IGNITION CIRCUIT FOR IGNITING A PLASMA FED WITH ALTERNATING POWER

摘要

In an ignition circuit (20) for igniting a plasma fed with alternating power in a gas discharge chamber (7), having two fine sections (21, 22) for connection to an alternating power source (2) and at least one line section (23) for connection to a housing earth of the gas discharge chamber (7), at least one series connection (10) of a non-linear element (12) and an energy store (11) is connected between the line sections (21, 22) for connection to an alternating power source (2), and the line section (23) for connection to a housing earth of the gas discharge chamber (7) is connected to a connection node (13) between an energy store (11) and a non-linear element (12).