High voltage solid state crowbar and low repetition rate switches

Author

Welleman, A. ; Fleischmann, W.

Author_Institution

ABB Switzerlznd Ltd., Switzerland

fYear

2005

fDate

8-8 Sept. 2005

Abstract

To improve the reliability of crowbar systems and high current, high voltage non-repetitive solid-state switches, some designs based on thyristor technology are presented. Reason to go for solid state is mainly to improve the reliability level, which cannot be obtained with gas discharge switches. A comparison between solid state and gas-discharge is given. Reliability is especially important to electron beam dump systems and capacity bank safety systems. This presentation describes the specification, electrical- and mechanical design on crowbar switches for 52 kVdc/1.5 kA, 30 kV/25 kA and 21 kVdc/200 kA. Also a very compact multichip device with 13.5 kV/140 kA for high di/dt discharge applications is presented.

Keywords

electron beams; reliability; switches; thyristors; 1.5 kA; 200 kA; 21 kV; 25 kA; 30 kV; 52 kV; capacity bank safety system; discharge application; electrical design; electron beam dump system; gas discharge switch; high voltage solid state crowbar; mechanical design; multichip device; reliability; repetition rate switch; solid state switch; thyristor technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Pulsed Power symposium, 2005. The IEE (Reg. No. 2005/11070)

Conference_Location

Basingstoke, UK

ISSN

0537-9989

Print_ISBN

0-86341-558-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/ic:20050054

Filename

1524516