公开(公告)号：US20210274628A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-02

申请号：US17324811

申请日：2021-05-19

Applicant: Relyon Plasma GmbH ,  TDK Electronics AG

Inventor： Johann Pichler ,  Georg Kügerl ,  Markus Puff ,  Pavol Kudela ,  Stefan Nettesheim ,  Dariusz Korzec ,  Dominik Burger

IPC: H05H1/24 ,  H01L41/04 ,  H01L41/053 ,  H01L41/107

Abstract: In an embodiment a device includes a first housing in which a piezoelectric transformer is arranged and a second housing in which a control circuit is arranged, the control circuit configured to apply an input voltage to the piezoelectric transformer, wherein the piezoelectric transformer is configured to ionize a process medium, and wherein the device is configured to provide a circulating air operation so that the process medium is guided from the piezoelectric transformer through a catalytic converter and then back to the piezoelectric transformer and generate a non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma.

公开(公告)号：US10904995B2

公开(公告)日：2021-01-26

申请号：US16494261

申请日：2018-03-14

Applicant: TDK Electronics AG ,  relyon plasma GmbH

Inventor： Stefan Nettesheim ,  Dominik Burger ,  Florian Hoppenthaler ,  Michael Weilguni ,  Markus Puff ,  Pavol Kudela

IPC: H01L41/04 ,  H05H1/24 ,  H01L41/09 ,  H01L41/107

Abstract: A plasma generator is disclosed. In an embodiment a plasma generator includes a piezoelectric transformer subdivided into an input region and an output region in a longitudinal direction, wherein the piezoelectric transformer comprises an output-side end face facing away from the input region, wherein the plasma generator comprises a passive load arranged permanently in front of the output-side end face, and wherein the plasma generator is configured to generate non-thermal atmospheric-pressure plasma.

公开(公告)号：US20200077503A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-05

申请号：US16494274

申请日：2018-03-14

Applicant: TDK Electronics AG ,  relyon plasma GmbH

Inventor： Johann Pichler ,  Georg Kügerl ,  Markus Puff ,  Pavol Kudela ,  Stefan Nettesheim ,  Dariusz Korzec ,  Dominik Burger

IPC: H05H1/24 ,  H01L41/04 ,  H01L41/053 ,  H01L41/107

Abstract: A device for producing a non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma and an active space including such a device are disclosed. In an embodiment a device includes a first housing, in which a piezoelectric transformer is arranged and a second housing, in which a control circuit is arranged, the control circuit configured to apply an input voltage to the piezoelectric transformer, wherein the first housing comprises a coating configured to eradicate irritant gases.

公开(公告)号：US20250113737A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-03

申请号：US18979952

申请日：2024-12-13

Applicant: TDK Electronics AG

Inventor： Michael Weilguni ,  Markus Puff ,  Pavol Kudela ,  Bernhard Döllgast

IPC: H10N30/40 ,  C01B13/11 ,  H05H1/24

Abstract: In an embodiment a plasma generator includes a piezoelectric transformer having an input region and an output region, wherein the input region is configured to convert an applied AC voltage into a mechanical oscillation, wherein the output region is configured to convert the mechanical oscillation into an electrical voltage, wherein the piezoelectric transformer is configured to ignite a plasma at an output-side end side of the piezoelectric transformer, wherein the piezoelectric transformer includes a longest edge and a shortest edge, and wherein the longest edge has a length that is twenty times a length of the shortest edge or less.

公开(公告)号：US20250048527A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-06

申请号：US18910251

申请日：2024-10-09

Applicant: Relyon Plasma GmbH ,  TDK Electronics AG

Inventor： Johann Pichler ,  Markus Puff ,  Dariusz Korzec ,  Georg Kügerl ,  Dominik Burger ,  Pavol Kudela ,  Stefan Nettesheim

IPC: H05H1/24 ,  H10N30/40 ,  H10N30/80 ,  H10N30/88

Abstract: In an embodiment A device includes a first housing, in which a first device configured to generate electric fields with high field strengths is arranged and a second housing, in which a control circuit is arranged, wherein the control circuit is configured to apply an input voltage to the first device, wherein the device is configured to produce a non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma.

