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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Inventor:
Ronald Jeffrey Focia, Edgewood, NM (US);
Assignee:
National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/56 (2006.01); H03K 17/72 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/56 (2013.01); H03K 17/72 (2013.01);
Abstract
A high-voltage, high-current, solid-state closing switch uses a field-effect transistor (e.g., a MOSFET) to trigger a high-voltage stack of thyristors. The switch can have a high hold-off voltage, high current carrying capacity, and high time-rate-of-change of current, di/dt. The fast closing switch can be used in pulsed power applications.