US Patent Issued to Atmospheric Plasma Solutions on March 18 for "Frequency chirp resonant optimal plasma ignition method" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,484, issued on March 18, was assigned to Atmospheric Plasma Solutions Inc. (Cary, N.C.).

"Frequency chirp resonant optimal plasma ignition method" was invented by Terrence E. Rogers (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for plasma ignition and maintenance of an atmospheric pressure plasma. The system has a variable frequency alternating current (AC) power source, a transformer, a cable connected to a secondary winding of the transformer, a programmed microprocessor for control of power to the atmospheric pressure plasma. The microprocessor is configured to a) at pre-ignition, power the AC power source at an operation...