Title :
PCSS triggered pulsed power switches
Author :
Zutavern, F.J. ; Glover, S.F. ; Reed, K.W. ; Cich, M.J. ; Mar, A. ; Swalby, M.E. ; Saiz, T.A. ; Horry, M.L. ; Gruner, F.R. ; White, F.E.
Author_Institution :
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185 USA
Abstract :
This paper describes results from a 3 year project to develop fiber-optically controlled trigger generators (TG) from high gain photoconductive semiconductor switches (PCSSs) for high voltage switches (HVSs) in pulsed power applications. Triggers for HVSs are critical components for reliable, efficient pulsed power systems because they control the timing synchronization and amplitude variation of multiple pulse forming lines that combine to produce the total output. Proposed pulse power systems are even more dependent on triggering as they consist of many triggered HVSs and produce shaped-pulses by independent timing of the HVSs.
Keywords :
Photoconducting devices; Power generation; Power semiconductor switches; Power system control; Power system reliability; Power systems; Pulse generation; Pulse power systems; Timing; Voltage control;
Conference_Titel :
Pulsed Power Conference, 2007 16th IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Albuquerque, NM
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0913-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0914-3
DOI :
10.1109/PPPS.2007.4651828
