Photon Initiated Thyristor Switches

Author

Altunc, S. ; Baum, C.E. ; McDonald, K.F. ; Kumar, P. ; Schamiloglu, E. ; Christodoulou, C.G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

20-24 June 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

Summary form only given. Compact, reliable solid state pulsed power switches can be an enabling technology for many applications. Compact, highspeed switches are needed to reduce the size and weight and improve the reliability of pulse power modulators and pulse forming networks. Methods for achieving the maximum possible performance are dependent on the fundamental limitations of the material of choice. Many technical challenges exist regarding materials development as well as device design for compact size, weight, long lifetime, fast turn on or turn off time, high efficiency, triggering, and packaging.

Keywords

plasma switches; pulsed power switches; thyristors; device design; photon initiated thyristor switches; pulse power modulators; solid state pulsed power switches; Cities and towns; Computer network reliability; Electrodes; Lakes; Photonics; Power system reliability; Pulse modulation; Solid state circuits; Switches; Thyristors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Science, 2010 Abstracts IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Norfolk, VA

ISSN

0730-9244

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5474-7

Electronic_ISBN

0730-9244

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLASMA.2010.5534425

Filename

5534425