Patent ID: 6992877
Filing Date: 2006-01-31
Classification: F42C,F42D

Abstract:
1. An electronic switching device configured to activate a detonation device, the electronic switching device comprising: a discharge energy source; charge switching circuitry electrically coupled to the discharge energy source, the charge switching circuitry configured to control the charging of the discharge energy source upon validation of a first signal; first fire circuitry electrically coupled to the discharge energy source, the first fire circuitry configured to detachably couple to a first terminal of the detonation device and to discharge the discharge energy source to the first terminal; signal verification circuitry electrically coupled to the first fire circuitry, the signal verification circuitry configured to allow the first fire circuitry to discharge the discharge energy source upon validation of a second signal; and second fire circuitry electrically coupled to the signal verification circuitry, the second fire circuitry configured to detachably couple to a second terminal of the detonation device and to activate the detonation device by allowing the discharge energy source to discharge from the first terminal to the second terminal through the detonation device upon validation of the second signal.