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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2003
Juan Jose Gonzalez, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Andrew Shabalin, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Steven J. Geissler, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Fernando Gustavo Tomasel, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, an apparatus is described. An apparatus includes a vacuum chamber, an electrical transformer coupled to the vacuum chamber, and an ignition circuit. The electrical transformer induces an electromagnetic field within the vacuum chamber. The transformer includes a primary winding and a magnetic core. In addition, the transformer includes a secondary winding, to which the circuit used to ignite the vacuum chamber is coupled. The ignition circuit is used to establish a controlled capacitive discharge that is used to ignite the vacuum chamber.