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Glenn Research Center
1993 Phase II
Pulse Power Thyristors (PPTs) for Aerospace
Power Technology South (PTS) Company
Raleigh, NC
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INNOVATION
New opening and closing switch thyristor capable of unlimited di/dt blocking up to 40,000 volts |
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Developed opening and closing
switch thyristors with unlimited di/dt, blocking up to 40,000 volts
in low cost plastic packages
- Developed practical use of "Pulse
Power Technology" in FAA Certified ignition, Thyristor replacement,
Laser Fusion, Electroporation and etc.
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COMMERCIALIZATION
- Arrays of the PPTs has been used
to replace Thyratrons.
- PPTs currently used to replace
spark gap switches in FAA Certified exciter/igniter systems to start
jet engines.
- PTS has allied with three major power semiconductor producers for an assured supply of PPTs.
- Private capital investment has been secured to fund several new PPT applications.
- As a result of this SBIR PTS Company is able to continue to exist as a commercial company.
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GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS
- New Government and Commercial Turbine
starters use the new PPT technology.
- Stacks of PPTs are used to replace Thyratron
tubes.
- PPT stacks are also used to initiate Inertial Confinement Fusion in the "NRL Electra" application.
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