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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 1990
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Carl L Enloe, Bedford, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
427 38 ; 427 69 ; 427124 ; 427125 ; 4273835 ; 4273839 ; 4272722 ;
Abstract
A system is disclosed which will improve the flashover strength of high-voltage insulators in vacuum. Treatments which deposit a small amount of metal on an insulator surface can improve flashover performance. This process applies commercial ion-implantation techniques to achieve a quasi-metalized surface on a vacuum insulator. By making the metal a part of the structure of the insulator near the surface, the ion-bombardment process yields a surface which has the same electrical properties as a metalized surface achieved by other methods, with the additional advantage of mechanical and electrical ruggedness.