Prototype of a high power compact Marx generator for microwave applications

Author

Cassany, B. ; Desanlis, T. ; Eyl, P. ; Galtie, A. ; Modin, P. ; Voisin, L.

Author_Institution

CEA-CESTA, Le Barp, France

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

15-18 June 2003

Firstpage

1177

Abstract

A compact pulsed power system is described. This system has been built to drive low impedance HPM sources (vircator, MILO). It consists of two Marx generators in parallel. Each Marx contains 13 bipolar (/spl plusmn/ 50 kV) stages of capacitors and switches placed in a tank filled with dielectric oil. This system stores 10 kJ and is capable of delivering a current up to 50 kA at 800 kV to a matched load. The rise time of the current is less than 100 ns. The Marx generators and the vacuum interface have a diameter of 0.8 m and a total length of 2 m. The voltage is monitored inside the oil tank by using a resistive divider, and the current is measured under vacuum with a Bdot probe. In this paper we present experimental results with a resistive load as well as data obtained when the obtained Marx generator is coupled to HPM tubes.

Keywords

microwave generation; pulse generators; pulsed power supplies; vircators; 100 ns; 50 kA; 800 kV; Bdot probe; compact pulsed power system; dielectric oil; high power compact Marx generator; high power microwave tubes; resistive divider; Capacitors; Dielectrics; High power microwave generation; Impedance; Microwave generation; Petroleum; Power generation; Prototypes; Pulse power systems; Switches;

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.2003.1278022

Filename

1278022