Compact HV-Capacitor Charger

Author

Giesselmann, Michael ; Vollmer, Travis ; Lara, Matt ; Mayes, Jon

Author_Institution

ECE Dept., Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX

fYear

2008

fDate

27-31 May 2008

Firstpage

238

Lastpage

241

Abstract

We are reporting on a compact high power charger which is integrated into compact Marx generators for rep. rated high power microwave generators and other pulsed power applications. The charger uses rectified AC mains input voltages of 120 V single phase or 208 V three phase and produces output voltages of up to ten´s of kV with HV output power levels of 10 kW. The rep. rate capability is up to 100 Hz. Major advancements over previous designs are current mode control of the main inverter and improved voltage feedback control.

Keywords

feedback; high-voltage engineering; invertors; microwave generation; power capacitors; pulse generators; pulsed power supplies; voltage control; HV-capacitor charger; Marx generators; current mode control; high-power charger; main inverter; microwave generators; power 10 kW; pulsed power applications; rectified AC mains; voltage 120 V; voltage 208 V; voltage feedback control; Bridge circuits; Capacitors; Current measurement; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Inverters; Power generation; Power supplies; Rectifiers; Transformer cores; 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.2008.4743625

Filename

4743625