公开(公告)号：US12144097B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-12

申请号：US17324811

申请日：2021-05-19

Applicant: Relyon Plasma GmbH ,  TDK Electronics AG

Inventor： Johann Pichler ,  Georg Kügerl ,  Markus Puff ,  Pavol Kudela ,  Stefan Nettesheim ,  Dariusz Korzec ,  Dominik Burger

IPC: H05H1/24 ,  H10N30/40 ,  H10N30/80 ,  H10N30/88

Abstract: In an embodiment a device includes a first housing in which a piezoelectric transformer is arranged and a second housing in which a control circuit is arranged, the control circuit configured to apply an input voltage to the piezoelectric transformer, wherein the piezoelectric transformer is configured to ionize a process medium, and wherein the device is configured to provide a circulating air operation so that the process medium is guided from the piezoelectric transformer through a catalytic converter and then back to the piezoelectric transformer and generate a non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma.

公开(公告)号：US10856399B2

公开(公告)日：2020-12-01

申请号：US16689848

申请日：2019-11-20

Applicant: TDK Electronics AG

Inventor： Pavol Kudela ,  Franz Rinner ,  Markus Puff

IPC: H01L41/107 ,  H05H1/24 ,  H01L41/04

Abstract: A device for generating an atmospheric-pressure plasma is disclosed. In an embodiment the device includes a piezoelectric transformer comprising an input region and an output region, wherein the input region is designed to convert an applied alternating voltage into a mechanical oscillation, wherein the output region is designed to convert a mechanical oscillation into a voltage, and wherein the output region adjoins the input region in a longitudinal direction, a contact element fastened to the piezoelectric transformer, the contact element being designed to apply the alternating voltage to the input region and a holder, wherein the contact element is connected to the holder by a form-fit connection, in such a manner that a movement of the piezoelectric transformer in the longitudinal direction, relative to the holder, is prevented.

公开(公告)号：US11076475B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-27

申请号：US16084192

申请日：2017-01-25

Applicant: TDK Electronics AG

Inventor： Michael Weilguni ,  Pavol Kudela

IPC: H05H1/24 ,  H01L41/04 ,  H01L41/107

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for generating a non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma are disclosed. In an embodiment, an apparatus for generating a non-thermal atmospheric-pressure plasma includes a first piezoelectric transformer, a second piezoelectric transformer, and a drive circuit configured to apply an input voltage to each of the piezoelectric transformers, and wherein the input voltage applied to the first transformer is phase-shifted by 90° in relation to the input voltage applied to the second transformer.

公开(公告)号：US11071193B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-20

申请号：US16494274

申请日：2018-03-14

Applicant: TDK Electronics AG ,  relyon plasma GmbH

Inventor： Johann Pichler ,  Georg Kügerl ,  Markus Puff ,  Pavol Kudela ,  Stefan Nettesheim ,  Dariusz Korzec ,  Dominik Burger

IPC: H01H1/24 ,  H01H41/04 ,  H05H1/24 ,  H01L41/04 ,  H01L41/053 ,  H01L41/107

Abstract: A device for producing a non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma and an active space including such a device are disclosed. In an embodiment a device includes a first housing, in which a piezoelectric transformer is arranged and a second housing, in which a control circuit is arranged, the control circuit configured to apply an input voltage to the piezoelectric transformer, wherein the first housing comprises a coating configured to eradicate irritant gases.

公开(公告)号：US20200092977A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-19

申请号：US16689848

申请日：2019-11-20

Applicant: TDK Electronics AG

Inventor： Pavol Kudela ,  Franz Rinner ,  Markus Puff

IPC: H05H1/24 ,  H01L41/107 ,  H01L41/04

Abstract: A device for generating an atmospheric-pressure plasma is disclosed. In an embodiment the device includes a piezoelectric transformer comprising an input region and an output region, wherein the input region is designed to convert an applied alternating voltage into a mechanical oscillation, wherein the output region is designed to convert a mechanical oscillation into a voltage, and wherein the output region adjoins the input region in a longitudinal direction, a contact element fastened to the piezoelectric transformer, the contact element being designed to apply the alternating voltage to the input region and a holder, wherein the contact element is connected to the holder by a form-fit connection, in such a manner that a movement of the piezoelectric transformer in the longitudinal direction, relative to the holder, is prevented.