spark gap

A simple example of holding current is in a Spark gap.

One capacitor also has a small spark gap across it.

In these early days, people often used spark gaps.

One side of the spark gap was directly connected to the antenna.

Could be the spark gaps firing nearby on a test rig.

The diodes also have a longer lifetime than spark gaps.

Larger spark gaps are used to protect power lines.

His receiver consists of a coil with a spark gap.

Our results are comparable with those of the spark gap generator as reported by the Munich group.

Then an answer came back down, crackling pulses across the tiny spark gap.

Two styles, spark gap and resistive element, are in common use.

It used spark gap technology, but modulated the carrier frequency with the human voice, and later music.

"Ozone from those spark gaps over there, I think."

First the spark gap and the capacitor are charged.

The spark gap then discharges itself and voltage is applied to the nitrogen.

This noise was due to irregularities in the spark gap transmitter he used.

With the spark gap system a smaller number of shock waves seems necessary, most patients needing only one session.

Still the first spark gap in the cascade needs a free electron to start with, so jitter is rather high.

The switching may be done by a spark gap or a krytron.

Experiments with spark gap transmitters stretch back to 1900.

With enough time and money, they will learn to manufacture their own spark gaps and centrifuges.

The humming voice snapped like a spark gap.

Spark gaps are essential to the functioning of a number of electronic devices.

Spark gaps are frequently used to prevent voltage surges from damaging equipment.