Title :
Ace 4 plasma opening switch performance above 3 MA
Author :
Thompson, John ; Rix, W. ; Coleman, Philip ; Husovsky, D. ; Melcher, P.
Author_Institution :
Maxwell Lab. Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. ACE 4 has previously demonstrated coaxial plasma opening switch (POS) operation characterized by conduction currents and times in the 2 MA and 1 /spl mu/s ranges and opening voltages of around 1 MV. In this paper we report successfully increasing the conduction current to greater than 3 MA while maintaining POS voltages of greater than 1 MV.
Keywords :
plasma devices; plasma switches; pulsed power switches; 1 MV; 1 mus; 2 MA; 3 MA; POS voltages; coaxial plasma opening switch; conduction current; conduction currents; opening voltages; switch operation; Coaxial components; Electrons; Laboratories; Plasma density; Plasma sources; Pulse shaping methods; Shape; Spectroscopy; Switches; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Science, 1996. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts., 1996 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3322-5
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.1996.551671
