Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Detonation control
- Patent Title (中): 爆轰控制
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Application No.: US14370207Application Date: 2013-01-14
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Publication No.: US09476685B2Publication Date: 2016-10-25
- Inventor: Jonathan L. Mace , Gerald J. Seitz , Lawrence E. Bronisz
- Applicant: Los Alamos National Security, LLC
- Applicant Address: US NM Los Alamos
- Assignee: Los Alamos National Security, LLC
- Current Assignee: Los Alamos National Security, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NM Los Alamos
- Agency: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2013/021471 WO 20130114
- International Announcement: WO2013/147980 WO 20131003
- Main IPC: F42D1/05
- IPC: F42D1/05 ; F42D1/045 ; F42D3/00 ; E21B43/263 ; E21B43/1185 ; F42B3/10 ; F42B3/113 ; F42C15/42 ; F23Q21/00 ; F42D1/04 ; F42D3/04 ; E21B47/12 ; C06B25/34 ; F42B3/02 ; F42D1/02 ; F42D3/06

Abstract:
Detonation control modules and detonation control circuits are provided herein. A trigger input signal can cause a detonation control module to trigger a detonator. A detonation control module can include a timing circuit, a light-producing diode such as a laser diode, an optically triggered diode, and a high-voltage capacitor. The trigger input signal can activate the timing circuit. The timing circuit can control activation of the light-producing diode. Activation of the light-producing diode illuminates and activates the optically triggered diode. The optically triggered diode can be coupled between the high-voltage capacitor and the detonator. Activation of the optically triggered diode causes a power pulse to be released from the high-voltage capacitor that triggers the detonator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140366761A1 DETONATION CONTROL Public/Granted day:2014-12-18
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