Addressable ignition stage for enabling a detonator/ignitor
OwnerRyan Parasraminventor
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Abstract
The present invention is directed toward an addressable ignition stage which produces an output sufficient to detonate a secondary explosive, generally. The present invention comprises addressability and ignition functions that may be used together or separately to incorporate a high-power resistor with a thermally conductive substrate allowing for operation at high temperatures for ignition. The ignition stage is amendable to high volume production, exhibits a high degree of reliability, robustness and operational dependability for use alone or configurable into existing technology.
Claims13
An addressable ignition stage device configured to actuate a primary or secondary explosive following voltage breakdown in a detonator/ignitor comprising:
- voltage accepting terminals;
- one or more conductors;
- one or more rectifier diodes;
- said one or more rectifier diodes directing activating polarity of applied voltage;
- one to a plurality of voltage standoff devices;
- said voltage standoff device or devices having a standoff voltage, threshold voltage, or trigger current;
- said voltage standoff device or devices comprising a thyristor voltage standoff device or devices configured to allow current flow to an ignition element only upon reaching voltage breakdown by exceeding said standoff voltage, threshold voltage, or trigger current;
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- said ignition element firing upon receiving current step from voltage breakdown.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.