Evaluation of Switch Jitter on a High Pressure Coaxial Spark Gap

Author

James, Colt ; Dickens, James C. ; Holt, Shad

Author_Institution

Center for Pulsed Power & Power Electron., Lubbock

fYear

2007

Firstpage

429

Lastpage

429

Abstract

Summary form only given. The design and jitter performance of a high-pressure, coaxial spark gap, triggered by field distortion of a center plane electrode is presented. Additional comparisons with trigatron style triggering are also presented. The switch was tested up to 100 pulses per second (pps) with a maximum switching voltage of 50 kV in nitrogen. Analysis will focus on jitter measurements taken over the full lifetime of the switch. This paper presents the results of this analysis. Specifically, switch jitter and lifetime are evaluated as a function of switch geometry as a whole and as a function of trigger electrode geometry.

Keywords

electrodes; jitter; spark gaps; switchgear; trigger circuits; high pressure coaxial spark gap; plane electrode field distortion; spark gap design; spark gap jitter performance; switch jitter evaluation; switching voltage; trigatron style triggering; trigger electrode geometry; voltage 50 kV; Coaxial components; Distortion measurement; Electrodes; Geometry; Jitter; Nitrogen; Sparks; Switches; Testing; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Science, 2007. ICOPS 2007. IEEE 34th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM

ISSN

0730-9244

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0915-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PPPS.2007.4345735

Filename

4345735