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Pseudospark switch, the Glossary

The pseudospark switch a gas-filled tube capable of high speed switching.^[1]

26 relations: Ampere, Boron carbide, Ceramic, Copper, Electrical impedance, Electrode, Electron avalanche, Erosion, Gas-filled tube, Hollow cathode effect, Hydrogen, Ignitron, Insulated-gate bipolar transistor, Krytron, Molybdenum, Nickel, Order of magnitude, Plasma (physics), Rhenium, Silicon carbide, Spark gap, Standby power, Switch, Tantalum, Thyratron, Tungsten.
Electrical breakdown
Gas-filled tubes
Switching tubes

Ampere

The ampere (symbol: A), often shortened to amp,SI supports only the use of symbols and deprecates the use of abbreviations for units.

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Boron carbide (chemical formula approximately B4C) is an extremely hard boron–carbon ceramic, a covalent material used in tank armor, bulletproof vests, engine sabotage powders, as well as numerous industrial applications.

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Ceramic

A ceramic is any of the various hard, brittle, heat-resistant, and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing an inorganic, nonmetallic material, such as clay, at a high temperature.

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Copper

Copper is a chemical element; it has symbol Cu and atomic number 29.

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Electrical impedance

In electrical engineering, impedance is the opposition to alternating current presented by the combined effect of resistance and reactance in a circuit.

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Electrode

An electrode is an electrical conductor used to make contact with a nonmetallic part of a circuit (e.g. a semiconductor, an electrolyte, a vacuum or air).

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Electron avalanche

An electron avalanche is a process in which a number of free electrons in a transmission medium are subjected to strong acceleration by an electric field and subsequently collide with other atoms of the medium, thereby ionizing them (impact ionization). Pseudospark switch and electron avalanche are electrical breakdown.

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Erosion

Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust and then transports it to another location where it is deposited.

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Gas-filled tube

A gas-filled tube, also commonly known as a discharge tube or formerly as a Plücker tube, is an arrangement of electrodes in a gas within an insulating, temperature-resistant envelope. Pseudospark switch and gas-filled tube are gas-filled tubes.

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Hollow cathode effect

The hollow cathode effect allows electrical conduction at a lower voltage or with more current in a cold-cathode gas-discharge lamp when the cathode is a conductive tube open at one end than a similar lamp with a flat cathode.

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Hydrogen

Hydrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol H and atomic number 1.

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Ignitron

An ignitron is a type of gas-filled tube used as a controlled rectifier and dating from the 1930s. Pseudospark switch and ignitron are gas-filled tubes and Switching tubes.

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Insulated-gate bipolar transistor

An insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) is a three-terminal power semiconductor device primarily forming an electronic switch.

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Krytron

The krytron is a cold-cathode gas-filled tube intended for use as a very high-speed switch, somewhat similar to the thyratron. Pseudospark switch and krytron are gas-filled tubes and Switching tubes.

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Molybdenum

Molybdenum is a chemical element; it has symbol Mo (from Neo-Latin molybdaenum) and atomic number 42.

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Nickel

Nickel is a chemical element; it has symbol Ni and atomic number 28.

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Order of magnitude

An order of magnitude is an approximation of the logarithm of a value relative to some contextually understood reference value, usually 10, interpreted as the base of the logarithm and the representative of values of magnitude one.

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Plasma (physics)

Plasma is one of four fundamental states of matter (the other three being solid, liquid, and gas) characterized by the presence of a significant portion of charged particles in any combination of ions or electrons.

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Rhenium

Rhenium is a chemical element; it has symbol Re and atomic number 75.

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Silicon carbide

Silicon carbide (SiC), also known as carborundum, is a hard chemical compound containing silicon and carbon.

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Spark gap

A spark gap consists of an arrangement of two conducting electrodes separated by a gap usually filled with a gas such as air, designed to allow an electric spark to pass between the conductors. Pseudospark switch and spark gap are electrical breakdown, gas-filled tubes and Switching tubes.

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Standby power

Standby power, also called vampire power, vampire draw, phantom load, ghost load or leaking electricity refers to the way electric power is consumed by electronic and electrical appliances while they are switched off (but are designed to draw some power) or in standby mode.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudospark_switch

Also known as Cold Cathode Thyratron, Cold-cathode Thyratron.

Pseudospark switch, the Glossary

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