Switching apparatus
AssigneeGeneral Electric Technology GmbH
InventorColin Charnock Davidson
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Abstract
A switching apparatus comprises a plurality of current-conductive branches connected in parallel between first and second terminals, each current-conductive branch including at least one respective electrical connection member in series connection with at least one respective gas tube switch between the first and second terminals, wherein the inductance value of each electrical connection member is configured to balance the inductance values of the current-conductive branches.
Claims6
A switching apparatus comprising a plurality of current-conductive branches connected in parallel between first and second terminals, each current-conductive branch including at least one respective electrical connection member in series connection with at least one respective gas tube switch having at least two electrodes between the first and second terminals, wherein the inductance value of each electrical connection member is configured to balance the inductance values of the current-conductive branches to share a current among the plurality of current-conductive branches, wherein the gas tube switches are positioned in a symmetrical and radial arrangement about a reference axis extending through the terminals such that the gas tube switches are equidistant from the reference axis and the first and second terminals.
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