Spark Gaps

As a leading provider of electronic component solutions for commercial, industrial, military, and aerospace applications worldwide, Excelitas provides unmatched high-voltage spark gap switch solutions manufactured with efficiency and reliability in mind. Made from high-grade alumina ceramic housing with metal supports and hermetically sealed for increased mechanical strength, spark gaps manufactured by Excelitas are perfect for high voltage spark gap switch applications. We are unmatched in the conceptualization, design, and manufacture of high-energy switches.

For customers asking what is spark gap used for?... we tell them that they are gas-filled, high-energy switching devices used in the rapid switching of currents ranging thousands of amperes. These are typically applied in systems that require the diversion of large electrical surges, such as lighting, electromagnetic pulses, and other high-voltage, high-current sources.

Excelitas provides a wide range of switch sparking solutions to suit a wide variety of applications. Our spark gap solutions are made from high-grade ceramic metal electrodes hermetically sealed and filled with pressurized gas. These include:

• Over-Voltage Spark Gaps - typically used to divert stored energy inside capacitor banks or inductors to protect their internal components, such as microwave tubes.
• Triggered Mini Spark Gaps and Transformers - used in the activation of electro-explosive devices, such as electronic safe and arm systems, exploding bridge wires, and detonators.
• Triggered Spark Gaps - made up of three electrodes hermetically sealed in a pressurized envelope, these create a high voltage spark gap switch at low impedance and are used in series switches.
• Triggered Vacuum Spark Gaps - the ideal high voltage spark gap switches for applications that require a wide operating voltage range. Gaps are used in overvoltage protection in crowbar circuits.

Spark gaps are ideal for applications that require the prevention of voltage surges in order to protect equipment and its components, such as in power switching tubes, travelling electric arcs, voltage protective devices, pulse-forming circuits, and spark plugs in ignition systems.

Yes, we do! Excelitas is a leading provider of spark gap solutions worldwide. We conceptualize, design, and manufacture spark gaps made from high-grade ceramic metal materials to ensure the quality and reliability of each component. We provide off-the-shelf solutions and were made with your applications in mind. But should you require a more specialized solution, we also offer customized switch sparking solutions to help meet your operational requirements. Provide us with sample specifications of your desired application, and we will make sure to create a customized solution that meets your needs.