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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110298299 | Method and Apparatus Pertaining to Interlaced Amplitude Pulsing Using a Hard-Tube Type Pulse Generator These various embodiments serve to facilitate interlaced amplitude pulsing using a hard-tube type pulse generator having at least one energy-storage unit each comprising at least one energy-storing capacitor. Generally speaking, this comprises controlling an amount of e... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110025134 | CAPACITOR ARRANGEMENT AND HIGH-VOLTAGE PULSE GENERATOR HAVING SUCH A CAPACITOR ARRANGEMENT The invention relates to a capacitor arrangement (1) comprising at least one capacitor (2) having a first electrode (3) connected to a first conductive element (13) and a second electrode (4) connected to a second conductive element (<... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20100194208 | COMPACT MULTI-CYCLE HIGH POWER MICROWAVE GENERATOR A compact multi-cycle high power microwave generator and a method of using the generator to generate microwave signals is disclosed and claimed. The apparatus includes one or more charged transmission line sections. Each transmission line section includes a first conduc... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100156195 | NANOSECOND PULSE GENERATOR WITH A PROTECTOR CIRCUIT This invention relates to a pulse generator circuit for delivering a short high current pulse to a load. This pulse generator comprises a junction recovery diode, a switch, a first resonant circuit and a second resonant circuit. The diode may be configured to store char... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100134776 | HIGH REPETITION PULSE POWER SOURCE AND EXPOSURE DEVICE WITH HIGH REPETITION POWER SOURCE A pulse power source which can perform high repetition of pulse signals by enhancing the throughput of a pulse source is provided. The pulse power source includes: a charger; an initial-stage capacitor section which is provided with a capacitor charged by the charger; a... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100038971 | NANOSECOND PULSE GENERATOR This invention relates to a pulse generator circuit for delivering a short high current pulse to a load. This pulse generator comprises a junction recovery diode, a switch, a first resonant circuit and a second resonant circuit. The diode may be configured to store char... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20090224610 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING HIGH POWER, WIDEBAND MICROWAVE RADIATION USING VARIABLE CAPACITANCE VOLTAGE MULTIPLICATION Systems and methods for generating high power, wideband microwave radiation pulses. A pulse generating device includes a capacitor as a primary electric energy store, a source of mechanical or chemical energy for modifying the capacitance of the capacitor, which then co... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090184585 | Method for Generating Intensive High-Voltage Pulses for Industrial Use and Associated Circuit High-voltage pulses are generated and injected in a parallel-capacitative manner into the first stage of a multistage Marx generator at suitable intervals. The high-voltage pulses result in a longitudinal overvoltage triggering of the first spark gap of the Marx generat... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090146504 | PULSE POWER SUPPLY DEVICE USING REGENERATING MAGNETIC ENERGY In order to provide a pulse power supply device using regenerating magnetic energy stored in a discharge circuit to a capacitor so as to use it as next discharge energy and supplying a bipolar pulse current with high repetition, a bridge circuit is composed of four inve... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090091873 | Voltage converter A voltage converter having a sealed case, a pair of opposing, spaced apart planar electrodes located within the sealed case, a pack of porous dielectric powder filled between the planar electrodes, and an auxiliary electrode electrically connected to one of the planar e... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20080315689 | ULTRA SHORT HIGH VOLTAGE PULSE GENERATOR BASED ON SINGLE OR DOUBLE SPARK GAP A method and system for the generation of high voltage, pulsed, periodic dielectric barrier or corona discharges is capable of being used in the presence of conductive liquid droplets and over contaminated or uneven surfaces. The method and system can be used, for examp... | 12/25/2008 |
| 20080290734 | Switching pulse generating circuit and regulator using the same A switching pulse generating circuit includes: a load current setting portion to determine the amount of current flowing through a load based on a load current setting signal, the load current setting signal being externally supplied to the load current setting portion,... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080258562 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING FINE TIMING FROM COARSE TIMING SOURCE An apparatus for generating a pulse at a particular time dictated by an input. The apparatus may comprise an offset voltage generator for generating an offset voltage that is a function of the input, a current generator for generating a current, a ramp voltage generator... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080238211 | SOLID-STATE MICROSECOND CAPACITANCE CHARGER FOR HIGH VOLTAGE AND PULSED POWER A solid-state high-voltage pulse generator based on a three-phase chopper capacitance charger is described. In a first phase, an intermediate capacitor is resonance-charged via a diode. In a second phase, the intermediate capacitor is discharged to the load through one ... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080191559 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCTION AND EMISSION OF A HIGH-POWER MICROWAVE PULSE The production and emission of high-energy microwave pulses are made possible by means of a device with a particularly compact design if the capacitor column (12-12) of the Marx generator (11) whose series circuit conventionally itself feeds a micro... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080116750 | Marx Generator And Use Of A High-Voltage Cable For High-Voltage Decoupling In order to decouple the low-voltage charging source and its electrical drive from the high voltage which occurs in a Marx generator when the capacitor bank is switched from parallel connection to series connection, the high-voltage cable which is used on the output sid... | 05/22/2008 |
| 20080079316 | Lethal Electric Fence Energizer Electric fence energizers used with fencing systems are provided. The energizers can be used to provide an unsafe electric shock, as defined by safety agencies such as UL, where the electric fence energizers are capable of operating continuously regardless of the fence ... | 04/03/2008 |
| 20080036301 | Photon Initiated Marxed Modulators The features of this invention allow construction and operation of a variety of high voltage, high repetition rated pulse generators of the Marx type that are switched with photon initiated semiconductor switches. The Photon Initiated Switches can be constructed with bu... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20070296278 | High-Voltage Pulse Generating Circuit Disclosed is a high-voltage pulse generating circuit comprising an inductor, a first semiconductor switch and a second semiconductor switch connected in series between both ends of a DC power supply unit. A diode unit is connected between a gate terminal of the first se... | 12/27/2007 |
| 20070216230 | Marx Generator The functionally critical series connection of high-voltage-resistant resistors (Rn, R′n) in a Marx generator (11) is replaced according to the invention by a molding (12, 12′) composed of conductive plastic, which, depending on the configuration group... | 09/20/2007 |
| 20070018504 | Short duration variable amplitude high voltage pulse generator An improved electrical pulse generator incorporating MOSFET components, a programmable high voltage power supply, and a shaping network for generating short duration signals having narrow pulse widths and short rise times. ... | 01/25/2007 |
| 20050264105 | Pulse generating circuit and sampling circuit There is provided a pulse generating circuit, which generates two pulses having a sign of amplitude different from each other, including: a step recovery diode of which electric potential of an anode and a cathode is respectively output as the pulses; a bias unit operab... | 12/01/2005 |
| 20050236903 | Pulse width modulation signal generator A signal generator has matched reference (4) and modulation (6) ramp circuits, each including current source (8, 32), capacitance (10) charged by the current source, voltage detector (18) and switch (24). The output of one of th... | 10/27/2005 |
| 20050168074 | Power supply for electronic switch A remote power switch uses the initial portion of each AC positive and negative going current pulse to generate power for the controller. This is accomplished by removing the gate signal from an electronic power delivery component at each zero cross and restoring the ga... | 08/04/2005 |
| 20050088044 | Explosively driven radio frequency pulse generating apparatus A device for generating an intense radio frequency pulse through use of a helical Magneto-Cumulative Generator (MCG). The MCG provides a chemical explosion and acts as a converter to transform the chemical/mechanical energy into an electrical energy impulse. Due to the ... | 04/28/2005 |