• DocumentCode
    2925948
  • Title

    P4.24: Design and test of a high efficiency energy recovery pulse modulator

  • Author

    Tsai, Wen-Ching ; Domier, Calvin W. ; Barnett, Larry R. ; Luhmann, Neville C., Jr.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    18-20 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    493
  • Lastpage
    494
  • Abstract
    An extremely high efficient cathode modulator utilizing an energy recovery concept for non-gridded tubes is proposed. Long rise- and fall-times of conventional line-type modulators are greatly reduced through the use of high speed MOSFET switches which efficiently recirculate cathode capacitance energy between pulses. This paper presents the overall design concept, and provides both PSPICE simulation and experimental results of a proof-of-principle demonstration modulator using single device (~1 kV) MOSFET switches.
  • Keywords
    cathodes; field effect transistor switches; pulse modulation; PSPICE simulation; cathode capacitance energy; high efficiency energy recovery pulse modulator; high efficient cathode modulator; high speed MOSFET switches; nongridded tubes; Capacitance; Cathodes; Circuit simulation; MOSFET circuits; Pulse modulation; Pulsed power supplies; Resistors; Switches; Testing; Voltage; MOSFET switch; energy recovery; modulator;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC), 2010 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Monterey, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-7098-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IVELEC.2010.5503473
  • Filename
    5503473