Load Line Evaluation of a 1-MV Linear Transformer Driver (LTD)

Author

Leckbee, Joshua ; Cordova, Steve ; Oliver, Bryan ; Johnson, David L. ; Toury, Martial ; Rosol, Rodolphe ; Bui, Bill

Author_Institution

Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM

fYear

2008

fDate

27-31 May 2008

Firstpage

98

Lastpage

101

Abstract

A seven cavity LTD system has been assembled and tested in a voltage adder configuration capable of producing approximately 1-MV into a 7-Omega, critically damped load. Individual cavities have been tested with a resistive load. The seven cavity adder has been tested with a large area electron beam diode. The output pulse when tested into a resistive load is that of an RLC circuit. When tested with a dynamic load impedance, the output voltages of the cavities have an added oscillation. The oscillation affects the output pulse shape but is not harmful to the cavity components.

Keywords

RLC circuits; pulsed power technology; transformers; RLC circuit; critically damped load; dynamic load impedance; large area electron beam diode; linear transformer driver; load line evaluation; pulsed power technology; resistive load; voltage 1 MV; voltage adder configuration; Adders; Assembly systems; Circuit testing; Diodes; Electron beams; Impedance; Pulse circuits; RLC circuits; System testing; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

IEEE International Power Modulators and High Voltage Conference, Proceedings of the 2008

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NE

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1534-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1535-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPMC.2008.4743588

Filename

4743588