XRAM generator with an opening switch
AssigneeDeutsch-Franzosisches Forschungsinstitut St. Louis
InventorsVolker Brommer, Emil Spahn
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Abstract
A circuit which produces a current pulse through a load element, includes a primary energy storage unit and a secondary energy storage unit which can be charged up by the primary energy storage unit an opening switching element which is configured to interrupt or establish a connection between the primary energy storage unit and the secondary energy storage unit and a closing switch which is configured to interrupt or establish a connection between the secondary energy storage unit and the load element; and a counter current element which is connected to the opening switching element such that a counter current flows from the counter current element through the opening switching element when the closing switch is closed.
Claims14
A circuit for producing a current pulse through a load element, wherein the circuit comprises:
- at least one primary energy storage unit;
- at least one secondary energy storage unit which can be charged up by the primary energy storage unit;
- at least one opening switching element using which a connection between the primary energy storage unit and the at least one secondary energy storage unit can be interrupted or established;
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- at least one closing switch, using which a connection between the at least one secondary energy storage unit and a load element can be established or interrupted;
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- at least one counter current element which is connected to the at least one opening switching element such that a counter current flows from the at least one counter current element through the at least one opening switching element when the closing switch is closed.
A method for producing a current pulse through a load element, including the steps of charging at least one secondary energy storage unit by a primary energy storage unit wherein the load element is essentially separated from the secondary energy storage unit during the charge-up sequence, connecting the load element to the at least one secondary energy storage unit to produce a counter current through at least one opening switch which connects the at least one secondary energy storage unit to the primary energy storage unit, whereby the opening switch is opened at zero load or switches to its blocking state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.