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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nicolas Gherardi, Toulouse, FR;
Gamal Gouda, Toulouse, FR;
Françoise Massines, Toulouse, FR;
Alain Villermet, Viroflay, FR;
Eric Gat, Cornillon-Confoux, FR;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05H 1/46 ; B05D 3/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05H 1/46 ; B05D 3/14 ;
Abstract
Method for creating an electric discharge in an initial gas which is at atmospheric pressure and lies between two exciting electrodes, comprising applying a supply voltage to the two electrodes which is an AC voltage whose amplitude and frequency are adapted in order to maintain (1) at least a portion of the components of the gas in the excited state, and/or (2) the presence of electrons, between two successive half-cycles of the supply voltage.