Title :
High voitage modulator for e-beam guns and megawatt average power switches for sustainer discharges
Author :
Schneider, S. ; Creedon, J.E. ; Buffa, A.J. ; Wright, W., Jr. ; MoGowan, J.W.
Author_Institution :
US Army Electron. Technol. & Devices Lab., Fort Monmouth, NJ, USA
Abstract :
A transformerless Blumlein modulator has been designed to generate a 250 kV-2μs pulse to drive a variable impedance cold cathode E-beam gun. Megawatt average power ceramic metal thyratrons are also being developed as switches for this E-beam modulator and for laser sustainer discharge modulators. Emphasis has been placed on using design concepts which insure reliable performance when the device is operated in a mode where adiabatic processes predominate.
Keywords :
electron guns; modulators; thyratrons; adiabatic process; e-beam modulator; high voltage modulator; laser sustainer discharge modulators; megawatt average power ceramic metal thyratrons; megawatt average power switches; sustainer discharges; transformerless Blumlein modulator; variable impedance cold cathode e-beam guns; Abstracts; Circuit faults; Discharges; Heating; Switches; Thyratrons; USA Councils;
Conference_Titel :
Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), 1974 International
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
DOI :
10.1109/IEDM.1974.6219658
