Simulation, design and test of a MOV pulse shaping device for high power microwave generators

Author

Giesselmann, M. ; Heeren, T. ; Kristiansen, E. ; Dickens, J. ; Castro, D. ; Garcia, D. ; Kristiansen, M.

Author_Institution

Pulsed Power Lab., Texas Tech. Univ., Lubbock, TX, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1999

Firstpage

1433

Abstract

This paper describes a metal oxide varistor (MOV) pulse shaping device, which is to be used for generating a flat-top voltage pulse for high power microwave devices. The MOV pulse-shaping device is attached to a coaxial pulse compression system. The pulse compression system consists of an inductive energy storage section, an exploding wire fuse and an output spark gap. The paper contains a detailed discussion of the pulse compression system followed by a description of the MOV pulse-shaping device. The MOV elements that are used for this pulse shaping application are the SIOV-E32VR602 type, made by Siemens.

Keywords

inductive energy storage; microwave devices; microwave generation; pulse compression; pulse generators; pulse shaping; pulsed power supplies; pulsed power switches; spark gaps; varistors; SIOV-E32VR602; Siemens; coaxial pulse compression system; exploding wire fuse; flat-top voltage pulse generation; high-power microwave generators; inductive energy storage; metal oxide varistor; output spark gap; pulse shaping device; pulsed power supply; High power microwave generation; Microwave devices; Microwave generation; Power generation; Pulse compression methods; Pulse generation; Pulse shaping methods; Testing; Varistors; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pulsed Power Conference, 1999. Digest of Technical Papers. 12th IEEE International

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5498-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PPC.1999.823799

Filename

823799