Title :
High current Linear Transformer Driver (LTD) experiments
Author :
Mazarakis, Michael G. ; Fowler, William E. ; McDaniel, Dillon H. ; Olson, Craig L. ; Rogowski, Sonrisa T. ; Sharpe, Robin A. ; Struve, Kenneth W. ; Stygar, William A. ; Kim, Alexander A. ; Sinebryukhov, Vadim A. ; Gilgenbach, Ronald M. ; Gomez, Matthew R.
Author_Institution :
Sandia National Laboratories Albuquerque, N.M. 87185 USA
Abstract :
Sandia Laboratories are actively pursuing the development of new accelerators based on the novice technology of Linear Transformer Driver (LTD) [1,2,3]. LTD based drivers are considered for many applications including future very high current Z-pinch ICF (Inertial Confinement Fusion) drivers like ZX and Z-pinch IFE (Inertial Fusion Energy). The high current LTD driver experimental research is concentrated on two aspects; first to study the repetition rate capabilities, life time and jitter of the LTD cavities, and second to study how a number of cavities behave and add their energy, power and voltage output in a voltage adder configuration assembly.
Keywords :
Adders; Contracts; Driver circuits; Jitter; Laboratories; Prototypes; Pulse measurements; Switches; Testing; Voltage;
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.2007.4651826
