Method and system for making integrated solid-state fire-sets and detonators

US5731538A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Regents of the University of California · US

Inventors

• Dennis O'Brien · Livermore, US
• Robert Druce · Columbia, US
• Gary W. Johnson · Norwalk, US
• George E. Vogtlin · Fremont, US
• Troy W. Barbee, Jr. · Palo Alto, US
• Ronald S. Lee · Livermore, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 19, 1997
• Grant date: Mar 24, 1998
• Expiry date: Feb 19, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F42B3/13
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A slapper detonator comprises a solid-state high-voltage capacitor, a low-jitter dielectric breakdown switch and trigger circuitry, a detonator transmission line, an exploding foil bridge, and a flier material. All these components are fabricated in a single solid-state device using thin film deposition techniques.