Compact Marx generator test system

Author

Peterkin, F.E. ; Hankla, B.J. ; Stevens, J.L. ; Sharrow, J.F. ; Stoudt, D.C.

Author_Institution

Dahlgren Div., Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, VA, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

30 June-3 July 2002

Firstpage

399

Lastpage

402

Abstract

Marx generators have been built with a wide span of physical size and output capability, ranging from circuit board scale devices of a few stages up to systems capable of producing many Megavolts and occupying entire buildings. Our focus in this paper is the development of a capability to explore compact Marx generator (CMG) devices, where we arbitrarily define a CMG to be an apparatus consuming less than 0.5 m³ (excluding the charging and control systems). We report the development of a laboratory system that incorporates a shielded test stand with battery-powered high voltage charging supplies and a computer based control system with a graphical user interface. We briefly discuss a demonstration of the test bed capability with results from a modular CMG we have constructed.

Keywords

automatic test equipment; graphical user interfaces; pulse generators; pulsed power supplies; test facilities; battery-powered high voltage charging supplies; circuit board scale devices; compact Marx generator test system; computer based control system; graphical user interface; shielded test stand; Circuit testing; Computer interfaces; Control systems; Electromagnetic interference; Laboratories; Optical control; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; System testing; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Modulator Symposium, 2002 and 2002 High-Voltage Workshop. Conference Record of the Twenty-Fifth International

ISSN

1076-8467

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7540-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MODSYM.2002.1189500

Filename

1189500