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Flexible impedance matching for a microwave generator supplied with pulse current

US8853945B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Robert Gratz · Lockhart, US
Oliver Heuermann · Höchstadt an der Aisch, DE
Sven Müller · Duisburg, DE
Martin Schön · Dresden, DE
Stefan Willing · Rudolstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 16, 2012
Grant date	Oct 7, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 24, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH03K3/53
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for operating an arrangement of equipment that include a pulse generator for generating electrical pulses, a microwave generator with a break-through voltage, and a transmission element is provided. For transmission of the pulses, the pulse generator is connected to the microwave generator via the transmission element, which in the arrangement of equipment, acts as an impedance varying over time. The voltage characteristic over time or the current characteristic over time of each pulse is defined such that in an operating mode, the impedance of the transmission element is matched to the impedance of the microwave generator when the break-through voltage is reached.

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