Provided is a gas discharge tube, including at least two electrodes and an insulating tube body, which is connected in a sealing manner with the electrodes to form a discharge inner cavity. A low-temperature sealing adhesive for sealing the discharge inner cavity is arranged in the gas discharge tube. The low-temperature sealing adhesive is melted at a specific low temperature to cause gas leakage in the discharge inner cavity.

A surge protection component with a main body which has at least one inner electrode arranged between two ceramic layers, wherein the at least one inner electrode is set back from at least one lateral face of the main body, wherein a gas-filled cavity is provided between the at least one inner electrode and the at least one lateral face, and wherein an outer electrode is respectively arranged on two mutually opposite lateral faces of the main body. According to a further aspect, the present invention relates to a method for producing a surge protection component.

A surge protection component with a main body which has at least one inner electrode arranged between two ceramic layers, wherein the at least one inner electrode is set back from at least one lateral face of the main body, wherein a gas-filled cavity is provided between the at least one inner electrode and the at least one lateral face, and wherein an outer electrode is respectively arranged on two mutually opposite lateral faces of the main body. According to a further aspect, the present invention relates to a method for producing a surge protection component.

A surge protection device with stack spark gaps, whereby a stack spark gap is formed from multiple electrodes and insulating elements that are arranged between the electrodes, with an ignition switch for influencing the ignition behavior of the stack spark gaps, with a first electrically conductive clamping element and with a second electrically conductive clamping element, whereby the clamping elements are arranged on opposite sides of the stack spark gaps, with at least one connecting element by which the clamping elements are connected to one another, and with connection elements for electrical connection of the stack spark gaps.

An arrangement of stack spark gaps, whereby a stack spark gap has multiple electrodes and insulating elements that are arranged between the electrodes, with a first electrically conductive clamping element and a second electrically conductive clamping element, whereby the two clamping elements are arranged opposite to the front ends of the stack spark gaps, with at least one connecting element, by which the two clamping elements are connected to one another, and with connection elements for electrical connection to the stack spark gaps. A device is provided for holding the stack spark gaps together and having them make contact. Three stack spark gaps are arranged beside one another between the two clamping elements, at least one of which is electrically conductive, and the two clamping elements are connected to one another electrically via the connecting element and are arranged with the spark gaps so as to form a star circuit.

Provided is a gas discharge tube, including at least two electrodes and an insulating tube body, which is connected in a sealing manner with the electrodes to form a discharge inner cavity. A low-temperature sealing adhesive for sealing the discharge inner cavity is arranged in the gas discharge tube. The low-temperature sealing adhesive is melted at a specific low temperature to cause gas leakage in the discharge inner cavity.

A multiple spark-gap arrester is disclosed. In an embodiment the arrester includes a series connection of a plurality of spark gaps between a first potential node and a reference-ground potential node and a trigger circuit having an input and an output, the input being coupled to a second potential node between two adjacent spark gaps of the plurality of spark gaps, and the output being coupled to at least one of the spark gaps between the second potential node and the reference-ground potential node, wherein the trigger circuit is configured, when at least one spark gap between the first potential node and the second potential node is ignited, to supply a trigger signal for the at least one of the spark gaps between the second potential node and the reference-ground potential node.

A multiple spark-gap arrester is disclosed. In an embodiment the arrester includes a series connection of a plurality of spark gaps between a first potential node and a reference-ground potential node and a trigger circuit having an input and an output, the input being coupled to a second potential node between two adjacent spark gaps of the plurality of spark gaps, and the output being coupled to at least one of the spark gaps between the second potential node and the reference-ground potential node, wherein the trigger circuit is configured, when at least one spark gap between the first potential node and the second potential node is ignited, to supply a trigger signal for the at least one of the spark gaps between the second potential node and the reference-ground potential node.

A gas discharge tube assembly includes a multi-cell gas discharge tube (GDT). The multi-cell GDT includes a housing defining a GDT chamber, a plurality of inner electrodes located in the GDT chamber, a trigger resistor located in the GDT chamber, and a gas contained in the GDT chamber. The inner electrodes are serially disposed in the chamber in spaced apart relation to define a series of cells and spark gaps. The trigger resistor includes an interface surface exposed to at least one of the cells. The trigger resistor is responsive to an electrical surge through the trigger resistor to generate a spark along the interface surface and thereby promote an electrical arc in the at least one cell.

A gas discharge tube assembly includes a multi-cell gas discharge tube (GDT). The multi-cell GDT includes a housing defining a GDT chamber, a plurality of inner electrodes located in the GDT chamber, a trigger resistor located in the GDT chamber, and a gas contained in the GDT chamber. The inner electrodes are serially disposed in the chamber in spaced apart relation to define a series of cells and spark gaps. The trigger resistor includes an interface surface exposed to at least one of the cells. The trigger resistor is responsive to an electrical surge through the trigger resistor to generate a spark along the interface surface and thereby promote an electrical arc in the at least one cell.