:
Jul. 26, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph M Proud, Wellesley Hills, MA (US);
Walter P Lapatovich, Watertown, MA (US);
Assignee:
GTE Laboratories Incorporated, Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
31323131 ; 313 12 ; 2001 / ;
Abstract
A plasma switch includes means to introduce a cloud of particulate AII.sub.3 or AlCl.sub.3 and SiO.sub.2 is to a conductive gas discharge. The chemicals undergo a plasma reaction and generate SiI.sub.4 or SiCl.sub.4 both of which are efficient electron absorbers which rapidly extinguish the gas discharge.