Patent ID: 9357624
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: H01J,H01T,H05F,H05H

Claim Text:
1. A balanced ionizer for static charge neutralization in a variable environment in response to the application of variable-waveform signals thereto, the balanced ionizer comprising: a hollow dielectric channel having a length and an outer surface, the dielectric channel being at least partially disposed within the variable environment; a reference emitter disposed on the outer surface of the dielectric channel; and a high voltage electrode at least partially disposed within the hollow dielectric channel, the high voltage electrode presenting a high intensity electric field to the reference emitter through the dielectric channel in response to the provision of a variable-waveform high voltage signal, the electric field causing the generation of a plasma region with electrically balanced charge carriers within the variable environment due to barrier discharge occurring at the interface of the reference emitter and the outer surface of the dielectric channel.