Induced nuclear reactions: processes – systems – and elements – Nuclear fusion – Magnetic confinement of plasma
Reexamination Certificate
2005-03-23
2009-12-15
Philogene, Haissa (Department: 2821)
Induced nuclear reactions: processes, systems, and elements
Nuclear fusion
Magnetic confinement of plasma
C376S144000, C376S142000, C376S143000, C315S111510, C315S111410, C315S290000, C315S291000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07634042
ABSTRACT:
A pulsed power system has an inductive energy storage circuit (42) including a current source (43) and a plasma opening switch (44). The plasma opening switch has a transmission line (51, 52) coupling the current source to a load (41). The plasma opening switch changes from a closed state to an open state when a plasma discharge (45) in the plasma opening switch is driven by magnetic force from a first region along the transmission line to a second region towards the load. Electrical conductors (47, 48) are arranged for providing a stabilizing magnetic field configuration in the first region to magnetically latch the plasma discharge in the first region during charging of the inductive energy storage circuit, and current flowing along the transmission line from the current source to the load tends to disrupt the stabilizing magnetic field configuration and unlatch the plasma discharge from the first region and drive the plasma discharge toward the second region.
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