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Fast high-voltage high-current switch: Thyratron-spark gap hybrid

R. B. Gibson

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A high-voltage high-current switch using a hydrogen thyratron in series with a two-element spark gap is described. The hybrid switch triggers like a thyratron, turns off like a spark gap, and holds off twice the potential of either element alone.

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A high-voltage high-current switch using a hydrogen thyratron in series with a two-element spark gap is described. The hybrid switch triggers like a thyratron, turns off like a spark gap, and holds off twice the potential of either element alone.

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A high-voltage high-current switch using a hydrogen thyratron in series with a two-element spark gap is described. The hybrid switch triggers like a thyratron, turns off like a spark gap, and holds off twice the potential of either element alone.

Key concepts: Thyratron, Spark gap, SPARK (programming language), Current (fluid), High voltage, Voltage, Electrical engineering, Materials science

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