Preliminary performance results of the Cs-Ba tacitron invertor

Author

El-Genk, Mohamed S. ; Kaibyshev, V. ; Murray, Chris ; Wernsman, Bernard ; Djashiashvili, Y.

Author_Institution

Inst. for Space Nucl. Power Studies, New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque, NM, USA

Volume

40

Issue

7

fYear

1993

fDate

7/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1335

Lastpage

1339

Abstract

Experiments were conducted which demonstrated that an inverter could be configured by connecting two Cs-Ba tacitrons in a push-pull mode with alternating voltage grid control. The inverter characteristics demonstrated in the thyratron mode include discharge current up to 20 A, collector voltage of 30 V, conduction voltage drop less than 2.5 V, and modulation frequencies up to 10 kHz. In the tacitron model, the invertor operated at a discharge current of up to 3.5 A, collector voltage of 25 V, conduction voltage drop of 3-3.5 V, and modulation frequencies up to 20 kHz

Keywords

barium; caesium; invertors; thermionic electron emission; thyratrons; 10 kHz; 2.5 to 3.5 V; 20 A; 20 kHz; 25 V; 3.5 A; 30 V; Ba; Cs; Cs-Ba; Cs-Ba tacitrons; alternating voltage grid control; collector voltage; conduction voltage; discharge current; modulation frequencies; push-pull mode; thyratron mode; Frequency modulation; Inverters; Joining processes; Power generation; Power supplies; Power systems; Solid state circuits; Switches; Temperature; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9383

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/16.216441

Filename

216441