Title :
Opening Switch Performance into a Diode Load on FALCON
Author :
Roth, I.S. ; Goyer, J.R. ; Riordan, J.C. ; Childers, F.K. ; Kortbawi, D. ; Sincemy, P.S.
Author_Institution :
Physics International Company
Abstract :
FALCON is a fast Marx bank which stores 1.1 MJ at an output voltage of 720kV. For the experiments described here, FALCON produced currents of 2.2 MA with a quarter period of 1.5 /spl mu/s into a diode short. Up to 61 kJ have been coupled into a bremsstrahlung diode in a 140-ns pulse. X-ray measurements corroborated the electrical measurements of the diode energy. The opening switch impedance has been the basis for circuit simulations of the DECADE generator.
Keywords :
Circuit simulation; Coupling circuits; Diodes; Electric variables measurement; Energy measurement; Monitoring; Surface impedance; Switches; Switching circuits; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Pulsed Power Conference, 1991. Digest of Technical Papers. Eighth IEEE International
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0177-3
DOI :
10.1109/PPC.1991.733377
