公开(公告)号：EP2973638A1

公开(公告)日：2016-01-20

申请号：EP13728586.2

申请日：2013-05-21

申请人： General Electric Company

发明人： SOMMERER, Timothy, John ,  MICHAEL, Joseph, Darryl ,  SMITH, David, John ,  ZALUBOVSKY, Sergey, Joseph

IPC分类号： H01J13/08 ,  H01J13/52 ,  H01J17/08

CPC分类号： H01J13/08 ,  H01J13/52 ,  H01J17/08 ,  H02M7/006

摘要： A cold-cathode switching device is presented. The cold-cathode switching device (100) includes a housing (110) defining a chamber (111); an ionizable gas (112) disposed in the chamber; and a plurality of electrodes (120) disposed in the chamber. The plurality of electrodes includes a cathode (124) and an anode (122) defining a discharge gap, and wherein at least one of the cathode and anode comprises a material (140) that is liquid at an operating temperature of the cathode or the anode.