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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter J Turchi, Worthington, OH (US);
James H Degnan, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
307106 ; 331 87 ; 315 8451 ; 315 8461 ; 31511121 ; 31511141 ;
Abstract
A first magnetic flux field is produced in the vicinity of a generally cylindrical pulse generating coil arrangement and a plasma is abruptly and radially displaced outwardly toward the coil arrangement, which in turn displaces the first magnetic flux field to a sufficient degree to enable it to cut across the output coil to generate an output pulse. Displacement of the plasma is effected by producing a second magnetic field transverse to the direction of the first magnetic field and to the direction of current within the plasma by means of a longitudinal, centrally positioned conductor coupled to a source of electrical power.