Dual Polarity MV Marx Generator System

Author

Mayes, J.R. ; Eubank, E. ; Lara, M. ; Mayes, M.G.

Author_Institution

Appl. Phys. Electron., Austin, TX

fYear

2006

fDate

14-18 May 2006

Firstpage

544

Lastpage

547

Abstract

Two compact MV Marx generators are arranged to fire into a common spark gap and designed to deliver pulsed voltages in excess of 3 MV. Each generator is characterized by 40 stages of 8.1 nF capacitance and a charge voltage from 20-40 kV, which results in an erected voltage of up to 1.6 MV and pulse energies of more than 250 J. Each generator has an integrated controllable power supply and pressure control, and is battery powered. The two generators are charged with opposite polarity voltages, which can result in a differential pulsed magnitude of 3.2 MV. A central thyratron trigger source is remotely located and is designed for delivering two simultaneous high voltage trigger pulses to each generator. Design considerations are presented, as well as experimental results

Keywords

pulse generators; pulsed power supplies; spark gaps; thyratrons; 20 to 40 kV; 8.1 nF; Marx generator system; dual polarity; integrated controllable power supply; pressure control; thyratron trigger source; Batteries; Capacitance; Character generation; Fires; Power generation; Pressure control; Pulse generation; Pulsed power supplies; Sparks; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Modulator Symposium, 2006. Conference Record of the 2006 Twenty-Seventh International

Conference_Location

Arlington, VA

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0018-X

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0019-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MODSYM.2006.365307

Filename

4216259