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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2004
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);
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
An apparatus includes a vacuum chamber, an electrical transformer that surrounds the vacuum chamber to induce an electromagnetic field within 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 plasma loop coupled to the vacuum chamber to perform as a secondary winding. The ignition circuit is coupled to an ignition core section of the vacuum chamber to ignite the vacuum chamber.