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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:
Mar. 24, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dennis W O'Brien, Livermore, CA (US);
Robert L Druce, Union City, CA (US);
Gary W Johnson, Livermore, CA (US);
George E Vogtlin, Fremont, CA (US);
Troy W Barbee, Jr, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ronald S Lee, Livermore, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B / ; F42C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1022025 ; 1022027 ; 102206 ;
Abstract
A slapper detonator comprises a solid-state high-voltage capacitor, a low-jitter dielectric breakdown switch and trigger circuitry, a detonator transmission line, an exploding foil bridge, and a flier material. All these components are fabricated in a single solid-state device using thin film deposition techniques.