Commutation of stacked Blumlein pulsers by avalanche GaAs switches

Author

Borovina, D.L. ; Korioth, J.L. ; Krause, R.K. ; Davanloo, F. ; Collins, C.B. ; Agee, F.J. ; Hull, J.H. ; Kingsley, L.E.

Author_Institution

Center for Quantum Electron., Texas Univ., Dallas, TX, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

25-27 Jun 1996

Firstpage

26

Lastpage

30

Abstract

Stacked Blumlein pulsers have produced high power waveforms with fast risetimes and a wide range of pulse durations and peak values using conventional thyratrons or spark gaps. This paper details the authors´ recent efforts to operate these pulsers with GaAs photoconductive switches in the avalanche mode. Adaptation of the design and fast charging schemes have enabled the stacked Blumleins to produce high-power nanosecond pulses with risetimes on the order of 200-300 ps. Significant progress is reported toward realizing an intense, pulse power source for ultra-wideBand HPM devices operating at 100 MW levels of power and kiloHertz repetition rates

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; avalanche breakdown; commutation; gallium arsenide; photoconducting switches; power semiconductor switches; pulsed power switches; 100 MW; 200 to 300 ps; GaAs; avalanche GaAs switches; design; fast charging schemes; high power waveforms; photoconductive switches; pulse duration; repetition rate; stacked Blumlein pulser commutation; Assembly; Electrodes; Gallium arsenide; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulses; Optical switches; Photoconductivity; Pulsed power supplies; Thyratrons; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Modulator Symposium, 1996., Twenty-Second International

Conference_Location

Boca Raton, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3076-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MODSYM.1996.564441

Filename

564441