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Surge absorber

US4727350A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 20, 1987
Grant dateFeb 23, 1988
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 20, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01T4/12
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A surge absorber in which an electrically conductive thin film is vaporized on the surface of a ceramic circular cylinder, a micro.groove is trimmed using a laser beam to define a spiral locus on the surface, and a linear.groove is trimmed to intersect the micro.groove to divide the thin film into a plurality of segments, so that overvoltages applied across the two electrodes can be absorbed.

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