Abstract: A converter includes a converter for an ion propulsion system is provided. The converter includes a bridge circuit with a first and second bridge circuit connection and four switches. The converter also includes a storage inductance and a high voltage transformer with a primary and a secondary winding. The converter further includes a switch control unit, which opens or closes the fourth switch at a control time delayed in relation to the first switch.

Abstract: A converter includes a converter for an ion propulsion system is provided. The converter includes a bridge circuit with a first and second bridge circuit connection and four switches. The converter also includes a storage inductance and a high voltage transformer with a primary and a secondary winding. The converter further includes a switch control unit, which opens or closes the fourth switch at a control time delayed in relation to the first switch.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for an internal combustion engine, particularly of a motor vehicle, with a housing, which is assembled from at least two housing portions, telescopically inserted one into another in the throughflow direction of the housing, which is assembled from two housing portions telescopically inserted one into the other. A first monolith is mounted in a first housing portion, and a second monolith is mounted in a second housing portion. In an insertion region, an outer end section of the second housing portion and an inner end section of the first housing portion inserted into the outer end section mutually overlap. A transition zone, in which the monoliths, are spaced apart from one another in the throughflow direction, is formed within the insertion region.