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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
May. 05, 2006
Applicants:
Peter Wiedemuth, Herbolzheim, DE;
Markus Bannwarth, Freiburg, DE;
Lothar Wolf, Sasbach, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
HUETTINGER Elektronik GmbH + Co. KG, Freiburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/00 (2006.01); C23F 1/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/306 (2006.01); H05B 31/26 (2006.01); C25B 11/00 (2006.01); C25B 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An arc suppression arrangement suppresses arcs in a gas discharge device that is operated with an alternating voltage from a power supply. The arc suppression arrangement includes an arc suppression device and an arc identification device that controls the arc suppression device. The arc suppression device includes at least one controllable resistor that is connected in series in an electrical line that extends from an alternating voltage source to an electrode of the gas discharge device. An arc can thereby be prevented from being provided with energy.