公开(公告)号：US10580610B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-03

申请号：US14776758

申请日：2013-05-21

Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

Inventor： Timothy John Sommerer ,  Joseph Darryl Michael ,  David John Smith ,  Sergey Joseph Zalubovsky

IPC: H01J13/08 ,  H01J13/52 ,  H02M7/00 ,  H01J17/08

Abstract: A cold-cathode switching device is presented. The cold-cathode switching device includes a housing defining a chamber; an ionizable gas disposed in the chamber; and a plurality of electrodes disposed in the chamber. The plurality of electrodes includes a cathode and an anode defining a discharge gap, and wherein at least one of the cathode and anode comprises a material that is liquid at an operating temperature of the cathode or the anode.