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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2015
Applicant:
Hypertherm, Inc., Hanover, NH (US);
Inventors:
Dennis M. Borowy, Hanover, NH (US);
Qinghua Liu, Etna, NH (US);
Yu Zhang, Hanover, NH (US);
Girish R. Kamath, Lebanon, NH (US);
Michael Hoffa, Lebanon, NH (US);
Assignee:
Hypertherm, Inc., Hanover, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 10/00 (2006.01); H05H 1/36 (2006.01); H05H 1/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05H 1/36 (2013.01); B23K 10/00 (2013.01); B23K 10/006 (2013.01); H05H 1/34 (2013.01); H05H 2001/3489 (2013.01); H05H 2001/3494 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49002 (2015.01);
Abstract
In some aspects, plasma torch cutting systems can include a housing and a plasma torch power supply within the housing and configured to generate a signal that initiates generation of a plasma arc in a torch head, the power supply including an integrated circuit comprising a plurality of electronic components used to generate the signal that initiates generation of the plasma arc, at least one of the electronic components being at least partially formed of a wide bandgap semiconductor material.