A Compact Battery-Powered 500kV Pulse Generator for UWB Radiation

Author

Sarkar, P. ; Braidwood, S.W. ; Smith, I.R. ; Novac, B.M. ; Miller, R.A. ; Craven, R.M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Loughborough Univ., Loughborough

fYear

2005

fDate

13-17 June 2005

Firstpage

1306

Lastpage

1309

Abstract

Many applications involving compact and portable systems for generating high power electromagnetic fields depend on the enabling pulsed high voltage technology. This paper describes a system that is able to produce nanosecond rise time pulses with voltage exceeding 500 kV. It is based on a pulsed resonant Tesla transformer, and requires also a pulse forming line, a fast spark-gap output switch, and an antenna. After dealing with the system design and various measurement results, the paper suggests means by which improvements to the existing system could be made.

Keywords

high-voltage techniques; pulse generators; pulse transformers; pulsed power supplies; ultra wideband technology; UWB radiation; antenna structure; battery-powered pulse generator; fast spark-gap output switch; high power electromagnetic fields; high voltage technology; nanosecond rise time pulses; pulsed resonant Tesla transformer; voltage 500 kV; Batteries; Coupling circuits; Inductance; Oil insulation; Plasma measurements; Power transformer insulation; Pulse generation; Pulse transformers; Sparks; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pulsed Power Conference, 2005 IEEE

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9189-6

Electronic_ISBN

0-7803-9190-x

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PPC.2005.300612

Filename

4084466