P erkinElmer’s Triggered Spark Gaps are a family of versatile high voltage switches. They consist of three electrodes in a hermetically sealed, pressurized ceramic envelope. Triggered Spark Gaps are generally characterized by a peak current capability of thousands to tens of thousands of amperes, delay times of tens of nanoseconds, arc resistance of tens of milliohms and inductance of 5 to 30 nanohenries. They are suitable for capacitor switching applications such as flash lamps, electrically pumped gas lasers, medical lithotripters, and as crowbar protection devices.

Features

• Fast switching operation

• High voltage holdoff

• Ceramic-metal construction

• No warm up period

• High current capability

• Long life