Title :
Solid-State High Voltage Nanosecond Pulse Generator
Author :
Wang, Fei ; Tang, Tao ; Cathey, Charlie ; Kuthi, Andras ; Gundersen, Martin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. - Electrophys., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Abstract :
Pulses shorter than 50 ns are essential for further study on transient plasma ignition and streamer physics. Design and operation of a compact full solid-state pulse generator is presented. The pulse generator can create 20 ns FWHM, 60 kV amplitude pulses into 300-ohm load. It is comprised with IGBT switched resonant charging circuit; two steps of magnetic pulse compressor and a semiconductor opening switch (SOS) based pulse generator. The use of low cost mass-produced rectifier diode as an opening switch was reported.
Keywords :
power semiconductor diodes; power semiconductor switches; pulsed power supplies; pulsed power switches; IGBT switched resonant charging circuit; magnetic pulse compressor; mass-produced rectifier diode; semiconductor opening switch; solid-state high voltage nanosecond pulse generator; streamer physics; transient plasma ignition; voltage 60 kV; Ignition; Magnetic resonance; Magnetic switching; Physics; Plasmas; Pulse generation; Solid state circuits; Switches; Switching circuits; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Pulsed Power Conference, 2005 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9189-6
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9190-x
DOI :
10.1109/PPC.2005.300553
