Spark gap arrangement
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Apr 18, 2017
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Abstract
A spark gap arrangement comprises a triggerable spark gap (TF) and a trigger circuit (TRG), which comprises a first and a second charge store (C1, C2), a first resistor (R1), a triggerable dissipation element (SF, SF3, TD, TH) and a transformer (T1). The trigger circuit is set up to intermediately store the energy of an input pulse supplied to the input side of the trigger circuit (TRG), wherein storage takes place at least by means of the first charge store (C1). A part of the stored energy is transferred to the second charge store (C2) via the first resistor (R1). The triggerable dissipation element (SF, TD, TH) is set up to turn on on the basis of a voltage across the second charge store (C2) and to discharge the first charge store (C1) via a primary side (T11) of the transformer (T1). In this case, a secondary side (T12) of the transformer (T1) is connected to a main electrode (HE) of the triggerable spark gap (TF) and to a trigger electrode (TE) of the triggerable spark gap (TF).
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TDK ELECTRONICS AG | ROSENHEIMER STR 141E MUNICH 81671 |
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- 2013 Application Filing Year
- H01T Class
- 169 Applications Filed
- 158 Patents Issued To-Date
- 93.50 % Issued To-Date
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Bobert, Peter | Falkensee, DE | 27 | 113 |
# of filed Patents : 27 Total Citations : 113 |
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