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US 6,150,764 AGranted
Tandem hall field plasma accelerator
AssigneeBusek Co., Inc.
InventorsVladimir J. Hruby, Jeffery M. Monheiser, Bruce M. Pote
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AssigneeBusek Co., Inc.
InventorsVladimir J. Hruby, Jeffery M. Monheiser, Bruce M. Pote
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A tandem Hall field plasma accelerator with closed electron drift includes a magnetic circuit having an inner pole and an outer pole and a magnetic field source and a discharge cavity disposed axially in tandem; the discharge cavity including an axially extending accelerator section defining an exit aperture between the inner and outer poles and a plenum section extending radially outwardly and upstream of the accelerator section and including an anode and a propellant injector. Also disclosed is the use of an electromagnetic coil which provides a magnetic field in a magnetic circuit and includes a multiple turn winding wound on an electrically conductive bobbin. The plasma discharge is connected electrically in series with the electromagnetic coil and a power source with a bobbin defining a single turn secondary coil winding on the magnetic circuit which reduces magnetic field fluctuations in the plasma discharge and reduces eddy currents and consequent heating of the magnetic circuit.
A tandem Hall field plasma accelerator with closed electron drift comprising:
A Hall field plasma accelerator with closed electron drift comprising:
A tandem Hall field plasma accelerator with closed electron drift comprising:
A tandem Hall field plasma accelerator with closed electron drift comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.