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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:
Jul. 02, 1991
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anderson H Kim, Toms River, NJ (US);
Maurice Weiner, Ocean, NJ (US);
Robert J Youmans, Brick, NJ (US);
Robert J Zeto, Eatontown, NJ (US);
Michelle A Dornath-Mohr, Freehold, NJ (US);
Melvin J Wade, Tinton Falls, NJ (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
357 30 ; 357 19 ; 357 17 ; 2502 / ;
Abstract
A photoconductive switch with a low threshold energy, high voltage capability and fast rise time consisting of a semiconductive substrate comprised primarily of gallium arsenide, patterned electrodes masked onto the substrate on opposite sides, a power supply and a laser that introduces laser light via fiber optic bundles to the substrate and parallel to the applied electric field.