Three-dimensional graphene network electrode for a high-power switch circuit
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsWayne R. Howe, Jeffrey H. Hunt
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Abstract
One disclosed example provides a high-power switch circuit, comprising a cathode and an anode. One or more of the cathode and the anode comprises a three-dimensional graphene network. The high-power switch circuit further comprising a gap separating the cathode and the anode, a high-power voltage source electrically connected to the cathode and the anode, and a trigger device configured to selectively control triggering of an electrical current between the cathode and the anode.
Claims20
A high-power switch circuit, comprising:
- a cathode and an anode, wherein one or more of the cathode and the anode comprises a three-dimensional graphene network, wherein the three-dimensional graphene network comprises a three-dimensional network of carbon rings with delocalized pi bonding in directions other than along planar sheets;
- a gap separating the cathode and the anode;
- a high-power voltage source electrically connected to the cathode and the anode;
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- a trigger device configured to selectively control triggering of an electrical current between the cathode and the anode.
A machine, comprising:
- a high-power switch circuit, comprising:
- a cathode and an anode, wherein one or more of the cathode and the anode comprises a three-dimensional graphene network, wherein the three-dimensional graphene network comprises a three-dimensional network of carbon rings with delocalized pi bonding in directions other than along planar sheets;
- a gap separating the cathode and the anode;
- a high-power voltage source electrically connected to the cathode and the anode;
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- a trigger device configured to selectively control triggering of an electrical current between the cathode and the anode.
A method for operating a high-power switch circuit, the method comprising:
- applying a high-power voltage source across a cathode and an anode of the high-power switch circuit, wherein one or more of the cathode and the anode comprises a three-dimensional graphene network, wherein the three-dimensional graphene network comprises a three-dimensional network of carbon rings with delocalized pi bonding in directions other than along planar sheets;
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- triggering an electrical current between the cathode and the anode using a signal from a trigger device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.