Gas Tube Patents (Class 327/601)
With particular electrode arrangement (Class 327/602)
  • Circuit arrangement for protection of HF-input-circuit on telecommunications devices
    Patent number: 6137352
    Abstract: The fine protection circuit arrangement is to reduce the remaining residual impulses on gas tube charge eliminators. This is to be achieved by means of a cascading of a gas tube charge eliminator or a .lambda./4 shorting stub with a fine protection circuit. The fine protection circuit connected to the gas tube circuit eliminator or .lambda./4 shorting stub reduces the relatively high residual voltage at the output of the gas tube charge eliminator or .lambda./4 shorting stub to a minimal value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Huber and Suhner AG
    Inventor: Ivo Germann
  • Energy conversion system
    Patent number: 5449989
    Abstract: An energy conversion device includes a discharge tube which is operated in a pulsed abnormal glow discharge regime in a double ported circuit. A direct current source connected to an input port provides electrical energy to initiate emission pulses, and a current sink in the form of an electrical energy storage or utilization device connected to the output port captures at least a substantial proportion of energy released by collapse of the emission pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1995
    Inventors: Paulo N. Correa, Alexandra N. Correa