The frequency response characteristics of transmission line transformers

Author

Rossi, J.O. ; Smith, P.W.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng. Sci., Oxford Univ., UK

fYear

1996

fDate

35137

Abstract

Transmission line transformers (TLTs) have been used in the construction of high voltage pulse generators with great success since they can produce high voltage pulses of the order of hundreds of kilovolts with fast rise times (typically less than 100ns) which would be impossible to achieve using a conventional pulse transformer. These devices, also known as stacked cable transformers, consists basically of equal lengths of transmission line (normally coaxial cables are used) connected in parallel at the input side of the transformer, and in series at the output. The main objective of this paper is to present a simple circuit model for the analysis of the frequency response of such TLT devices, which allows reliable prediction of the frequency performance capabilities of these transformers

Keywords

coaxial cables; frequency response; power cables; power supplies to apparatus; power transformers; pulse generators; pulse transformers; pulsed power technology; transmission line theory; coaxial power cables; frequency performance capabilities; frequency response characteristics; high voltage pulse generators; pulsed power; simple circuit model; stacked cable transformer; transmission line transformers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Pulsed Power '96, IEE Colloquium on

Conference_Location

London

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/ic:19960393

Filename

542951