Compact high-voltage pulse generator utilizing turn-off capability of SI-thyristor

Author

Ibuka, S. ; Tsunoda, R. ; Shiina, J. ; Koyama, T. ; Yasuoka, K. ; Ishii, S. ; Shimizu, N. ; Imanishi, Y.

Author_Institution

Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Japan

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

15-18 June 2003

Firstpage

931

Abstract

A compact high-voltage pulse generator utilizing turn-off capability of a SI-thyristor is characterized. A newly developed turn-off scheme with the SI-thyristor assisted by MOSFETs makes the circuit configuration extremely simple. Incorporating the inductive energy storage scheme, the circuit can be operated by primary DC voltage as low as 40 V. The high-voltage pulse with the amplitude of 18.7 kV and the pulse width of 74 ns is successfully obtained in the primary voltage of 100 V. Energy transfer efficiency and the feasibility of applying it to a pulsed power application are discussed.

Keywords

MOSFET; energy conservation; inductive energy storage; pulse generators; pulsed power technology; thyristors; 100 V; 18.7 kV; MOSFET; SI-thyristor; energy transfer efficiency; high-voltage pulse; high-voltage pulse generator; inductive energy storage scheme; metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistor; primary DC voltage; pulse width; pulsed power application; turn-off capability; Energy storage; Insulation; Low voltage; MOSFETs; Power semiconductor devices; Power semiconductor switches; Pulse circuits; Pulse generation; Pulse transformers; Space vector pulse width modulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pulsed Power Conference, 2003. Digest of Technical Papers. PPC-2003. 14th IEEE International

Conference_Location

Dallas, TX, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7915-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PPC.2003.1277963

Filename

1277963