Title :
Preliminary performance results of the Cs-Ba tacitron invertor
Author :
El-Genk, Mohamed S. ; Kaibyshev, V. ; Murray, Chris ; Wernsman, Bernard ; Djashiashvili, Y.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Space Nucl. Power Studies, New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque, NM, USA
fDate :
7/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Experiments were conducted which demonstrated that an inverter could be configured by connecting two Cs-Ba tacitrons in a push-pull mode with alternating voltage grid control. The inverter characteristics demonstrated in the thyratron mode include discharge current up to 20 A, collector voltage of 30 V, conduction voltage drop less than 2.5 V, and modulation frequencies up to 10 kHz. In the tacitron model, the invertor operated at a discharge current of up to 3.5 A, collector voltage of 25 V, conduction voltage drop of 3-3.5 V, and modulation frequencies up to 20 kHz
Keywords :
barium; caesium; invertors; thermionic electron emission; thyratrons; 10 kHz; 2.5 to 3.5 V; 20 A; 20 kHz; 25 V; 3.5 A; 30 V; Ba; Cs; Cs-Ba; Cs-Ba tacitrons; alternating voltage grid control; collector voltage; conduction voltage; discharge current; modulation frequencies; push-pull mode; thyratron mode; Frequency modulation; Inverters; Joining processes; Power generation; Power supplies; Power systems; Solid state circuits; Switches; Temperature; Voltage;
Journal_Title :
Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on
