Nano- and picosecond pulsers on the basis of FED and DRD

Author

Efanov, V.M. ; Kriklenko, A.V. ; Yarine, P.M.

fYear

2001

fDate

17-22 June 2001

Firstpage

462

Abstract

Summary form only given, as follows. FID technology has developed a new class of superpower closing switches with picosecond operation (FID) and opening switches (DRD) with nanosecond operation. Each of those devices allows switching voltage of tens and hundreds kilovolts with currents higher than 10kA. FID and DRD allowed to develop a series of pulsers with pulse width from 100ps to several hundreds nanoseconds. The pulse shape can be bell-shaped (Gaussian), square or bipolar. Pulse repetition frequency depends on the average power and is usually several kilohertz. There are modifications of the nanosecond pulsers with peak power 20-30MW and dimensions 150/spl times/120/spl times/60mm. The example are the pulsers FPG-HV and FPG-S-HF: maximum amplitude 1 - 10kV, pulse duration 0.1 - 1ns, rise time 100ps, PRF 100-500kHz.

Keywords

plasma switches; switchgear; 1 to 10 kV; 10 kA; 20 to 30 MW; DRD; FID technology; Gaussian pulse; bell-shaped pulse; bipolar pulse; kilovolts; nanosecond operation; nanosecond pulsers; opening switches; picosecond pulsers; pulse repetition frequency; pulse width; square pulse; superpower closing switches; Electric breakdown; Frequency; Geometry; Pulse shaping methods; Shape; Space vector pulse width modulation; Stress; Sun; Switches; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pulsed Power Plasma Science, 2001. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7141-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PPPS.2001.961232

Filename

961232