A high power high voltage short pulse width pulse generator using direct drive method in application of modulating-cathode tubes drive

The power supply of microwave tubes has high voltage and the possibility of produce high power pulse, which called in modulator. In this work, the results of design, construction and characterization of a direct drive pulse modulator for driving high power short pulse-width magnetron are reported. The sub-assemblies of modulator are; a primary high voltage supply, a switch bank with drivers and snubber circuits, a filament circuit, a digital control circuit with sensors and finally a pulse transformer. This paper is concerned with introduction and presentation of experimental evaluation of a new drive method for high power high voltage modulating-cathode microwave tubes.