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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 1986
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
William H Long, Torrance, CA (US);
Eddy A Stappaerts, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Michael J Plummer, Rollings Hills Estates, CA (US);
Assignee:
Northrop Corporation, Hawthorne, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
372 38 ; 315173 ; 315208 ; 372 85 ; 372 86 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for transferring energy to a gas by means of a glow discharge. A transmission line is charged to a voltage of approximately twice that of the steady-state voltage of the glow discharge. A prepulse voltage source, having a higher voltage sufficient to initiate the glow discharge, is first connected to the discharge electrodes. After the discharge is initiated by the prepulse, the transmission line is connected and transfers its energy to the discharge. In a second embodiment, the transmission line is replaced by a capacitor.