Efficient Plasma Driving
AssigneeEHT Ventures LLC
InventorsAlex Henson, Kenneth Miller, Alexander Vellozzi
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A plasma driver for efficiently delivering energy to a plasma when driving arcs or arc-like plasmas through a spark gap is disclosed. A plasma driver may include an energy storage capacitor, a nanosecond pulser stage electrically coupled with the energy storage capacitor, an IPM stage electrically coupled with the nanosecond pulser stage and the energy storage capacitor, a transformer electrically having a primary side and a secondary side, the primary side electrically coupled with the nanosecond pulser stage and the IPM stage, and a device may include an output cable electrically coupled with a secondary side of the transformer.
Claims49
A plasma driver comprising:
- an energy storage capacitor;
- a nanosecond pulser stage electrically coupled with the energy storage capacitor, wherein the nanosecond pulser stage produces high voltage pulses greater than about 1 kV;
- an IPM stage electrically coupled with the nanosecond pulser stage and the energy storage capacitor, wherein the IPM stage produces high voltage pulses of about 1 V-10 kV;
- a transformer electrically having a primary side and a secondary side, the primary side electrically coupled with the nanosecond pulser stage and the IPM stage;
- and
- an output cable electrically coupled with a secondary side of the transformer.
(canceled)
(canceled)
(canceled)
(canceled)
(canceled)
(canceled)
(canceled)
(canceled)
(canceled)
(canceled)
(canceled)
(canceled)
(canceled)
(canceled)
(canceled)
(canceled)
(canceled)
(canceled)
A plasma driver comprising:
- a first energy storage capacitor;
- a nanosecond pulser electrically coupled with the energy storage capacitor, the nanosecond pulser comprising a plurality of solid state switches, wherein the nanosecond pulser stage produces high voltage pulses greater than about 1 kV, wherein the nanosecond pulser stage produces high voltage pulses with a pulse repetition frequency greater than about 100 Hz;
- a second energy storage capacitor;
- an integrated power module comprising a plurality of solid state switches, wherein the integrated power module is electrically coupled with the first energy storage capacitor and the nanosecond pulser via the second energy storage capacitor, wherein the integrated power module stage produces high voltage pulses of about 1 V-10 kV;
- a transformer having a primary side and a secondary side, the primary side having a first lead electrically coupled with the nanosecond pulser and a second lead electrically coupled with the integrated power module;
- and
- an output electrically coupled with the secondary side of the transformer.
(canceled)
(canceled)
(canceled)
(canceled)
(canceled)
(canceled)
(canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.