Design and Development of an Impulse Power Supply for Pulsed Power Applications

Summary form only given. In proposed paper, the design of a modular, robust, high-voltage impulse power supply for pulsed power applications is put into practice and analyzed. The capacitor is charged to a voltage variable between 5 to 20 kV to be successively discharged on the inductor. Associated protection circuits are described in detail. The advantages of these devices are described together with a description of the performance achieved by the various devices. This power supply is designed for high duty cycle operation. It seems possibilities of nanosecond switching times and also charging of thousands of voltage are feasible. The design is modular and the power supply can be made smaller or large depending on the desired voltage rating.