Decade Quad water coupler-electrical design and performance

Author

Douglas, J. ; Corcoran, P. ; Spence, P. ; Childers, K. ; Price, D. ; Rix, W. ; Sincerny, P. ; Babineau, M. ; Christensen, L. ; Kenyon, V. ; Whitehead, G.L. ; Brandon, J.K. ; Kurucz, P. ; Ware, K.

Volume

2

fYear

2001

Firstpage

1711

Abstract

The Decade Quad water coupler was designed to pass 10 MA into a shorted load and 8 MA into a 300 ns imploding plasma load. This paper discusses the electrical design of Decade Quad PRS from the water coupler to the load. The coupler structure was modeled using TLCODE. Reliability estimates are made for various components. The electrical design of the coupler diverters and their role in fault mode energy suppression is discussed. The vacuum MITL design is discussed. A detailed circuit model is shown, along with a simpler equivalent circuit model. The predicted electrical performance is compared to recent test data.

Keywords

Z pinch; power supplies to apparatus; pulsed power supplies; 300 ns; 8 MA; Decade Quad water coupler; TLCODE; coupler structure; electrical design; equivalent circuit model; imploding plasma load; reliability estimates; shorted load; vacuum MITL design; Algorithms; Capacitors; Circuit simulation; Coaxial components; Coupling circuits; Distributed parameter circuits; Electron tubes; Feeds; Impedance; Transmission lines;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pulsed Power Plasma Science, 2001. PPPS-2001. Digest of Technical Papers

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7120-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PPPS.2001.1001900

Filename

1001900